Role: Senior PeopleSoft Administrator
Location: Business Service Center, New York, NY
Duration: Long Term
Pay Rate: $80-85/HR
Description:
The Senior PeopleSoft Administrator will provide senior-level technical leadership and hands-on support for the PeopleSoft modernization program. This position will support the migration of the PeopleSoft application ecosystem to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), along with PeopleTools and PeopleSoft application upgrades to the latest supported releases and PUM images.
The consultant will work closely with application development, database, cloud, middleware, network, security, and infrastructure teams to design, build, migrate, upgrade, test, and support highly available PeopleSoft environments.
* Assess the existing PeopleSoft environment and assist with developing the target OCI architecture.
* Plan and execute the migration of PeopleSoft applications and supporting components to OCI.
* Install, configure, upgrade, patch, and administer PeopleSoft environments.
* Lead PeopleTools upgrades and PeopleSoft application upgrades using the PUM methodology.
* Build and maintain PUM environments and apply PUM images, patches, PRPs, tax updates, and security fixes.
* Administer PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, WebLogic, Tuxedo, Process Scheduler, Integration Broker, Elasticsearch, and related components.
* Support PeopleSoft FSCM, HCM, ELM, EPM, and Portal applications.
* Perform environment builds, refreshes, cloning, migrations, testing, production cutovers, and post-production support.
* Troubleshoot complex issues across the application, middleware, database, operating system, and OCI infrastructure layers.
* Perform application and infrastructure performance analysis and tuning.
* Support high availability, backup, recovery, disaster recovery, monitoring, and security requirements.
* Support third-party integrations and PeopleSoft migrations using PHIRE.
* Develop architecture diagrams, configuration documents, implementation plans, operational runbooks, test plans, and knowledge-transfer materials.
* Provide production support and participate in after-hours implementations and critical incident support when required.
Additional Skills and Information
* Minimum of 15 years of PeopleSoft administration and technical architecture experience; 20 or more years is preferred.
* Expert-level experience with PeopleTools 8.59 or later and PeopleSoft 9.2 applications.
* Extensive experience with PeopleTools upgrades and PeopleSoft application upgrades using PUM.
* Strong experience administering FSCM, HCM, ELM, EPM, and Portal environments.
* Demonstrated experience migrating enterprise PeopleSoft environments to OCI.
* Strong knowledge of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, WebLogic, Tuxedo, Process Scheduler, Integration Broker, Elasticsearch, and Oracle Database.
* Experience with Change Assistant, PUM images, PeopleSoft patching, PRPs, tax updates, environment refreshes, and PHIRE migrations.
* Experience supporting large and complex PeopleSoft environments across DEV, TEST, UAT, STG, PROD, and DR.
* Strong knowledge of Linux, Windows, Oracle Database, SQL Server, high availability, disaster recovery, security, monitoring, and performance tuning.
* Oracle OCI Professional or Architect certification is strongly preferred.
* Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and technical leadership skills.
* Ability to coordinate effectively with application, database, middleware, network, security, and cloud teams.
* Must be available to support production cutovers and critical issues outside normal business hours when required.
Additional Skills and Information:
* Minimum of 15 years of PeopleSoft administration and technical architecture experience, with preference for 20 or more years.
* Expert-level experience with PeopleTools 8.59 or later and PeopleSoft 9.2 applications.
* Extensive experience performing PeopleTools upgrades and PeopleSoft application upgrades using the PUM methodology.
* Strong experience administering PeopleSoft FSCM, HCM, ELM, EPM, and Portal environments.
* Proven experience migrating enterprise PeopleSoft environments to OCI.
* Oracle OCI Professional or Architect certification is strongly preferred.
* Advanced knowledge of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, WebLogic, Tuxedo, Process Scheduler, Integration Broker, Elasticsearch, and Oracle databases.
* Experience with PUM image creation, Change Assistant, patching, PRPs, tax updates, environment refreshes, and PHIRE migrations.
* Strong knowledge of high availability, disaster recovery, backup integration, security, monitoring, and performance tuning.
Additional skills:
- Application – 6+ years
- Architectural Concepts – 6+ years
- Change Management – 6+ years
- Component Removal/Installation – 6+ years
- Computer Systems Architecture – 6+ years
- Critical Thinker – 6+ years
- Customer Service – 6+ years
- BEA WebLogic – 6+ years
- COBOL – 6+ years
- Linux – 6+ years
- MS Windows – 6+ years
- PeopleSoft – 6+ years
- Red Hat Linux – 6+ years
- UNIX – 6+ years
- Unix Shell Scripting – 6+ years
- Windows Server (2016/2019/2012/2008/2003) – 6+ years
- C++ – 6+ years
- C++ (Intermediate Level) – 6+ years
- DEC UNIX – 6+ years
- MS Windows NT/2000 – 6+ years
- SCO UNIX – 6+ years
- Administrator – 6+ years
- Client/Server – 6+ years
- Client/Server Architectures – 6+ years
- PeopleSoft SQR – 6+ years
- Unix Administrator – 6+ years
- Change Control – 6+ years
- Change Request/Decision Notice – 6+ years
- Component Technical Specifications – 6+ years
- Critical Path Methodology – 6+ years
- Crystal Reports – 6+ years
- Current Database Technology – 6+ years
- Cyber Security – 6+ years
- EDI – 6+ years