HRIS Consultant (Workday)

Location: Austin, Texas, United States of America | Remote, Texas, United States of America Requisition ID: R34717 Position Type: Full time Job Description Who We’re Looking For We are seeking a Consultant level HRIS Analyst who is as comfortable designing and building a best‑in‑class global business process as they are diving into the ticket queue to solve a complex error. You are someone who leads the evolution of our Workday landscape but remains deeply “hands‑on” in the system. You don't just fix problems; you document the “why” and bring junior team members along for the ride. We need a versatile Workday expert who has the breadth to see how changes impact across the broader ecosystem and a desire to continue developing. What You’ll Be Doing End-to-end Configuration: Own the end-to‑end configuration for Workday Recruiting (Business Process, Reports, Integrations, Gem Overlay, and Security) while maintaining day‑to‑day ticket workload across supported modules. Mentorship & Cross‑Training: Act as a technical escalation point for junior analysts. You will lead knowledge transfer sessions and build documentation to ensure the team is cross‑trained and that no single person is a single point of failure. System Evolution: Lead the technical roadmap and guide best practice configuration for supported modules, ensuring we are maximizing our Workday investment through biannual releases and feature adoption. Production Support: Troubleshoot complex issues involving Calculated Fields, Business Processes, and Security Groups with a focus on root‑cause analysis and permanent solutions. Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with business stakeholders to translate people strategy into technical reality, managing expectations and delivering results in an agile environment. Required Qualifications Experience: 5+ years in HRIS, with 3+ years of deep Workday configuration experience. Module Expertise: 2+ years of deep configuration experience within Recruiting. Flexibility and experience in Core HCM, Reporting, and US Benefits is highly preferred. Experience with the Gem overlay to Workday recruiting is a bonus. Technical “Heavy Lifting”: Expert‑level skills in Reporting, Calculated Fields, and EIBs. You must be comfortable managing data loads and complex logic independently. Testing & Documentation: A disciplined approach to UAT, regression testing, and creating living technical documentation that the whole team can use. What Will Set You Apart The “No Task Too Small” Mentality: You take pride in a clean ticket queue and high user satisfaction scores. Natural Teacher: You have a track record of coaching more junior peers and helping them level up their configuration skills. Solution Architect Mindset: You can look at a messy manual process and visualize the automated Workday solution, then actually build it. Technical Translation: The ability to explain complex technical “Workday‑speak” to non‑technical stakeholders. Curiosity: Naturally curious and solutions‑driven, with a history of taking ownership and driving tasks forward with minimal direction. The US annualized base salary range for this position is $122,000.00-$182,000.00. This position may also be eligible for bonus, benefits, or related incentives. While this range reflects the minimum and maximum value for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, the offer for the successful candidate for this position will be based on job related capabilities, applicable experience, and other factors such as work location. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only (or OTE for commissions based roles), and do not include bonus, benefits, or related incentives. Hybrid: In this role, our hybrid experience is designed at the team level to give you a rich onsite experience packed with connection, collaboration, learning, and celebration – while also giving you flexibility to work remotely for part of the week. This role must attend our local office for part of the week. The specific in‑office schedule is to be determined by the hiring manager. Zendesk is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster global diversity, equity, & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment and employees at Zendesk are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer. 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