Full-Time

Senior Associate Automation Analyst

Workday Success Plans

Posted on 5/9/2026

Workday

Workday

10,001+ employees

Cloud-based HCM and ERP software

No salary listed

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Hybrid

50% in-office/with customers each quarter.

Category
Software Engineering (2)
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Required Skills
LLM
Python
JavaScript
webhooks
Node.js
Workday HRIS
SQL
RAG
REST APIs
OAuth
Requirements
  • Around 4 years of development experience in an automation developer, data analyst, or similar technical role focused on building or supporting automated workflows.
  • Hands-on experience with automation and/or low-code tools (e.g., workflow engines, RPA, integration platforms, or AI workflow tools such as Sana).
  • Solid understanding of APIs, webhooks, and common integration patterns (REST, JSON, OAuth, etc.).
  • Hands-on experience with scripting or programming languages (Python, JavaScript/NodeJS) and working with data using SQL.
  • Technical expertise in building automation solutions using tools such as Python, SQL, JavaScript/NodeJS, Smartsheets, Google Apps Script, and REST/SOAP APIs.
  • Conceptual understanding of large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and prompt design.
  • Experience configuring or consuming AI services (e.g., chatbots, agents, content generation, intelligent routing, summarization).
  • Awareness of AI risks and safeguards (hallucinations, data privacy, access control, bias).
  • Experience working with Smartsheet (formulas, automated workflows, dashboards, reports) is a plus.
  • Experience gathering and documenting business requirements, translating them into clear technical specifications, and mapping business needs to application capabilities.
  • Proven ability to design, implement, and iterate on technical automation solutions that streamline business processes and improve data quality and visibility.
  • Experience supporting UAT and production readiness, including identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving bugs and issues, and partnering with users to validate solutions.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including a grasp of relational data concepts and comfort working with datasets using SQL and tools such as Python or R.
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics in a way that resonates with functional end users and senior partners.
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with internal partners to identify, define, and clarify business requirements.
  • Demonstrate business knowledge and expertise to uncover process gaps and work multi-functionally to formulate plans to improve support models.
  • Collaborate with functional owners, domain specialists and end-user representatives to clearly understand business requirements and translate them into detailed technical requirements.
  • Build detailed reports/dashboards to help identify trends and gaps in business workflows.
  • Independently design, propose, and implement end-to-end automation solutions from scratch using the available tech stack, including but not limited to, SQL, Python, REST APIs, Google App Script.
  • Design and implement end‑to‑end automations using AI tools like Sana (e.g., AI agents, knowledge retrieval, workflow orchestration, integrations).
  • Configure prompts, agents, and workflows to ensure accurate, safe, and context‑aware automation behavior. Implement error handling, logging, monitoring, and alerting for all automations
  • Coordinate and perform system testing to ensure requirements are met.
  • Work closely with the project team during user acceptance testing (UAT); including tracking issues through to resolution and securing end user acceptance signoff.
  • Participate in the organizational change and launch support processes.
  • Contribute to documentation, QA, and organization of the automation solutions.
  • Analyze and understand existing automation solutions, and effectively maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance them as needed to ensure reliability and continuous improvement.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with automation development using Smartsheets (formulas, automated workflows, dashboards, reports) is a plus.
  • Experience with Google Apps Script is a plus.
  • Experience with RPA and workflow automation platforms beyond the listed stack is a plus.
  • Experience working in a large enterprise environment and collaborating with multiple stakeholder groups is a plus.

Workday provides enterprise cloud software for finance and human resources used by medium to large organizations. Its suite includes Workday HCM, Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, and Workday Student, all delivered on a subscription basis. The platform combines HR and financial processes with analytics and planning, and receives regular cloud updates; consulting and training services help with implementation. Workday differentiates itself with a unified cloud-based suite for HR and finance and tools like Workday Peakon Employee Voice to support employee engagement, aiming to help organizations run their workforce and finances more efficiently.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Pleasanton, California

Founded

2005

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What believers are saying

  • Personnel Action Request Agent cuts federal HR times by 60%.
  • Achievers integration boosts retention as weekly recognition multiplies productivity 2.6x.
  • Sana AI platform integrates with Gmail and Salesforce for workflow expansion.

What critics are saying

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  • Anthropic Managed Agents disrupt seat-based pricing in 6-12 months.
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365 Copilot causes 20% SMB attrition via Office bundling.

What makes Workday unique

  • Workday delivers unified cloud HCM and ERP from ground up since 2005.
  • AI agents like Sana automate HR tasks across 300 skills globally.
  • Acquisitions including HiredScore in 2024 and Evisort enhance talent and contracts.

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