PowerSchool Administrator

Learning Mate Solutions

Technology & Product Operations

Location

United States (Remote)

Experience Level

8–10 Years

Employment Type

Full-Time

The Power School Technical Developer / Integration Engineer will be responsible for the technical development, integration, customization, and ongoing reliability of the Power School SIS
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This is a hands-on technical role, not a functional Power School administrator position. The individual should have a strong understanding of Power School SIS architecture, underlying data structures, APIs, integration patterns, customization frameworks, and the technical implications of platform upgrades. They will work closely with technology, data, academic, operations, and vendor teams to ensure the Power School SIS and its connected systems operate reliably and evolve with organizational needs.

• Design, develop, maintain, and enhance custom functionality within the Power School SIS.
• Develop and support custom pages, scripts, reports, workflows, extracts, and extensions where required.
• Understand Power School SIS underlying database and data structures and use them effectively when designing solutions.
• Maintain existing customizations and refactor legacy solutions when necessary.

• Design, develop, maintain, and troubleshoot integrations between Power School SIS and other enterprise systems, and a homegrown LMS.
• Understand data dependencies and ensure accurate movement of student, staff, enrollment, course, grade, attendance, transcript, and related information across systems.
• Diagnose integration failures and coordinate resolution with internal/external teams.
• Build appropriate logging, validation, monitoring, and error-handling mechanisms for critical integrations.

• Maintain a strong understanding of the Power School SIS data model, including student, enrollment, course, section, school, grade, transcript, attendance, and related structures.
• Analyze complex data relationships and support teams that consume Power School SIS data for operational, reporting, analytics, and regulatory purposes.
• Support data extracts, transformations, synchronization processes, and downstream reporting requirements.

• Provide technical support for transcript generation, historical grades, credits, GPA calculations, graduation-related data, and academic records.

• Evaluate Power School SIS releases, patches, and upgrades for potential impact on integrations, customizations, database structures, and dependent applications.
• Perform technical impact assessments before upgrades.
• Identify custom functionality that may be affected by platform changes and remediate it before production rollout.

• Provide advanced technical support for Power School SIS production issues.
• Investigate and resolve application, integration, data, performance, and customization issues.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, database, and application teams when issues span multiple systems.

• Maintain documentation for integrations, customizations, APIs, data mappings, scheduled jobs, dependencies, and operational procedures.
• Develop technical runbooks for critical Power School SIS processes and integrations.

• Partner with Power School SIS administrators and business users while serving as the technical expert for the SIS.
• Participate in solution design and architecture discussions when Power School SIS is affected by broader technology initiatives.

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