Workday Architect

Insight Global is looking for an HRIT Architect who is responsible for defining and governing the technical architecture, configuration strategy, and operational roadmap for HR technology solutions across the enterprise, with a primary focus on Workday. This role ensures solutions are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards and long-term platform strategy.
Operating within the IT organization, the HRIT Architect serves as a strategic partner to HR, Payroll, Benefits, Operations, and IT leadership, providing guidance on Workday best practices, solution design, governance, and continuous improvement. This role is responsible for supporting and evolving a mature Workday environment, ensuring business processes and technology solutions remain effective as organizational needs change.
The HRIT Architect will play a key role in supporting mergers, acquisitions, workforce integrations, and organizational transformation initiatives while helping business stakeholders adopt scalable and sustainable processes. This role requires deep hands-on Workday configuration expertise, strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to influence business decisions through trusted partnership and subject matter expertise. Other day-to-day activities include the following:
• Define, own, and govern the enterprise architecture for Workday and related HR technology solutions.
• Lead the ongoing optimization, support, and enhancement of the Workday platform.
• Evaluate existing configurations, business processes, and security models to identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and improved user experience.
• Identify operational, compliance, and system risks and proactively recommend mitigation strategies.
• Support audit, compliance, labor, and regulatory requirements associated with complex manufacturing and unionized workforce environments.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Human Resources, Business Administration, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive HR technology experience supporting enterprise HR systems.
• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Workday configuration experience in a post-production environment supporting Workday HCM, Payroll, and Benefits.
• Demonstrated experience configuring and supporting complex Workday business processes, security frameworks, organizations, reporting, and data structures.
• Proven experience supporting large-scale Workday environments with responsibility for platform governance, enhancement delivery, release management, and continuous improvement.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and workforce integrations within Workday.
• Experience evaluating business requirements and recommending scalable Workday solutions aligned with operational best practices and long-term platform sustainability.

• Experience supporting global or multi-entity Workday environments.
• Workday certifications in HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Security, or related functional areas are preferred.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.