Quality Assurance Analyst, Workday

** Duties & Responsibilities****:
*** Collaborate with business analysts, developers, architects, and Workday/HRIS business teams to ensure requirements are clear and testable.
* Review functional and technical specifications, integration designs, and Workday business processes with non-technical end users of the system for clarity and testability.
* Conduct peer reviews of test plans, scripts, and provide demos to business / UAT users, scrum team, and your manager.
* Provide input during sprint planning, refinement, and design discussions.
* Communicate risks, test status, and potential gaps to leadership and project / platform / scrum teams.
* Partner with Product Owners, Developers, HRIS teams, Scrum Masters, and Architects to deliver high-quality releases.
* Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide clear communication on testing progress, risks, and dependencies.
* Support release readiness and provide QA sign-off for production deployments.
* Oversee and drive UAT, facilitating testing activities, and partnering with business stakeholders to gain a deep understanding of their workflows. Ensure adherence to the UAT framework.
* Partner with business, development, and operations teams to resolve production issues, validate changes, and maintain system quality.
* Provide timely updates via dashboards, written or oral communication to your manager and Scrum team, highlighting risks, successes, and opportunities.
** Required Qualifications****:
*** A total of 5+ years of QA experience testing enterprise applications.
* At least 3 years of hands-on QA experience testing Workday configurations, business processes, integrations, and exposure to concepts of automation frameworks.
* Solid experience testing custom-built applications, preferably developed in NEXT.js or similar technologies.
* Strong proficiency in integration testing across file-based, API, middleware, and third-party interfaces. Experience using API testing tools such as Postman.
* Proven data validation experience between source and target systems.
* Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment and manage multiple simultaneous tasks.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
* High attention to detail, strong problem-solving skills, and analytical thinking.
* Be able to influence and be the driver of quality.
* Experience using Jira, Azure Dev Ops, or similar tools for test management and defect tracking.
* Open to working on shifting priorities and in a fast-paced environment.
* Demonstrates a team-oriented mindset and a curious attitude.
* Experience with Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIBs.
* Experience with automation frameworks, Playwright using Type Script to create UI and API based test suites.
* Strong experience developing automated test suites for Workday using proprietary tools such as Opkey or Kainos Smart.
* Experience with automation within CI/CD pipelines.
* Experience using LLM-enabled tools to accelerate test automation.
* Background in HRIS, ERP, or enterprise application testing.
* Experience with Mule Soft or similar integration platforms.

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** Tuition Remission:
** Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service.
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For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.*
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