Workday Admin​/Architect

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JR101150 Workday Admin/Architect (Open)

The Workday Admin/Architect at Bowie State University is a strategic and technical leader responsible for designing, coordinating, and advancing the university’s use of the Workday HCM platform across all administrative functions.

• Design and maintain Bowie State’s Workday architecture across HCM, Finance, and other modules (as applicable)
• Serve as the systems integrator for all major Workday initiatives, upgrades, and new feature implementations
• Act as a liaison with USM MD Connect, coordinating on shared configuration, release planning, governance, and state-level compliance standards
• Collaborate with university departments to align Workday capabilities with institutional priorities, streamline operations, and eliminate manual processes
• Participate in business process reviews and recommend architectural solutions to improve data integrity, workflow automation, and cross-module efficiency
• Monitor upcoming Workday releases and recommend enhancement adoption strategies aligned with best practices in higher education
• Coordinate with Workday support teams, consultants, and technical staff to resolve complex configuration or integration issues
• Ensure system integrity, access security, and performance across Workday modules and integrations
• Provide architectural guidance on integrations with campus systems (e.g., student information systems, budgeting tools, identity management, etc.)
• Develop and maintain documentation of technical architecture, process flows, governance decisions, and system dependencies

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field
• 5+ years of experience in ERP systems, including 3+ years working with Workday in a technical or functional lead capacity
• In-depth understanding of Workday’s architecture, including security, business processes, reporting, integrations, and release cycles
• Experience with Workday configuration in at least two functional areas (HCM, Finance, or Student)
• Demonstrated ability to partner across departments to improve business processes through system optimization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to explain complex systems in accessible terms

• Workday certifications in one or more modules
• Experience in a higher education environment, preferably within a public university or multi-institution consortium
• Experience with Workday Extend, Workday Prism, or Workday integrations (e.g., Studio, EIB, or Core Connectors)
• Knowledge of IT governance and project management methodologies in higher education

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement account.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to:
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.