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• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit: Exempt
• Grade: 13
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Building: Studebaker
• Salary Range: $120,000 - $130,000

Position Summary

Reporting to the Manager, PeopleSoft HR Application Development; the Sr. Developer will work with the PAC (People at Columbia) Functional and Development teams to develop application code, unit test and troubleshoot issues for Columbia University's PeopleSoft Human Resources application. The Sr. Developer will also work on the application's customized processes, reports and interfaces to determine what technical changes are required when developing new enhancements or troubleshooting operations-related production issues.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and implements application changes within PeopleSoft to support the regular maintenance, compliance and periodic bundled updates for patches and fixes as needed.
• Works closely with the functional team to program, document, test, and implement new enhancements and modify programs and interfaces as needed.
• Communicates with the functional (HRIS, Finance), development and infrastructure teams as needed to resolve technical issues and implement program changes.
• Conducts impact analysis, application development and unit testing to ensure the quality of the PAC systems application's current design and development standards.
• Works closely with the project managers, functional team members and system administration teams to design, develop, test and implement project related changes.
• Works in a technical capacity with a good understanding of Finance business processes, functionalities, relational databases and PeopleSoft table structure.
• Collaborates with HR and Finance PeopleSoft Development teams to provide analysis, design, development and testing support.
• Streamlines implementation and support of project related systems changes.
• Updates documentation and modifies impacted processes for database platforms when necessary.
• New process/code development; custom enhancements to existing code, application patches/fixes/upgrades.
• Data and/or process analysis; code documentation; performance tuning; enhancements.
• Creation and review of technical designs; unit testing; bundling/un-bundling of code using PeopleTools and Oracle.
• Weekend and off-hour work may be necessary on occasion.
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required and/ or its equivalent required.
• Minimum 4-6 years' related experience.
• 4+ years??? relevant work experience with PeopleSoft 9.x (v. 9.2 is plus) development experience with PeopleSoft HR applications.  
• Participated in a full lifecycle PeopleSoft HR or Finance implementation.
• 3-5 years??? strong experience with PeopleSoft development tools and Oracle SQL.
• 3+ years??? of PeopleSoft development and integration experience with upgrades and patches.
• 3+ years??? experience developing PeopleSoft interfaces into legacy and 3rd party systems.
• Strong knowledge of application development tools.
• Excellent knowledge of PeopleSoft HR Database model.
• Excellent understanding of a systems development life-cycle methodology. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in using STAT or Phire (Version control software)
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Demonstrated excellence in a variety of competencies including teamwork/collaboration, analytical thinking, communication and influencing skills, and technical expertise.
• Ability to work with changing priorities and with multiple projects.
• Ability to be precise and attentive to detail is essential.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work weekends and off-hour work on occasion.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with PeopleSoft Time and Labor and/or Absence Management modules.
• 4 years experience participating in full lifecycle PeopleSoft implementations with recent experience (prior 2 years) using PeopleSoft HR and Peoplesoft Financials
• Experience working with PeopleSoft Implementations in a Higher Education or Public sector environment.
• Experience in supporting application release management or project roll-out or occasional operational processing during non-business hours or weekends.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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