Workday Integration Engineer - Associate

About this role

Team Overview

This role is part of an application development function within Aladdin Engineering – Enterprise Engineering team within BlackRock’s powerful asset management platform. Members of our team have a consistent track record of solving some of the firms most difficult problems in a scalable, resilient, and secure manner. We are passionate about solving difficult problems through technology and are focused on utilizing the cloud services to solve large scale challenges. We collaboratively build the next generation of technology that changes the way information, people, and technology intersect for global investment firms.

Being a member of Aladdin Engineering, you will be:

• Tenacious: Work in a fast paced and highly complex environment
• Creative thinker: Analyse multiple solutions and deploy technologies in a flexible way.
• Great teammate: Think and work collaboratively and communicate effectively.
• Fast learner: Pick up new concepts and apply them quickly.

The position

We are looking for an experienced Workday Integrations Engineer, passionate about building quality software and scaling technology to meet the needs of tomorrow. You will be part of Enterprise Engineering team, developing applications and systems for our stakeholders. You will participate in the continuous development, improvement and support of our production and staging/QA environments.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the subject matter expert on large collection of Workday Integrations.
• Lead the research, design, development, testing, and delivery of new Workday Integrations.
• Create detailed integration specifications, field mappings, and designs to support the entire integration development life-cycle.
• Research integration failures, perform root cause analyses, and report back to management and business leaders.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and objectives.
• Designing and developing custom integrations using Workday's integration tools such as Workday Studio, EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder), Cloud Connect and Document Transformation leveraging web service technologies, SOAP, REST, WSDL, XML, XSLT.
• Configuring and maintaining Workday's core connectors for modules such as HCM & Payroll.
• Understand data flows and system usage between internal systems and Workday, driving alignment with other system owners.

Minimum Qualifications:

• B.Tech/BE/master's degree in computer science, Engineering or in related field
• 3+ years of experience building Workday Integrations.
• Experience building Workday custom reports and calculated fields.
• Experience integrating systems with third-party service vendors.
• Knowledge and experience of Workday Studio, EIBs, Core Connectors, PECI, Cloud Connectors, Document Transformation, and BIRT.
• Expertise in data transformation languages including XSLT, XTT/ETV.
• Familiarity with XML and JSON required.
• Familiarity with Integration security (ISU, PGP Key, MFA).
• Strong understanding of Workday SOAP and REST web service directories and related security domains.
• Strong understanding of Workday data architecture.

Nice to have and opportunities to learn:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Power Automate platform.
• Experience in Java/ Spring Framework/Sprint Boot/Hibernate.
• Experience with DevOps and tools like Azure DevOps

Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.