PeopleSoft Job roles and responsibilities

PeopleSoft Job roles and responsibilities

01.PeopleSoft Project Director
02.PeopleSoft Project Manager
03.PeopleSoft Solution Architect
04.PeopleSoft Functional consultant
05.PeopleSoft Developer
06.PeopleSoft Techno/Functional Architect
07.PeopleSoft Application administrator
08.PeopleSoft Database administrator
09.PeopleSoft Application DBA
10.PeopleSoft Security administrator
11.PeopleSoft Production support team

01. PeopleSoft Project Director – Enterprise level

• Migration of non-erp application to PeopleSoft application (Data mapping etc)
• Good understanding of PIAInitial Product evaluation and choosing modules as per organization requirement
• Project plan coordination with various teams
• Evaluation and implementation of PeopleSoft products
• Capacity Planning
• Migration of non-erp application to PeopleSoft application (Data mapping etc)
• Integrating additional modules with organizational needs
  
• Planning various teams and defining roles and responsibilities
  
• Coordination with Business and Technology teams
  
• Resource Planning – employee/consultants
• Year end Budget Planning
• Technical and infrastructure architecture planning
• Over all asset management
  
• COB or risk management
  

02. PeopleSoft Project Manager

• Reports to PeopleSoft Director
• Good understanding of PIA
• Project planning
• Capacity Planning
• Over all Process improvement and PeopleSoft best practices
• Set milestones and track from project plan
• The individual in these roles provides leadership for the project team
• Produces the status reports, plans, budgets and formal methodology
  
• All aspects of project planning and control, and supports the design, development and deployment of a strong quality program.
• Identify the gaps in process and coordination among various teams to get it resolved.
• Over all responsible for health and availability of the PeopleSoft application to business users.
• The Project Manager is responsible for the “care and feeding” of the consulting and client project team members
  

03.PeopleSoft Solution Architect

• In-depth knowledge of enterprise and n-tier applications and architectures.
• Ability to develop and communicate complex system architectures.
  

04.PeopleSoft Functional consultant

• Reports to PeopleSoft Techno-Functional lead
• Strong knowledge in Core PeopleSoft modules and PeopleSoft security
• Experience in min 2 or 3 end-to-end Implementations / Upgrade projects.
• Should have the ability to drive fit gap workshops with business
• Should be able to assist the functional team to quickly come up with keep-drop analysis
• Full understanding of project life cycle and Upgrade methodologies
• Must have end-to-end Implementation/Upgrade experience in latest PeopleSoft application version V9.1
  
• Ability to interact with technical and functional staff at all levels
• Must be creative, innovative and familiarity with user-centered analysis and evaluation techniques

05.PeopleSoft Developer

• Reports to PeopleSoft Techno-Functional lead
• Competence in Application Designer, PeopleCode, SQR, Application Engine, and Component Interface.
• Proficiency in Oracle RDBMS is required.
• Functional understanding of key processes in HR, Benefits Administration, ESS, MSS, ePerformance and North American Payroll modules is desirable.
• Experience with the following is a plus: Integration Broker, Application Security, Self Service configuration, AWE.
• Maintain, trouble shoot and fix errors in existing applications systems.
• Collaborate with the user community and other IT resources (Business Analysts, testers, developers and administrators).

06.PeopleSoft Techno/Functional lead

• Reports to Project Manager
• Coordinates Dev team and functional team leads and reports to the Project manager
• SME with hands on experience on PeopleSoft modules –technical/functional
• Prepares project plan for any major tasks such as applying patches/upgrades etc which affects the environment in coordination with teams required sign off on time line and support.
• Applies due-diligence to ensure best practices for PeopleSoft application.
• Ensures projects, objects affecting the environment are moved through Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC).
• Be ahead of the curve and advice Project manager on new technologies, tools useful for the organization.
• Coordinates Dev team and functional team leads and reports status to the PeopleSoft Project Manager

07.PeopleSoft Application administrator (PeopleSoft Apps Admin)

• Reports to PeopleSoft Project Manager
• Act as a bridge between various teams viz. PeopleSoft Application, DBA, o/s System Administrators in providing periodical patches, best practices etc to mitigate the risk and health of the PeopleSoft application environment.
• Good knowledge of Integration Broker and Application Security
• Prepares project plan for any major tasks such as applying PeopleSoft PIA patches/upgrades etc which affects the environment in coordination with teams required sign off on time line and support.
• Applies due-diligence to ensure best practices for PeopleSoft application.
• Ensures projects, objects affecting the environment are moved through SDLC life cycle.
• Set best practices and periodical maintenance for PeopleSoft environments, based on vendor recommendations, experience, and business needs.
• Be ahead of the curve and advice Project manager on new technologies, tools useful for the organization.
• Act as an SME by constantly tapping latest updates from “My oracle support” , mitigate the risk in advance
• Plan annual (future growth) capacity requirements of the applications in areas such as database size, number of end-users and application functionality; work with infrastructure
• team to address application capacity needs.
• Periodical testing of database backups in coordination with DBA team.
• Ensure proper documentation and knowledge sharing among the team ICE, Vacation to ensure continuity of business
• Periodic testing of fail over of server, database, etc.
• Provide PeopleSoft architect solution wherever gaps or flaw in implementation is identified
• Automate the repeatable PeopleSoft tasks.
• Learn and apply new systems and system administration techniques and tasks
• Continued learning habit such as participating in PeopleSoft user group meeting/webinar/latest PeopleSoft courses/Participate in annual Oracle conferences/ Certification etc
• Technical
• Provide system administration support for PeopleSoft application environment
• Like installation, testing and migration of PeopleSoft environment, and bundled upgrades/ patch fixes etc.
• Troubleshoot development and production application problems across multiple environments and operating platforms
• Own and modify as appropriate PeopleSoft app server and web server configurations
• Maintain configuration and automation required for building production and staging PeopleSoft environments. Ensure and maintain quality of non-production environments.
• Ensure proper backup coverage and monitor backup quality.
• Use PeopleSoft and third party development tools and languages as necessary to efficiently support and troubleshoot systems.
• Recommend, request, and tune system monitoring.
• Proactively monitor and install patches and upgrades
• Configure software, monitor application
• Manage systems for high availability and satisfactory response time work with Infrastructure team to resolve issues
• Provide programming/scripting assistance to support ERP system automation
• Participate in system and performance testing, application migration and deployment
• Support testing activities including system acceptance and deployment
• Assist with making database table changes/additions to packaged software applications.

08.PeopleSoft Database administrator

• Reports to DBA manager
• Follow PeopleSoft best practices in administering the database
  
• Installation, configuration and upgrading of Oracle Server software and related products.
• Evaluate Oracle features and Oracle related products/tools.
• Establish and maintain sound backup and recovery policies and procedures.
• Take care of the Database design and implementation.
• Implement and maintain database security (create and maintain users and roles, assign privileges).
• Database tuning and performance monitoring.
• Application tuning and performance monitoring.
• Setup and maintain documentation and standards.
• Plan growth and changes (capacity planning).
• Do general technical trouble shooting and give consultation to development teams.
• Interface with PeopleSoft Administrator to complete the tasks requested.
• Contact Oracle for technical support.
  

09.PeopleSoft Application DBA

• Combination of PeopleSoft Application and Database administration

10.PeopleSoft Security administrator

• Reports to PeopleSoft manager.
• Working knowledge of PeopleSoft Work-flow
• Design, implement and maintain including roles, permissions, definition security, and data security
• Experience with security audit, compliance, prevention and procedures
• The Security Administrator will be responsible for gathering requirements, designing, building, testing, and maintaining the security environment to support PeopleSoft applications.
• The Security Administrator will develop and implement PeopleSoft application information systems security plans and procedures, perform security reviews and access audits, recommend security solutions, advise on application-level security configurations, provide security education for end users, and investigate and mitigate security risks as required.
• The Security Administrator is responsible for all aspects of managing and monitoring access to PeopleSoft resources, including pages, processes, queries, trees, reports, components, services, integrations, customizations, and tools.
• The Security Administrator is to work closely with other teams to improve efficiencies in the security request and fulfillment process.
• The Administrator maintains security in all environments in support of development, testing, and production.
• Participate in application technical and functional testing to ensure adherence to business requirements.
• Support the project team by establishing procedures for user maintenance, and executing those procedures in a timely manner.
• Document and report accomplishments, issues, and status to project management.
• Provide user support and participate actively in issues resolution.
• Participate in scheduled functional and application training.

11.PeopleSoft Production support team

• Reports to Project manager
• Supports end user request on current issues
• Functional/technical expertise
• Strong problem solving experience
• Continued learning