Application System Specialist - Workday Recruiting & Reporting

Major Responsibilities

Leadership and Expertise:

• Critical Incident Management: Serves as a key member of the team, taking on challenging projects and critical incidents. Provides expert guidance during high-impact situations.
• Knowledge Sharing: Embraces unknown issues as learning opportunities and proactively shares discovered knowledge with the team.
• Knowledge Advancement: Continuously advances knowledge of current products, including obtaining application certifications and staying updated on system configurations and emerging technology and industry trends.
• Actively participates in professional development programs defined by department.
• Project Coordination:
• Project Leadership: Regularly leads projects with appropriate input. Takes responsibility for project outcomes and manages tasks effectively.
• Project Estimation: Assists in estimating the hours required for upcoming projects to facilitate accurate planning and resource allocation.
• Workflow Optimization: Recommends and implements workflow modifications. Collaborates with key vendors to discuss and apply standard solutions.
• Leverages knowledge of user experience design principles during system workflow reviews and/or optimization initiatives.
• Applies lean belt methodology, which focuses on improving efficiency and reducing waste in processes.
• Directs the configuration of application features and security settings and creation of support documentation, including test scripts and workflow diagrams.
• Mentorship And Coverage:
• Acts as the primary advisor to other team members, department colleagues, and organizational staff.
• Sets up and maintains strong working relationships with operational staff as a subject matter expert.
• Works with vendors to establish short-term product roadmaps.
• Reviews roadmaps with department manager and key stakeholders.
• Technical Troubleshooting And Support:
• Investigates and resolves application and system configuration.
• Develops and implements appropriate system fixes based on thorough analysis.
• Works closely with third-party vendors to ensure proper installation and configuration of vendor software.
• Troubleshoots issues related to server configurations, system services, and interface jobs to drive effective issue resolution.
• Adaptability: Leverages high adaptability to accomplish dynamic responsibilities and evolving project requirements. Must be able to work off hours as needed and participate in an on-call rotation.

Position Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience. Epic/Workday/Application certification(s); if additional certifications required for a specific role/team, ability to achieve, as required by department. Lean Green Belt certification or ability to achieve, as required by department.
• Preferred: Project Management certification (PMP/CAPM).
• Experience/Skills: Required: 7 years experience with enterprise platforms (EHRs/ITSM/ERPs). Team player with strong problem solving, time management and decision-making skills, ability to maintain a positive attitude, solution focused even in challenging situations. Able to act independently with minimal oversight. Able to advise less experienced team members. Able to effectively communicate to staff at all levels of the organization.