Job Description

Interested in a career at Langara College?

Our employees exemplify Langara's values of excellence, collegiality, innovation and integrity. If you think this position fits your qualifications, we encourage you to apply!

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Job Title: Workday Application Developer

Employee Group: CUPE

Employee Type: Temporary (Fixed Term)

Start Date: Monday, August 14 2023

End Date (if applicable): Tuesday, March 31 2026

: In January 2020, Langara College migrated its HR and Finance operations to the cloud-based Workday ERP platform. Langara is now moving into an exciting new phase of transforming its Student Information Systems (SIS) through a suite of solutions, including the Workday Student product. The Workday Application Developer position is a 3-year term that will be responsible for developing the integrations and solutions to integrate the application ecosystem to Workday Student, that includes developing temporary integrations between Workday Student and Ellucian Banner Student, creating new integrations between Workday Student and other applications, and building new solutions to support Workday Student using the Workday integration framework (Enterprise Interface Builder, Connectors, Workday Studio), Integration Platform as a Service and other tools.

Under general leadership of the Development Manager and supervision of the Senior WD Application Developer, the Workday Application Developer develops and maintains the security configuration, integrations, and reports, and supports the production and non-production environments. As a member of a project team, the incumbent implements and supports systems in accordance with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes, procedures, guidelines, and industry best practices. Primarily involved with technical teams, staff, faculty, and student communities, the Workday Application Developer also provides technical and operational support to these stakeholders. May assign tasks and supervise on project phases over development staff in junior positions.

Qualifications Required:

Education & Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Computing Science required from a recognized institution.
• Additional specialized industry training in programming languages, technologies, and software development techniques.

• Minimum four (4) years of recent related development experience with two (2) years of proven experience with Workday HCM, Finance or Student.
• Experience with Workday technologies - Web Service Application Program Interface (APIs), Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Report Writer, Cloud Connect, Business Process Framework, Configurable Security, Calculated Fields.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge with developing Workday integrations.

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge with configuring, testing, and supporting Workday security, including domain security, business process security, role-based security and user-based security.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge with advanced Workday report writing, including matrix reports, composite reports and BIRT reports.
• Experience with enterprise integration architectures, patterns, SOAP, REST, JSON, XML and XSLT.
• Experience implementing and supporting Banner HR/Payroll, Finance or Student an asset.
• Higher-education or public sector experience desirable.
• Workday Pro accreditations or Workday certifications desirable.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to be a collaborative team player with a flexible approach.
• Ability to work effectively with others in a diverse environment.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with others, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to explain and demonstrate complex business and technical concepts to all audiences.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, projects, and initiatives simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, flexible and willing to lean-in when needed.
• Self-starter with strong work ethic and ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to diagnose issues, identify root causes, and implement effective solutions.
• Exceptional analytical, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills with a strong attention to detail.
• Willingness, aptitude, and enthusiasm to learn new processes, methodologies, or technologies.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality when working with confidential and proprietary data.
• Ability to write technical and user support documentation and training materials.

Hours & Days of Work: Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm

To obtain the full job description, please our recruitment team.

Salary Range: $40.03 - $45.64 per hour

Pay Grade: CUPE IT Paygrade H

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 37.5

Hours may vary according to the needs of the department.

Compressed Workweek (Fortnight): No

Closing Date: Monday, July 17 2023

People and Culture is committed to embracing, honoring, and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace. We remain dedicated to focusing our efforts on creating an inclusive employee community that fosters a sense of safety and belonging for everyone. We humbly acknowledge that we are just beginning our journey, which includes engaging in our own internal learning and creating a data-driven action plan that supports the integration of EDI practice into the work of People and Culture and the work we do with employees and leaders. Langara College welcomes applications from everyone including people from groups that are experiencing inequity including, but not limited to, Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. If there are any barriers that you are experiencing or an accommodation that we can provide to support you through the application process, please us.

If you were a temporary employee with CUPE Local 15 at Langara College who has worked within the last five (5) months of the closing date on this posting, please our recruitment team if you meet the criteria for internal status (850 hours worked) as per Article III.7.g in the . Please quote the job requisition title and number with your previous employee ID and last day worked at the College. Please do not email if you worked at the College more than 5 months ago or if you worked in a different union.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to provide proof of educational and professional credentials noted on their resume. In addition, those shortlisted with international credentials must have their education credentials evaluated through WES (World Education Services) and provide Langara College, People & Culture document evaluation access for employment purposes.

We thank you for your interest in Langara College and for taking the time to complete an application. Only complete applications will be reviewed. Please be advised that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted due to the number of applications received.

Langara is committed to enhancing our diverse workforce.

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