What are the responsibilities and job description for the Workday Administrator position at X-energy?
X-energy, LLC is seeking a Workday Administrator to join our Information Technology Team. This role is responsible for the administration and support of X-energy's Workday platform, including business process design and configuration, reporting and analytics, and system administration and auditing. This position will have a heavy focus on Workday Talent and Performance, including enhancing existing event structure as well as introducing new areas to the Organization such as Succession Planning, Talent Calibrations, Career Profiles, and Performance Plans. In addition, this position is responsible for monitoring new trends in technology that will impact the platform and lead strategic technology projects to further the continual improvement of provided services.
Job Responsibilities:
- Administer and maintain applicable platform, which includes installing new software releases and system upgrades, evaluating, and installing patches, and conducting application/configuration migrations, refreshes, and restores.
- Collaborate with infrastructure team to determine requirements for deploying database, web, and application servers in a multi-instance environment.
- Specify and verify the system architecture and integration with other application systems.
- Work with IT colleagues and/or the vendor to troubleshoot and resolve operational issues and collaborates with the development team to implement solutions.
- Monitor the system for high availability, load balancing, and satisfactory response time to ensure performance and reliability adhere to service level standards.
- Collaborate with other IT professionals to resolve performance issues.
- Administer security measures to protect data, software, and hardware.
- Develop instructions/documentation for user community and to support new process development.
- Partner with the Senior Managers on projects that involve architecture and business transactions.
- Research and keep abreast of trends in technology that impact enterprise content management.
- Provide input on the improvement and future direction of the service.
- Work with the vendor support to troubleshoot and resolve operational issues.
- Collaborate with vendor support and development teams to implement maintenance patches and upgrades.
- Participate in contract and licensing discussions to provide platform related information and suggestions to optimize the solution from a contract/license perspective.
- Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
- Execute the core tasks and responsibilities, listed in the Job Profile Task/Responsibilities section of this document, with minimal supervision.
- Perform other duties as assigned by manager.
Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in any discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
- Typically, five years of experience in a relevant role required.
- Experience in the administration of Workday applications or similar systems is required.
- Experience in web and mobile applications support is required.
Preferred Skills:
- Talent and Performance; Pro-Certification a plus
- Proficient in Report Writing
Location: 530 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD preferred/ Remote optional
Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm, Mon-Fri
