Solution Architect- HRIS

Total Experience: 10 years, Relevant Experience: 6 to 7 years

Job Description:

To lead the end to end solution architecture for two strategic HR initiatives:

• EU Transparency – Benifex: implement and integrate Benifex to support compliant, scalable EU pay/benefits transparency and employee benefits experiences.

• HiredScore: implement AI assisted talent matching and candidate discovery, fully integrated with our HR ecosystem (e.g. Workday HCM and Paradox), with privacy, security and responsible AI guardrails.

• Own the architecture for Benifex & HiredScore: functional, integration, data, security, and operational views; ensure alignment with adjacent HR platforms (incl. Workday), identity/SSO and analytics.

• Produce & maintain High Level Design, reference diagrams, and a Significant Architectural Decisions (SAD) log required for gate reviews (incl. non functionals, hosting, access, monitoring).

• Define integration patterns (APIs/webhooks, eventing, SFTP), data mappings, idempotency/error handling, observability (logging, tracing, alerting).

• Embed security & privacy by design: IAM/SSO, least privilege, encryption, vendor controls; lead/coordinate DPIA/PIA inputs (lawful basis, retention, cross border transfers, bias mitigation for AI).

• Drive architecture governance through stage gates; manage risks/assumptions/dependencies; support test strategy (integration, performance, security) and operational readiness (runbooks, SLOs/SLIs).

• Act as technical counterpart to vendors (Benifex, HiredScore); partner with HR (Rewards & TA), Legal/Privacy, Security, Data & Analytics, Service/Operations, Enterprise Architect.

Support Problem/Incident management post go live to reduce repeat defects and continuously improve resilience and performance• Approved high-level design & reference architecture (with diagrams) for both solutions.

• Integration design specs (interfaces, mappings, non functionals, monitoring).

• Security & Privacy architecture (DPIA/PIA inputs, access model, data protection).

• SAD log and gate review packages; operational readiness artifacts (runbooks, support model, SLOs/SLIs).

Mandatory skills

• 7+ years in Solution Architecture, incl. 3+ years across HR tech (benefits, recruiting, or HRIS integrations).

• Proven integration architecture with HR platforms (preferably Workday HCM, Paradox): REST/SOAP, eventing, SFTP, middleware (e.g. Azure Integration Services).

• Demonstrated security/privacy design in enterprise contexts (GDPR, RBAC/ABAC, auditability) and experience documenting these in HLDs.

• Ability to review/sign off functional & technical specs; strong vendor and stakeholder leadership across HR/IT/Security/Privacy.

Desired skills

• Experience with Benifex and/or HiredScore (or similar benefits/AI recruiting platforms).

• Certifications: TOGAF (or equivalent), Azure (e.g., AZ 305/AI 900), Workday Integration.

Domain (Industry): Manufacturing