Software Engineer Sr., Core Apps and Payroll Team

Position Overview

At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success.

As a Software Engineer Sr. within PNC’s Technology organization, you will be part of the HR Core Apps and Payroll team and will report into a Software Engineering Manager Sr. You can be based in Pittsburgh PA, Strongsville OH, Cleveland OH, Dallas TX or Phoenix AZ.

The HR Core Apps & Payroll team supports Workday and other vendor applications that underpin our HR and payroll operations. You’ll be responsible for one or more applications, ensuring integrations are reliable, secure, and compliant, while improving performance and operational resilience.

• Integration Ownership:
  Design, build, and maintain Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors) and associated ETL pipelines.
• Act as Application Team Lead:
  Demonstrate ownership of governance and controls for assigned applications, including certificate renewals, remediation of vulnerabilities, and responding to audits.
• Mainframe Execution:
  Author and maintain JCL to schedule and run jobs on the mainframe; monitor execution, handle failures, optimize performance.
• Data Pipelines & Transmissions:
  Implement secure file transmissions (SFTP/HTTPS/AS2), data validations, and reconciliation; manage schemas, mappings, and transformations.
• Monitoring & Reliability:
  Use Dynatrace and Big Panda to detect anomalies, reduce MTTR, and drive incident prevention through observability and automation.
• Access & Security:
  Partner with PNC Enterprise security and access management teams to ensure data security and privacy controls.
• SDLC & Agile Delivery:
  Work in Agile (Scrum/Kanban), manage work in Jira, and coordinate incident/change management in Service Now.
• Technical Leadership:
  Troubleshoot complex production issues, conduct root‑cause analysis, mentor peers, and contribute to engineering standards.
• Cross‑Team
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with technology teams, vendors, and business partners to prioritize, plan, and deliver integrations and enhancements.

• 5–8+ years of software engineering or integration engineering experience with hands‑on ownership of Workday integrations and ETL processes.
• Strong experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors), troubleshooting, coding, and Workday security.
• Proficient in ETL design and implementation; data modeling, mapping, validation, and reconciliation.
• Experience with Dynatrace and/or Big Panda, or equivalent monitoring tools, alerting, dashboards, SLIs/SLOs, and incident response.
• Working knowledge of access management, data security, encryption, and secure file transfers.
• Experience with Jira, Service Now, Agile methodologies; strong documentation and communication skills.

• Workday Certifications (e.g., Workday Studio, Integration Specialist).
• Knowledge of Oracle (SQL, performance tuning) for downstream HR/Payroll data stores.
• Experience with vendor HR systems (benefits, payroll, timekeeping) and HR data standards.
• Practical experience authoring and supporting JCL jobs and mainframe batch processing.

• Medical/prescription drug coverage (with Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options.
• Employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long‑term disability protection.
• 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account.
• Back‑up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement.
• Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; robust wellness program with financial incentives.
• Paid time off: maternity/parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year; 15–25 vacation days each year.

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