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Covenant Living
Applications Engineer
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What they do
An Application Developer or Engineer designs or improves applications software. Oversees the entire applications development process. Analyzes customer or user needs, designs programs, writes code or instructs computer programmers, tests design, and documents programs. May assist with upgrades or maintenance.
$102,299 / year median in Illinois
+3% projected growth
Job Description
We Are Inspired to Serve. Join us! The Application Engineer position serves as security architect and administrator for Covenant Living's Workday HCM, Payroll, Purchasing, and Finance platforms. This role is primarily responsible for supporting and managing the role based access control, policies, and configurations used to manage access to data and functionality within the Workday platform. Responsibilities also include designing, building, and testing the data connections between the Workday ecosystem and third-party systems. The Applications Engineer serves as a hybrid functional-technical partner to Strategic Sourcing, Finance, Human Resources, and IT, ensuring Workday role compliance, vendor integrations, and reporting structures operate efficiently, securely, and in alignment with organizational strategy. 1. Workday Security & Business Process Management Configure and maintain security groups, role assignments, and domain security policies. Administer intersection security roles following best‑practice minimal‑access principles. Maintain and develop Workday business processes supporting enterprise operations. 2. Workday Integration Administration Administer Workday Integration connectors, including payroll, benefits, vendor catalogs, punch‑outs, user groups, and security settings. Address break‑fix issues and monitor integration statuses. Document and publish solutions to common issues. 3. Reporting, Analytics & Dashboards Identify reporting needs, analyze procurement trends, and develop Workday reports/dashboards. Provide key metric reporting to stakeholders, highlighting challenges, opportunities, and efficiency improvements. 4. Workday Release Management & Training Monitor Workday scheduled releases, test impacts in Sandbox, evaluate new features, and recommend process changes. Facilitate documentation and end‑user training for new capabilities. 5. Workday Change Management Helps guide cross functional group and change management process within the Workday platform. 6. Technical Documentation Maintain internal trainings, technical documentation, diagrams, and process guides.