PeopleSoft Administrator

Position Overview:

The Computing Division at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory seeks a PeopleSoft Administrator to provide support for the PeopleSoft Business Information System running in an Oracle RDBMS Unix/Linux, Windows, and Citrix MetaFrame environment, with specific emphasis on the PeopleSoft server infrastructure.

The PeopleSoft Administrator, who will report directly to the Manager of Enterprise Applications, will be responsible for the application and security administration, maintenance, patching and troubleshooting of the PeopleSoft Enterprise applications.

Your specific responsibilities will include:

• Support and coordinate implementation of major technical projects such as system upgrades of PeopleTools and PeopleSoft applications (images/selective adoption).
• Install, configure, and maintain all PeopleSoft production, test and development environments and maintain PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, Application Server (Tuxedo), Web Server (Web logic), and Process Schedulers.
• Apply Oracle PeopleSoft bug fixes and patches including Critical Patch Updates, PUM images. Perform periodic test system refreshes and project migration to production and test systems.
• Identify, research, and resolve environment related issues for the Web, Application, Batch, File and Database Servers.
• Performance tuning and proactive monitoring of Web Servers, Application Servers, Process Schedulers.
• Develop and maintain scripts to monitor systems.
• Ensure security of the production system and supporting environments.
• Document and communicate project activities to the manager on a regular basis.
• Develop and maintain integrations with external or internal systems.
• Configure and maintain PeopleSoft Search.
• Design, develop, install, and maintain operating systems, utilities, and applications software on computing systems.
• Resolve system emergencies impacting the integrity of user data and systems.
• Design, configure, implement, and maintain system security strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Establish software/hardware standards and systems policies and procedures.
• Engage in long-term strategic planning regarding systems development and integration.
• Conceptualize and implement systems within broad technical or structural frameworks.
• Perform capacity planning for system configuration, software services, network services, load distribution, and service interrelationships among systems.
• Act as a technical lead for local computer system administration.
• Act as project leader on large-scale computing projects in which technical, directional, and personal leadership is vital; assign and supervise the work of other system administrators as needed.
• Maintain vendor relationships and coordinate hardware and software maintenance agreements with vendors.

To be successful in this position you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree and eight years of experience as a system analyst, developer, technology lead, PeopleSoft administrator, or closely related occupation, or a master’s degree and six years of relevant experience.
• Minimum five years of experience in: PeopleSoft application architecture installation and configuration/integration; migration of PeopleSoft projects; performing PeopleTools and application upgrades; PeopleSoft components, Weblogic, and Tuxedo; Oracle databases; and Unix and Windows operating systems.
• Experience with complex multi-system platforms and vendors.
• Experience coordinating multi-system and computing environments in independent computing facilities.
• Experience developing/implementing a business continuation and disaster recovery plan.
• Demonstrated ability to develop appropriate plans to meet computing needs.
• Expert ability to program in multiple programming languages in multiple operating systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and work on large/complex system deployment projects in a team environment.
• Extensive knowledge of security trends and standard methodologies.

In addition, preferred qualifications include:

• Experience installing, maintaining, configuring, upgrading, monitoring, and/or administering Oracle PeopleSoft databases.

SLAC employee competencies:

• Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner.
• Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing.
• Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes.
• Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward.
• Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes.
• Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, presented messages.
• Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals.

Physical requirements and Working conditions:

• Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of their job.
• Requires occasional work during extended hours for some activities, such as monthly and quarterly system patching, and during weekend hours for major projects’ transition to production.
• Given the nature of this position, SLAC is open to on-site and hybrid work options.
• Available for on-call work (rare).

Work standards:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1—General Policy and Responsibilities:
• Subject to and expected to adhere to all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide,
• As an organization that receives federal funding, SLAC and Stanford University have a COVID-19 vaccination requirement that will apply to all university employees, including those working remotely in the United States and applicable subcontractors.

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• Classification Title: System Administrator 3
• Grade: K Job code: 4833
• Duration: Regular Continuing

The expected pay range for this position is $119,000 - $150,000. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location and external market pay for comparable jobs.