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Solution Architect ? Workday HRIS Transformation

£500 - £650 per day
Temporary

Solution Architect Workday HRIS Transformation

  • Long Term Contracting role Up to €625/day
  • Hybrid working occasional days in Central Dublin
  • Huge transformation programme with a globally recognised brand

Solution Architect required for a long-term contracting role working on a major transformation programme, helping to overhaul and modernise legacy HRIS technology across a large-scale enterprise environment.

This is a newly created role with a genuine opportunity to influence the direction of the programme. You ll take ownership of solution architecture across the HR portfolio, working closely with business stakeholders, internal technology teams and third-party implementation partners to define and deliver the target architecture.

The role has a strong focus on Workday and colleague-facing platforms, with the opportunity to shape how HR, Learning, Talent and Workforce Management technologies integrate across a complex enterprise landscape. Exposure to large-scale HR transformation programmes is highly desirable, alongside strong knowledge of multiple Workday modules.

You ll have significant input into the overall system architecture, integration strategy and target-state design, while also helping to establish architectural governance across a number of internal business units and implementation vendors.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and own end-to-end solution architecture across the HR technology portfolio.
  • Develop target-state architectures for Workday and associated employee facing platforms.
  • Lead architectural decision-making across complex HR technology landscapes.
  • Define and oversee integration strategies, including API-led and enterprise integration patterns.
  • Work closely with internal business, technology and HR stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
  • Work with implementation partners and third-party vendors to ensure solutions align with the overall architecture.
  • Provide architectural oversight across identity and access management.
  • Support architectural governance, standards and technology decision-making across the programme.
  • Help shape the future technology landscape as part of a significant HR transformation.

Desired Skills / Experience

  • Seasoned Solution Architect with experience working within an HRIS / HR technology environment.
  • Strong Workday expertise, ideally with exposure across multiple Workday modules and international deployments
  • Proven experience delivering architecture within large-scale HR transformation programmes.
  • Strong understanding of enterprise integrations, APIs and API-led architecture.
  • Experience with SSO, MFA, Entra ID and/or SailPoint would be advantageous.
  • Comfortable defining target-state architecture and leading complex architectural decisions.
  • Experience working across internal business units, technology teams and third-party implementation vendors.
  • Experience within geographically distributed organisations would be a significant advantage.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate across both technical and business environments.

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