HCM Solution Architect

About Everest:  

Everest Group, Ltd. (Everest), is a leading global reinsurance and insurance provider, operating for nearly 50 years through subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, the UK & Ireland, Continental Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Throughout our history, Everest has maintained its discipline and focuses on creating long-term value through underwriting excellence and strong risk and capital management. Our strengths include extensive product and distribution capabilities, a strong balance sheet, and an innovative culture. Our most critical asset is our people. We offer dynamic training & professional development to our employees. We also offer generous tuition/continuing education reimbursement programs, mentoring opportunities, flexible work arrangements, and Colleague Resource Groups.  

About the Role:

As Architect you will have the opportunity to wear multiple hats and help shape the vision of our HCM  IT team. You will be responsible for designing and Coordinating with a team of Workday integration consultants across HCM while ensuring the successful delivery of projects for our clients. The ideal candidate has an entrepreneurial spirit with positive energy to drive to achieve results, a growth mindset, and a focus on innovating across new frontiers.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Workday HCM  design and implementation projects focused on the end-to-end deployment of technical system integrations between our client’s Workday system and their 3rd party applications

• Working closely with project management and delivery teams to review and mitigate any architecture-related issues and risks during project execution and lifecycle.

• Provide end-to-end solution and design details during Architect Sessions

• Identify business critical Workday new features released (R1 & R2 releases) and demo the same to the HRIS & Business teams

• Develop integration strategies and collaborate with business stakeholders/IT to design solutions that meet business requirements.

• Lead Workday strategy across additional modules including Prism, Adaptive, Extend, APIs, and RAAS by implementing current use cases and adding new solutions based on business and/or HR objectives.

• Collaborate with a team of integration developers and provide guidance and support as needed

• Create/maintain architecture artifacts and documentation updating when necessary and communicating changes clearly and professionally.

• Participate in business development activities, including leading proposal development, client presentations, and networking events related to Workday HCM  Integrations

• Provide leadership and contribute to the development of new processes and procedures for service delivery, including development of templates, documentation of best practices, contribution to the knowledge base, etc.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of Software Engineering and Solution Architecture experience including engineering practices, tools, and standards.  

• Knowledge of general SaaS architecture and related components in deploying SaaS solutions covering data, infrastructure, security

• Experience as a solution architect on at least 1 full life-cycle implementation of Workday HCM

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to think from a “big picture” perspective

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to foster an environment of collaboration and excellence

• Hands-on knowledge of current technology standards/trends coupled with a desire to continually expand personal knowledge/skills.

• Knowledge in Workday integration tools and technologies, including EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Studio, and Workday API.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills coupled with the ability to tailor communication to all levels of an organization.

• Experience executing technology modernization initiatives including migration to cloud-native and API Strategies.

• Motivated, self-starter, who can work independently or with cross-functional, collaborative teams

• Demonstrable experience in engineering solutions through the process of decoupling complex monolithic systems.

• Experience in defining and documenting architecture and coding standards and best practices.

• Experienced in development methodology (Agile / Lean, DevOps) and life cycle methodology.