Workday Testing Specialist

Wits Solutions Inc. (WITS) is a SBA certified Small Disadvantaged Business with headquarters in the metropolitan Washington D.C. area. WITS has been providing best-in-class solutions in professional IT and administrative consulting to various Federal State Local and commercial customers. At WITS we believe in working not for our clients but with them. This is why right from the beginning; our analysts and solution-builders work closely with our clients to ensure that the project outcomes continue to deliver value long into the future.

Job Description:

• The Workday Testing Specialist leads and coordinates testing activities across Workday implementation and upgrade projects ensuring the quality and accuracy of configurations integrations and data conversions before go-live.
• This role develops comprehensive test strategies creates and executes test scripts manages defect tracking and coordinates testing cycles across functional and technical workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the overall test strategy test plan and testing schedule for Workday implementation and upgrade projects.
• Create organize and execute functional integration regression and user acceptance test (UAT) scripts across all Workday modules.
• Coordinate testing activities with functional consultants technical teams and client end-users.
• Manage defect tracking lifecycle including documentation assignment prioritization and resolution verification.
• Facilitate UAT sessions train end-users on testing procedures and collect and consolidate feedback.
• Conduct parallel testing for Payroll and Financials to validate results against legacy system outputs.
• Develop automated testing frameworks using tools such as Kainos Smart Tricentis Tosca or similar where applicable.
• Produce test metrics and status reports for project leadership and steering committees.
• Support regression testing activities following Workday weekly/biannual releases.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

Required Skills / Qualifications

• 3 years of Workday testing or QA experience
• Experience developing and executing test plans and scripts
• Proficiency in defect tracking tools (JIRA Azure DevOps ServiceNow)
• Strong understanding of Workday module functionality across HCM/Finance
• Experience facilitating UAT and managing end-user testing sessions
• Excellent organizational and documentation skills

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Workday testing tool experience (Kainos Smart Tricentis Tosca)
• ISTQB or similar QA/testing certification
• Workday Payroll parallel testing experience
• Automation scripting experience
• Higher education or government Workday implementation experience
• Experience with load/performance testing in Workday environments

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science Business or related field. ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification preferred.