Senior Workday Architect

At the University of Waterloo, we create and promote a culture where everyone can reach their full potential. As an employee, you get support & opportunities that empower you to advance your career. Explore how we can bring big ideas to life, together. The University is a welcoming workplace for those of all abilities, interests, and expertise. As part of our workforce, you can do what you do best, every day. Learn more about our recruitment process. Job Requisition ID: 2026-03393 Time Type: Full time Employee Group: Staff Job Category: IT Infrastructure and Systems Employment Type: Permanent Department: Information Systems and Technology - Enterprise Systems Hiring Range: $104,002.41 - $130,003.01 Posting Information: This posting is for an existing vacancy. The internal posting deadline for this position is November 5 2026, at 11:59PM Job Description: Primary Purpose The Senior Workday Architect is the design authority for the University’s Workday platform. The role establishes and governs platform architecture, configuration principles, integration patterns, security design, reporting architecture, data design, and cross-module standards for Workday Human Capital Management, Payroll and Financial Management. Working with the Enterprise Systems Associate Director and Manager, functional owners, functional leads, project leaders/managers, and technical specialists, the Architect translates approved priorities and documented requirements into coherent, secure, scalable and supportable solution designs. The role owns the Workday target state architecture and transition plan and provides architectural advice to portfolio roadmap and investment decisions. Key Accountabilities Establishes Workday architecture and design governance Develops and maintains Workday target state architecture, design principles, configuration standards, reference patterns, and architecture decision records. Defines proportionate design review checkpoints for configuration, security, integration, reporting, and data decisions. Reviews and approves material designs within delegated architectural authority and documents exceptions requiring portfolio or institutional approval. Identifies cross-module impacts, dependencies, duplication, customization risk, and technical debt before implementation. Provides architectural input into roadmap, investment, lifecycle, and release decisions. Provides cross-module solution design leadership Guides solution design across HCM, Payroll and Financial Management, ensuring coherence among business processes, organizations, worktags, security, reporting, and integrations. Works with functional owners and analysts to simplify solutions, use supported platform capabilities and avoid unnecessary customization. Incorporates requirements identified by accountable functional, legal, privacy, security, audit, and regulatory stakeholders into solution design. Facilitates resolution of complex design issues spanning HR, Payroll, Finance, Procurement, Research, and related institutional systems. Governs integrations and data architecture Defines Workday integration patterns, non-functional requirements, and criteria for selecting Workday-native capabilities or institutional middleware. Reviews complex or high-risk integrations involving student, identity, learning, banking, benefits, government, research, and analytics platforms. Promotes reuse, observability, secure data exchange, reliable scheduling, recoverability, and maintainable support arrangements. Works with delivery teams to maintain an architectural view of integrations, dependencies, data flows, and technical risks. Aligns Workday data design with institutional data governance, stewardship, retention, records, and analytics requirements. Governs security, controls and privacy by design Defines Workday security architecture principles and review processes for role, domain and business process security designs. Partners with cybersecurity, identity, privacy, audit, …

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