PeopleSoft Administrator / Upgrade Specialist
Posted 2 weeks ago by 1753255441
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The PeopleSoft Administrator / Upgrade Specialist is responsible for providing expertise in PeopleSoft PUM upgrades and administration, ensuring system performance and security. The role involves applying updates, troubleshooting issues, and enhancing custom modules while providing senior-level business analysis. The specialist will also support integration with various systems and automate administrative tasks. This position requires extensive experience with PeopleSoft Financial Systems and related technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and apply monthly CAPPS Financials updates to CAPPS HUB PeopleSoft system.
- Apply Linux and Windows critical security patches related to PeopleSoft application.
- Provide Production support for Education Materials (EMAT), Texas Grants Interface (TGIF)/Expense Reports (ER), and Cash Receipts (CR) modules.
- Enhance and fix bugs related to various PeopleSoft modules, primarily custom modules.
- Develop and test complex PeopleSoft functionality.
- Perform complete installs of PeopleSoft 9.2x at all tiers using PUM and Change Assistant or DPK.
- Upgrade PeopleSoft system by conferring with users and developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements.
- Run and analyze compare reports and apply retrofits.
- Maintain PeopleSoft system performance through monitoring, analysis, and performance tuning.
- Provide troubleshooting for technical problems in PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA).
- Secure PeopleSoft system by developing system access and monitoring controls.
- Resolve bugs from previous upgrades and implement new functionality.
- Resolve fluid approval workflow issues and configure new workflows for travel/expense module.
- Spin up new PeopleSoft environments on demand and download PUM images.
- Administer PeopleSoft servers, apply patches, and provide support with critical patches.
- Support integration with TEAL, eGrants, and other systems.
- Implement process improvements and automate administrative tasks.
Key Skills:
- Experience with Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) PeopleSoft Financial System.
- Experience in PeopleSoft Integration with third-party applications using Integration Broker and Web Services.
- Experience in STAT, PeopleSoft upgrades, application tuning, and deployment activities.
- Experience in PeopleSoft XML/BI Publisher reports.
- Experience with installing the latest PUM images using PeopleSoft Update Manager & Change Assistant.
- Experience in PeopleSoft administration, configuring application server, web server, and process scheduler.
- Experience in troubleshooting technical problems related to app and web server.
- Experience with PeopleSoft in a Linux/RedHat environment; working in an Oracle 19c or higher environment.
- Experience with PeopleSoft Financials Application release of 9.2.
- Experience with PeopleSoft development tools using PeopleTools 8.51x or higher release.
- Experience in Quest STAT administration for PeopleSoft code deployments (preferred).
- Experience with Education Materials, Grants, and Cash Receipts functionality (preferred).
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Project Description: Provide subject matter expertise on PeopleSoft PUM upgrades and PeopleSoft administration.
Administer and apply monthly CAPPS Financials updates to CAPPS HUB PeopleSoft system. Apply Linux and Windows criticial secuirty patches on a regular basis related to PeopleSoft application. Provide Production support for Eductaion Materials (EMAT), Texas Grants Interface(TGIF)/Expense Reports (ER) and Cash Receipts (CR) modules. Enhance and fix bugs related to various PeopleSoft modules primarily custom modules like EMAT, TGIF/ER, CR modules. Develop and test complex PeopleSoft functionality. Provide senior level business analysis and help design the solutions.
Duties to be performed:
Perform complete installs of PeopleSoft 9.2x at all tiers, using PUM and Change Assistant(A) or DPK used by PeopleSoft. Document high level steps to follow the Oracle delivered steps.
Upgrades PeopleSoft system by conferring with USERs and services; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements using PeopleSoft Upgrade Manager (PUM) or extracting the necessary patch code fixes. Document high level steps to follow the Oracle delivered steps.
Run and analyze compare reports and apply retrofits.
Maintain PeopleSoft system performance by performing system monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting system hardware, software, networks and operating system and system management; designing and running system load/stress testing; escalating application problems to users.
Provide troubleshooting and isolating technical problems in PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA) including Oracle database, tuxedo application servers on Unix, process schedulers on both Unix and NT and WebLogic configuration.
Secure PeopleSoft system by developing system access, monitoring, control, and evaluation. Monitoring and sending alerts appropriately for all the servers and environments.
Resolve the bugs from the previous upgrade and implement newer functionality.
Resolve fluid approval workflow issues and configure new workflows for travel/expense module.
CPA Updates Compare analyze the compares for conflicts, reapply customizations.
Spin up a new PeopleSoft environment on demand and download PUM images and stand up a new release image.
Administer the PeopleSoft servers, apply patches and provide support with the critical patches.
Support integration with TEAL, eGrants and other systems like Child Nutrition Program (CNP), Foundation School Program (FSP), Consolidated Entitlement Management System (CEMS).
Process improvements like automating some of the manual recurring activities.
Automate PeopleSoft administrative tasks and train current resources with PeopleSoft administrative tasks.
II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
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Minimum Requirements: |
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Years |
Required/Preferred |
Experience |
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10 |
Required |
Experience with Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS) PeopleSoft Financial System |
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10 |
Required |
Experience in PeopleSoft Integration with third party applications using Integration Broker and Web Services |
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10 |
Required |
Experience in STAT, PeopleSoft upgrades, application tuning, and deployment activities. |
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10 |
Required |
Experience in PeopleSoft XML/BI Publisher reports |
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8 |
Required |
Experience with installing the latest PUM images using PeopleSoft Update manager & Change Assistant |
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8 |
Required |
Experience in PeopleSoft administration in configuring application server, web server and process scheduler |
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8 |
Required |
Experience in troubleshooting and isolating technical problems related to app and web server |
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8 |
Required |
Experience with PeopleSoft in a Linux/RedHat environment; Working in an Oracle 19c or higher environment |
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8 |
Required |
Experience with PeopleSoft Financials Application release of 9.2. |
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8 |
Required |
Experience with PeopleSoft development tools using PeopleTools 8.51x or higher release |
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5 |
Preferred |
Experience in Quest STAT administration for PeopleSoft code deployments |
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5 |
Preferred |
Experience with Education Materials, Grants and Cash Receipts functionality. |