Oracle​/PeopleSoft Administrator; Systems Administrator - LDMO

Position: Oracle/PeopleSoft Administrator (Systems Administrator) - LDMO

• CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
• CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
• If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

• CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
• CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
• If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

POSITION SPECIFICS

The LionPATH Development and Maintenance Organization (LDMO), a unit of Penn State Information Technology, is looking for a highly motivated, knowledgeable, and proactive individual to fulfill the role of Systems Administrator (Senior Professional).



Note:

Penn State’s Student Information System (SIS), referred to as LionPATH, is Oracle’s People Soft Campus Solutions.

Systems Administrators maintain the integrity of various computer systems including operating systems, physical servers, appliances, and specialized application environments; administer, install, and troubleshoot a variety of technical components, perform systems maintenance tasks such as resource utilization checks and back-up and recovery; perform configuration changes to address customer needs; schedule, install, and test system software upgrades; monitor and maintain software licensing and maintenance agreements.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, maintain, upgrade, and support systems and software
• Develop plans, schedules, and requirements for deployment of systems
• Create custom programs and scripts to aid in systems management
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve system issues and/or respond to outages
• Resolve service-related issues; determine immediate economic and financial consequences of an incident
• Test and implement upgrades and patches to installed operating systems and software
• Maintain reliability of systems by monitoring, running tests, and troubleshooting
• Monitor backups and plans for installed systems; review adequacy of emergency response plans
• Monitor, maintain, and execute automation processes and procedures
• Monitor threats, alerts, security vulnerabilities; conduct regular reviews of security against policy goals
• Evaluate organizational vulnerabilities within assigned area of responsibility
• Manage, research, and resolve complex end-user escalation incidents
• Evaluate and recommend new or existing system improvements and/or solutions
• Create and maintain system documentation of departmental processes, procedures, plans, and configurations

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience with Oracle Peoplesoft products, People Tools; managing systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux;
  Microsoft Visio or other system diagramming tools
• Knowledge of Oracle SQL
• Familiarity with a programming or scripting language (i.e., Java, Python, shell)
• Understanding of basic networking technologies (i.e., firewall, VPN)

Minimum Education , Work Experience & Required Certifications

Bachelor's Degree 6+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience accepted Required

Certifications:

None

Required Application Materials

• Resume
• Cover Letter

LOCATION

The location of this position is flexible and can operate fully remote within the United States (restrictions may apply). Standard…