WPP

SystemIntegrationEngineer

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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The Brief

“System Integration Engineer at WPP. Skills: Workday API integration development, Workday data model expertise, REST API, Workday REST APIs, HCM data model, Financial data model. Design, develop, and maintain REST API-based integrations between Workday and the Work Management Data Spine platform. Design, build, and maintain integration pipelines using Workday REST APIs (RaaS, WQL, Data Sources) and SOAP Web Services”

What You'll Achieve.

ensure reliable, secure, and performant data flows for employee, financial, absence, and organisational data across the enterprise; ensure that employee profiles, organisational hierarchies, project accounting, client billing, and journal data is delivered accurately to the Data Spine for consumption by WPP Open Work Management Platform; deliver transformational growth

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

creative problem solvers

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Expert-level understanding of Workday's REST API surfaces, Expert-level understanding of the underlying HCM and Financial data models, Expert-level understanding of how business objects relate across modules

Nice to Have

Subject matter expert for Workday integrations across the programme

What You'll Do.

and maintain REST API-based integrations between Workday and the Work Management Data Spine platform

and maintain integration pipelines using Workday REST APIs (RaaS

Data Sources) and SOAP Web Services

Develop API-based data extraction and synchronisation across both HCM (employee data

organisational hierarchy

job roles) and Financials (project accounting

and retry logic to ensure robust and reliable API consumption at scale

Build and maintain authentication and authorisation flows using Workday API credentials

and certificate-based security

Serve as the subject matter expert on the Workday data model across both HCM and Financial modules

Map Workday business objects

and reference data to target data models

understanding how entities relate across modules

Advise the engineering team on optimal API endpoints

and data extraction patterns for each integration requirement

Stay current with Workday data model changes introduced through semi-annual releases and assess their impact on existing integrations

Support the transition from the interim GPDS (Global People Data Solution) to Workday HCM as agencies are progressively onboarded

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Advise the engineering team on optimal API endpoints, query strategies, and data extraction patterns; joining a team delivering a critical data integration platform; collaboration

Full Job Description

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. We have been building the world's most valuable brands for 50 years and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow. For more information, visit WPP.com. Why we're hiring: As a Workday Integration Engineer in the WPP Enterprise Data Group, you will design, develop, and maintain REST API-based integrations between Workday and the Work Management Data Spine platform. Workday is the strategic solution for both HCM and Financials across WPP, and this role is critical to ensuring reliable, secure, and performant data flows for employee, financial, absence, and organisational data across the enterprise. You will leverage deep expertise in the Workday data model and REST APIs to build integration pipelines that extract and synchronise data across both HCM and Financial domains. Your work will ensure that employee profiles, organisational hierarchies, project accounting, client billing, and journal data is delivered accurately to the Data Spine for consumption by WPP Open Work Management Platform. This role requires expert-level understanding of Workday's REST API surfaces, the underlying HCM and Financial data models, and how business objects relate across modules. You will also support the transition from the interim GPDS (Global People Data Solution) to Workday HCM as agencies are

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