Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development.

Fastly’s customers use our edge cloud platform to ensure concertgoers can buy tickets to the live events they love, travelers can book flights seamlessly and embark on their next great adventure, and sports fans can stream events in real time, across devices. They include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Spotify, Alaska Airlines, Hulu, The New York Times, and Ticketmaster.

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HRIS Technical Architect 

We’re looking for an HRIS Technical Architect to join our Business Systems team which is responsible for the design, architecture, and development of our business systems infrastructure. We run the systems that encompass the entire buyer’s journey as well as our internal systems in finance, accounting, and the people team. As the HRIS Technical Architect, you will work closely with People Operations and other internal stakeholders utilizing your expertise, creativity and innovation to develop integration, workflow automation, performance optimization and overall solution architecture to improve Fastly’s current People systems and integration landscape with the goal of delivering business process efficiency through the development of process automation. You have a consistent track record of administering People systems and intuitive problem solving in a dynamic, fun and fast-paced environment. This role reports to the Senior Director, Enterprise Business Systems and will be based in San Francisco, CA.

What You'll Do

• Partner closely with the People Operations team in requirement gathering, project management, solution architecture, and implementing new systems to meet the needs of the rapidly growing business. 
• Translate business requirements into creative and effective technical/functional designs and scalable systems architecture, then drive the implementation of those solutions from requirement gathering, development, testing, training, documentation and deployment.
• Build integrations between our various People systems and work closely with other teams to integrate the People systems with other core business systems. 
• Manage consultants and other external resources to drive the success of People systems projects. 
• Support the configuration, integration and maintenance of our People systems including Ultipro, Greenhouse, and Bridge.
• Perform Ultipro administrative functions including security maintenance, business process configuration, data loads, integrations, and upgrades.
• Serve as the People systems authority with expert-level understanding of core HR functionalities including recruiting, compensation, benefits, payroll and performance management.
• Promote and establish best practices in business systems analysis, design and testing to ensure the team is providing exceptional quality work that meets compliance needs and is earning trust throughout the company.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of experience implementing and supporting People systems and their peripheral ecosystem.
• Bachelor's in Business Administration or Information Technology.
• Experience in business analysis and process improvement in a fast-paced high-growth environment.
• Familiarity with Ultipro and Greenhouse.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate clearly with both internal stakeholders and external development resources plus extensive experience in process documentation.
• Self-motivated, creative and adaptable with clear analytical, problem solving, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated history of successfully building and supporting multiple system implementations.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. In fact, 50% of our employees work outside of SF! An international remote culture is in our DNA.
• We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits like up to 20 weeks of paid parental leave, options for free medical/dental/vision plans, and an open vacation program that enables our folks to take the time they need to recharge (some benefits may vary by location).
• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply!

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

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