Senior Workday Platform Engineer - Absence (Workday)

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Role Overview:

The Senior Workday Platform Engineer – Absence (P4) is responsible for owning the design, configuration, and continuous evolution of Workday Absence capabilities as part of SIE’s global People Technology platform.

This role serves as a senior technical leader within People Technology Services (PTS), with primary ownership of the Absence domain. The role is accountable for ensuring that absence-related solutions are scalable, precise, and aligned with global business requirements, while also contributing to broader Workday platform design and delivery.

The role works closely with Human Resources partners to translate policy, regulatory requirements, and business processes into scalable, system-driven solutions.

Operating within a globally consistent Agile delivery model, this role balances deep domain expertise with cross-platform contribution. The Senior Engineer partners with Product, Integration, Data, and Architecture colleagues to deliver cohesive, end-to-end solutions and to establish sustainable configuration patterns across the platform.

This role is suited for individuals who combine deep expertise in Workday Absence with strong systems thinking, technical leadership, and the ability to influence design decisions across a global platform.

What you'll be doing:

Domain Ownership & Platform Leadership (Absence)

Own the Workday Absence domain globally, including configuration design, system behavior, and ongoing evolution

Lead the design and implementation of complex absence solutions in partnership with Human Resources partners, ensuring alignment with policy, regulatory requirements, and operational realities, including:

Absence plans, accrual calculations, and eligibility rules

Leave of absence processes and event-driven workflows

Country-specific and policy-driven configurations

Partner directly with Human Resources to interpret policies, validate requirements, and ensure system configurations accurately reflect intended business outcomes

Define and implement configuration design patterns that ensure scalability, reusability, and maintainability

Act as the primary technical authority for absence-related design decisions, guiding trade-offs between business requirements, system constraints, and long-term sustainability

Ensure alignment of absence configurations with global policies, regulatory requirements, and downstream dependencies (e.g., payroll)

Solution Design & Delivery Leadership

Engage with Human Resources partners to clarify requirements, challenge assumptions, and guide toward scalable, platform-aligned solutions

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex absence-related initiatives, including design, build, testing, and deployment readiness

Translate complex business rules, policies, and regulatory requirements into structured, scalable system configurations

Provide technical leadership across workstreams, ensuring consistency and quality of solutions delivered by the team

Support and guide P3 analysts in solution design and configuration, ensuring alignment with platform standards

Platform Engineering & Cross-Domain Contribution

Contribute to broader Workday platform design and configuration across additional domains (e.g., Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, Performance)

Collaborate with Integration and Data specialists to ensure end-to-end solution integrity

Participate in platform-level design discussions, influencing architecture, standards, and ways of working

Ensure absence-related solutions integrate effectively with upstream and downstream systems

Data, Reporting & Downstream Integrity

Design and supervise reporting solutions and calculated fields supporting absence and related processes

Ensure absence data supports HR reporting, compliance, and downstream processes (e.g., payroll and analytics)

Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across absence configurations and downstream consumers

Validate and test complex scenarios, including edge cases across regions, policies, and lifecycle events

Platform Reliability & Continuous Improvement

Ensure reliability and stability of absence-related processes through proactive issue identification and root cause resolution

Identify systemic issues and drive structural improvements to platform design and configuration practices

Lead initiatives to simplify, standardize, and improve absence-related configurations

Contribute to evolving platform standards, governance models, and configuration frameworks

Governance, Compliance & Standards

Ensure alignment to global PTS design standards, governance practices, and engineering principles

Ensure absence configurations meet data privacy, security, and audit requirements

Contribute to documentation standards, testing practices, and release management processes

What we're looking for:

8+ years of experience with enterprise platforms, including considerable hands-on experience with Workday

Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing Workday Absence solutions, including accruals, eligibility rules, and leave processes

Ability to own and lead complex configuration domains, including defining design patterns and standards

Strong understanding of absence-related business processes across multiple regions and regulatory contexts

Demonstrated ability to translate sophisticated business rules and policies into scalable, maintainable system configurations

Proven track record of fixing and resolvisophisticatedlex configuration issues, including calculation logic and system behavior

Hands-on experience developing Workday reports and calculated fields used in production environments

Experience working across multiple Workday domains and understanding cross-domain dependencies

Ability to guide and mentor other analysts in solution design and delivery

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with payroll processes and downstream integrations related to absence

Experience with Workday Security configuration

Exposure to integrations (e.g., EIB, Core Connectors)

Experience contributing to platform architecture, standards, or governance frameworks

Experience working in global, matrixed enterprise environments

Profile

Deep domain knowledge of Workday Absence, with the ability to lead sophisticated, rules-based configuration design

Strong systems thinker who understands cross-domain and downstream impacts

Ability to navigate sophisticated or ambiguous HR requirements and translate them into precise system configurations

Operates as a technical leader, inspiring others while remaining hands-on where needed

High attention to detail, with a focus on precision, data integrity, and system reliability

Practical and delivery focused, balancing complexity, accuracy, and sustainability

Effective communicator who can translate between policy, business needs, and technical implementation

Demonstrates strong ownership, accountability, and commitment to high-quality outcomes

Comfortable engaging with Human Resources partners, with the ability to translate policy and business needs into structured system solutions

Comfortable working in a global, evolving environment, with the ability to influence beyond immediate responsibilities

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