Senior Staff Enterprise Applications Engineer (Workday)

At PowerSchool we are a dedicated team of innovators guided by our shared purpose of powering personalized education for students around the world. From the central office to the classroom to the home PowerSchool supports the entire educational ecosystem as the global leader of cloud-based software for K-12 education. Our employees make it all possible and a career with us means youre joining a successful team committed to engaging empowering and improving the K-12 education experience everywhere.

Team Overview

Our Information Technology (IT) team leads all aspects of IT systems and processes across the enterprise including data services security compliance applications automation and end-user services. Through innovative and streamlined technology solutions this dynamic team enables company growth protects data and serves as a critical partner to all departments of PowerSchool.

The Enterprise Data & Integration Architect is responsible for defining and owning the enterprise architecture that governs how data moves across systems where it is stored how it is governed and how it is consumed for analytics operations and AI. This role establishes standards and reference architectures across integration platforms data warehousing/lakehouse and governance tooling to ensure a scalable secure and well-documented data ecosystem.

This is a senior hands-on architecture role that combines strategic design with practical technical depth.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Integration Architecture

• Own the enterprise integration architecture across ERP CRM HR and SaaS systems.
• Define integration patterns using middleware (e.g. Boomi) including batch near-real-time and event-driven designs.
• Establish standards for error handling logging monitoring retry logic and performance.
• Provide architectural oversight for large integration initiatives (e.g. Workday implementations).

Data Platform Architecture

• Own the target-state data platform architecture using Microsoft Fabric and related Azure services.
• Define landing zone patterns transformation layers and modeling standards.
• Ensure data ingestion pipelines align with enterprise integration patterns.
• Partner with engineering teams on scalable cost-effective designs.

Data Governance Architecture

• Define the enterprise data governance framework and operating model.
• Establish data domains ownership stewardship and metadata standards.
• Lead implementation of governance tooling (e.g. Microsoft Purview) including lineage catalog and classification.
• Ensure governance is embedded into platform and integration design.

Standards Documentation and Enablement

• Create and maintain reference architectures standards and design guidelines.
• Provide architecture reviews for new integrations and data initiatives.
• Enable engineering and analytics teams through templates patterns and documentation.

Strategic Partnership

• Partner with business and technology leaders to align architecture with enterprise priorities.
• Influence roadmap decisions related to integrations data platforms analytics and AI.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12 years in data architecture integration architecture or platform architecture roles.
• Strong experience designing enterprise integrations using iPaaS or middleware (Boomi or similar).
• Strong experience with data warehousing / lakehouse architectures.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft data platforms (Fabric Synapse SQL Power BI or similar).
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks and metadata tools (Purview or similar).
• Advanced SQL skills.
• Working knowledge of at least one scripting/programming language (Python preferred).
• Experience with APIs REST JSON and data transformation pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in SaaS or product-based organizations.
• Familiarity with cloud security identity and access patterns.
• Experience supporting analytics and AI initiatives with curated governed datasets.

Compensation & Benefits

PowerSchool offers the following benefits:

• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage (including Medical Dental Vision Pharmacy benefits Life Insurance and AD&D)
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Comprehensive 401(k) plan
• Generous Parental Leave
• Unrestricted paid time off (known as Discretionary Time Off - DTO)
• Wellness Program including ClassPass & Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Optional Benefits: Pet Insurance Identity Theft Protection Student Debt Repayment Program and Prepaid Legal coverage

A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $125200 - $156500 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicants skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures degrees and certifications; internal equity; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

EEO Commitment

PowerSchool is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. PowerSchool is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers PowerSchoolers to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce we celebrate the diverse ways we work. If you have a disability and need an accommodation regarding our recruiting process please let us know by emailing

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