Job Title: Data Engineer – Workday Expertise
Location: Houston, TX (Remote)
Employment type: Contract
Experienced Data Engineer responsible for end-to-end migration from UKG Pro/Kronos to Workday, including extraction, transformation, loading, and downstream integrations, working closely with business stakeholders and Workday SMEs.
Core Responsibilities
- Extract data from UKG Pro/Kronos (Talent, Timesheet, Core HCM, Payroll)
- Transform, cleanse, and validate data
- Load data into Workday using Core Connectors
- Build ETL pipelines to downstream systems (JDE, ServiceNow, Concur, Active Directory, Tower CRM)
- Collaborate with business teams for extraction and SMEs for mapping
- Support testing and validation cycles
Required Skills & Experience
- 6+ years in ETL/data migration
- UKG Pro & Kronos experience
- AWS Glue, Python/Spark
- Workday Core Connector
- HR domains: Employee, Org, Project Time
- Workday integrations experience
- UKG to Workday migration
- Familiarity with JDE, SNow, Concur, AD, Tower CRM
Red Flags / Disqualifiers
- No ETL hands-on
- No UKG experience
- Only theoretical Workday
- Less than 5 years experience