Platform Engineer III; Workday

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$88,000 – $140,000

June 30, 2026

Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may be hybrid or remote.

• If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be hybrid. This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership.
• If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA or Columbia, SC, this role will be remote. This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance.

• Acting with Integrity
• Communicating Effectively
• Pursuing Self-Development
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Change
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Working with Diverse Populations

• Extensive experience in software development and modern programming languages.
• Workday configuration experience.
• Leave management configuration experience in Workday.
• Workday consultant background.
• Workday Wellness implementation experience—a big plus.
• ADP, UKG experience—a big plus.
• Proven experience with Scrum and advanced Dev Ops methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead junior developers.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other related experience.
• Four or more years of experience in release practices and environments or other related experience.

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or other related field.
• Workday configuration experience, leave configuration experience.
• Workday certified.

• Provides support on architectural design and maintenance of the platform’s (COTS, SaaS, ERP) environment with distributed components.
• Ensures compliance with the organization's requirements through the implementation, auditing, and adherence to policies, procedures, and security standards.
• Plans software upgrades, patching, and plugin installations in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Monitors performance, resolves problems, and manages component capacity issues.
• Design, test, develop, configure, and maintain integrations to platform’s applications.
• Adhere to the platform’s security and coding standards for resilience, data, and security.
• Review business requirements to deploy the best solution, including configuring, coding, and debugging.
• Work closely with cross-functional departments to communicate statuses and technical proposals.
• Deploy and configure platform applications tailored to company needs.
• Design technical solutions, configure/customize, test, and maintain the platform applications to meet company requirements.
• Perform other duties as required.

Candidates for this role must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship for employment visas related to this role at this time.

The salary range for this job is $88,000 – $140,000. This range is specific to the job and salary offers consider a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to, education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and peer compensation. The range has been created in good faith based on information known to Aflac at the time of the posting.

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