ERP Developer; PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Developer

Position: ERP Developer (PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Developer)
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Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Software Eng/Developer III

Job Summary:

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is an exciting and dynamic work environment grounded in organizational principles that include family and personal life/work balance; an inclusive, respectful, and supportive work environment; professional development opportunities; innovation; and alignment with the campus's teaching, learning, and research missions. DoIT provides core IT infrastructure services to the university, develops and implements services for the university and in some cases, for the Universities of Wisconsin, plays a major role in managing the state-wide higher education network and regional networks.

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic, and mission-driven People Soft Application Developer to join the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) and support our critical Student Information System (SIS). Ideal applicants will have the ability to work effectively both independently with minimal guidance and collaboratively within a team.

This role is integral to maintaining, enhancing, and integrating the People Soft Campus Solutions environment, ensuring technology aligns with the university's teaching, learning, and research missions.

What You Will Do (Key Responsibilities & Impact)

You will work closely with technical and functional stakeholders to design, develop, and deliver high-quality People Soft solutions.

1. Development and Customization

* Design, develop, and implement system enhancements, customizations, and new features within the People Soft Campus Solutions environment.

* Develop and maintain complex interface programs and integrations between People Soft and other campus systems.

* Translate business requirements from key stakeholders into robust, well-documented technical designs and solutions.

* Ensure all development adheres to adopted coding, documentation, and change management standards.

2. Technical Analysis and Support

* Provide ongoing production support including troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving complex technical issues and defects.

* Work independently to solve complex problems and identify solutions to prevent future occurrences (proactive analysis).

* Lead small projects or complex project steps within larger SIS implementation efforts.

3. Collaboration and Expertise

* Collaborate with SIS functional team members in assessing, analyzing, and testing new or updated functionality.

* Mentor junior team members to foster technical growth and continuous improvement within the team.

* Communicate complex technical concepts, questions, and solutions clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical university stakeholders.

* Develop expertise in at least one SIS module (e.g., Financial Aid, Student Records, Campus Community) and stay informed of trends in Higher Education Student Systems.

This position is eligible for any of the following: 100% remote work; partial remote work; or fully on-site. Remote work requires an approved flexible work arrangement (FWA), which is reviewed and approved annually. An FWA requires successful candidates to possess their own high-speed internet and phone to perform the work on a university provided computer. Per University policy, transportation between home and assigned work location is not payable/reimbursable and will be at the expense of the employee.

Key

Job Responsibilities:

* Conducts analysis for the evaluation and selection of vendor software solutions and packages

* Leads sub-functional team for application development or enhancement

* Reviews application design specifications, codes new applications, and makes enhancements to existing applications

* Contributes to the development of data structure and systems performance strategies

* Trains and provides technical guidance to lower level staff

* Prepares program documentation and training requirements

* Develops, prepares, or modifies technical specifications for complex projects, system integrations, and upgrades

* Designs and implements test plans, and prepares systems test data

* Conducts systems analysis, reviews and interprets system requirements, and develops detailed system design specifications for system integration and upgrades

* Reviews application modules for quality assurance and checks compliance with application architecture standards

Department:

Division of Information Technology, Enterprise Business Systems, Student Applications

Enterprise Business Systems (EBS) helps administrative units provide enterprise resource planning (ERP) services to UW-Madison and Universities of Wisconsin constituents. EBS groups are formed around supporting the ERPs (Madison and Universities of Wisconsin Student Information Systems (SIS), Oracle Exadata, CRM) and key administrative units. EBS supports cloud applications, on-premise…