HR Integrations IT Specialist Engineer

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HR Integrations IT Specialist / Engineer

Richmond VA USA - 9954 Mayland Drive- hybrid (2-3 times/week)

Eligible for benefits (dental health) 401K generous PTO and a management incentive program

Position Overview:

The HR Integrations IT Specialist / Engineer serves as the core technical authority responsible for designing building maintaining and monitoring all automated data interfaces connecting the Dayforce HCM platform with downstream business applications IT infrastructure and external third-party vendors.

Leveraging Dayforces Web Services APIs XML/XSLT Data Transformations and secure file protocols this role ensures seamless real-time and batch data flows for employee lifecycle management (JML/IAM) multi-state payroll benefit carrier feeds (834 EDI) General Ledger (GL) postings and enterprise ERP syncs.

Key Responsibilities

1. Dayforce Integration Architecture & API Engineering

• Design develop test and deploy inbound and outbound data integrations using Dayforce Data Transformations (XML XSLT XPath) Dayforce Web Services APIs (REST/SOAP) and Webhooks.

• Configure middleware / iPaaS integrations (e.g. Dell Boomi MuleSoft Azure Logic Apps Workato) to orchestrate data movement between Dayforce and enterprise systems (e.g. NetSuite SAP Salesforce ServiceNow).

• Build automated secure file exchanges using SFTP/FTPS protocols with mandatory PGP/GPG encryption for sensitive vendor interfaces.

2. Identity Management (IAM) & Core Business Interfaces

• Partner with IT Infrastructure and Cyber Security to maintain automated Joiner Mover Leaver (JML) employee provisioning feeds connecting Dayforce master data to Identity & Access Management (IAM) tools like Okta Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and Active Directory.

• Build and maintain 834 EDI carrier feeds to health plans 401(k)/pension provider interface files timekeeping interfaces and custom General Ledger (GL) posting exports.

• Build and audit banking/payroll file transformations ensuring strict adherence to ACH / NACHA and ISO 20022 formats.

3. Systems Monitoring Security & Troubleshooting

• Actively monitor Dayforce integration execution logs establish automated error notification alerts and resolve payload failures schema mismatches or network timeouts.

• Implement strict data security controls across all Dayforce data interfaces to safeguard confidential employee PII compensation data and health records in transit (SOC 1/2 HIPAA GDPR/CCPA).

• Serve as the Tier 3 technical point of contact for integration outages API endpoint updates and data synchronization issues.

4. Dayforce Updates Testing & Governance

• Lead regression testing and schema validation for all active integrations during Dayforce Service Packs weekly platform updates and API version deprecations.

• Maintain comprehensive integration mapping documents technical specs data dictionaries and API endpoint inventories within the IT knowledge repository.

• Enforce IT Change Management procedures and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) best practices across all Dayforce integration builds.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4 years of relevant experience.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Technology or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience: 4 years of hands-on integration engineering experience specifically focused on the Dayforce (Ceridian) HCM platform.

• Technical Mastery:

  • Demonstrated proficiency in authoring XSLT XML and XPath for Dayforce Data Transformations.

  • Hands-on experience building and consuming Dayforce Web Services APIs (REST / SOAP) and Webhooks.

  • Experience utilizing enterprise iPaaS tools (e.g. Dell Boomi MuleSoft Azure Logic Apps or Workato) to integrate Dayforce with third-party software.

  • Strong relational database and querying skills (SQL) for data validation testing and mapping.

  • Expertise with secure file transfer protocols (SFTP/FTPS) and PGP encryption.

• Domain Knowledge:

  • Functional understanding of Dayforce HCM architecture (Payroll Benefits Time & Attendance HR).

  • Knowledge of identity lifecycle provisioning (Active Directory/Okta syncs) EDI 834 formats and banking transmission protocols.

Preferred Certifications

• Dayforce Integration Specialist Certification (Ceridian/Dayforce Certified Professional)

• Dell Boomi Associate/Professional Developer or MuleSoft Certified Developer

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Azure Integration Associate

About McKesson Medical-Surgical

McKesson Medical-Surgical (MMS) which is expected to become Wellverse in early 2027 is a subsidiary and publicly reported segment of the McKesson Corporation. MMS distributes medical-surgical supplies pharmaceuticals diagnostic equipment and supplies along with other solutions and services to virtually every type of healthcare setting and provider outside of the traditional hospital. These markets often referred to as Alternate Care or Non-Acute Care include physician offices surgery centers long-term care providers laboratories home health and hospice agencies health systems government facilities and online marketplaces and retailers.

Alternate Care markets are growing rapidly and MMS is proud to be a leader in this space. With a team of approximately 8000 employees a network of 15 distribution centers and approximately 900 delivery vehicles we collaborate with more than 2200 leading manufacturers and serve over 200000 customer accounts across the U.S. Our catalog includes more than 270000 SKUs of branded and private-label medical-surgical products from bandages to specialty pharmaceuticals and COVID-19 tests.

Position Level - P3

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