Associate Staff Engineer-ERP Functional Consultant

Summary

Join Nagarro, a Digital Product Engineering company, as a Workday HCM expert with 5+ years of experience. You will be responsible for understanding project requirements, interacting with clients, preparing test plans, and designing automated testing frameworks. Your expertise in Workday configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting, along with strong communication and stakeholder management skills, will be crucial. You will also contribute to risk management, test reporting, and continuous improvement of the testing process. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field is required. Experience working in Agile environments is a plus.

Requirements

• Total experience 5+years
• Extensive functional experience in Workday HCM with deep hands-on knowledge of Workday Talent and Performance modules
• Proven expertise in Workday configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Strong understanding of HR business processes, especially around Talent Management and Performance Reviews
• Experience with Workday Reporting, EIBs, and Security configuration
• Exposure to other Workday modules such as Recruiting, Learning, or Time Tracking
• Familiarity with Workday release management and change control processes
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to resolve complex functional issues independently
• Strong documentation skills, including creation of configuration guides, test scripts, and user manuals
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a clear focus on priorities and timelines
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities within cross-functional teams
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Understanding the projects functional and non-functional requirements and the business context of the application being developed. Understanding and documenting requirements validated by the SMEs
• Interacting with clients to identify the scope of testing, expectations, acceptance criteria and availability of test data and environment. Working closely with product owner in defining and refining acceptance criteria
• Preparing test plan/strategy
• Estimating the test effort and preparing schedules for testing activities, assigning tasks, identifying constraints and dependencies
• Risk management identifying, mitigating and resolving business and technical risks. Determines the potential causes of problems and analyses multiple alternatives
• Designing and developing a framework for automated testing following the project's design and coding guidelines
• Set up best practices for test automation
• Preparing test reports to summarize the outcome of the testing phase and recommending whether the application is in a shippable state or not
• Communicating measurable quality metrics, with the ability to highlight problem areas and suggest solutions
• Participating in retrospective meetings, helping identify the root cause of any quality related issue and identifying ways to continuously improve the testing process
• Conducting demos of the application for internal and external stakeholders
• Reviewing all testing artifacts prepared by the team and ensuring that defects found during the review are tracked to closure
• Working with team and stakeholders to triage and prioritize defects for resolution
• Giving constructive feedback to the team members and setting clear expectations

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working in Agile development environments is a strong plus