Description
The **Senior HRIS** **Engineer** will play a hands\-on role in DDN’s multi\-year business systems modernization. You will work on enhancing DDN’s HR technology ecosystem, with **Workday as the core HCM platform** while driving innovation in and around it through modern orchestration technology, workplace AI, and frontier models. Partnering closely with HR, Finance, and technical teams on solution design, our team is a group of highly talented, dedicated professionals who will challenge and empower you to solve big problems.
**What you’ll do**
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* Serve as a key engineer and product lead for our **Workday HCM** deployment including configuration, testing, documentation, and ongoing enhancements in areas such as core HCM, time, absence, advanced comp, payroll, and benefits
* Partner with HR stakeholders to translate business needs into practical system designs, process improvements, and supportable solutions.
* Configure and maintain HR business processes, security, calculated fields, reports, dashboards, and data validations as needed.
* Work closely with integration and automation team to improve connectivity between Workday and other internal/external applications for operations, analytics, workflow automation, and embedded AI
* Help establish strong operational discipline through clear documentation, ticket handling, sprint participation, and visible delivery tracking.
**What we’re looking for**
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* A curious, service\-oriented approach and a genuine interest in understanding the business context behind requirements.
* **4–7 years** of experience in **HRIS, HCM systems, or Workday\-focused engineering/analyst roles**
* Practical experience in several of the following areas: **Core HCM, Reporting, Absence and Time Tracking, Talent Management, Payroll, and Benefits**.
* Experience supporting system enhancements, implementations, or post\-go\-live optimization in a growth environment
* Data\-driven mindset; able to use reporting and process insight to guide recommendations.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain system behavior and tradeoffs clearly
**Nice to have**
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* Experience working in global or multi\-country HR environments
* Exposure to Peakon, LMS platforms, or HR integrations.
* Experience partnering on automation, integrations, or AI\-enabled workflow improvements.
* Exposure to work management technologies such as Jira and modern gen ai models such as claude and gemini