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Short Description:

PeopleSoft (PS) Technical Consultant provides technical support in designing, developing, testing, and deploying PeopleSoft applications. 

Duties / Responsibilities:

  • Implement change requests as per change management policies and procedures.
  • Perform system modification and enhancements based on business needs.
  • Review and recommend improvements to current PS processes.
  • Coordinate with Project Manager to develop the project plan and determine resource requirements.
  • Develop interfaces, understand table structures, run month-end PS batches and generate reports.
  • Monitor and report project status to the Manager regularly.
  • Maintain project technical documentation for management review.
  • Provide production support for Peoplesoft applications.
  • Analyze and resolve problem tickets promptly.
  • Provide support in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and bug-fixing activities

Skills / Requirements / Qualifications

  • Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
  • Programming: Writing computer programs for various purposes.
  • Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
  • Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance relative to the system's goals.
  • Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  • Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
  • Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
  • Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
  • Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
  • Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
  • Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
  • Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about them.
  • Coordination: Adjusting actions concerning others' actions.
  • Monitoring: Monitoring/assessing the performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
  • Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the audience's needs.

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  • Education: Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
  • Related Experience: A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations.
  • Job Training: Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, or vocational training.
  • Job Zone Examples: Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, database administrators, teachers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
  • Specific Vocational Preparation in years: 2-4 years of preparation (7.0 to < 8.0)

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