PeopleSoft Advanced Software Engineer

Garnet River is currently seeking a PeopleSoft Advanced Software Engineer to support one of our leading clients in the New York City area.

Our client is a large transportation organization responsible for managing complex infrastructure and essential public services. Its technology environment includes financial and business applications, transportation automation, operational systems, power infrastructure, and physical security technologies.

The organization's centralized IT department provides Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) services across multiple business units, supporting critical operations 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

The IT Product Development group consists of cross-functional teams responsible for designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining secure, reliable enterprise applications. These teams manage technology solutions throughout their lifecycle, from initial planning and development to deployment and ongoing support.

Position Summary

The PeopleSoft Advanced Software Engineer will provide technical leadership in the development, integration, testing, and enhancement of complex enterprise applications.

This position leads requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing activities throughout all phases of the software development lifecycle.

Working closely with technical teams, business stakeholders, and other project participants, the engineer will help ensure applications and technology solutions meet operational needs, performance expectations, and organizational objectives.

The role also involves evaluating and supporting the adoption of new development methods, tools, and technologies to improve software quality, efficiency, and system reliability.

Depending on project requirements, the engineer may assume technical ownership of critical applications, services, or products, including responsibility for their continued development, maintenance, and improvement.

Critical Skills

• Experience in supporting PeopleSoft Timekeeping and HCM modules.
• Proficient in PeopleSoft App Designer, PeopleCode, SQR, and Integration Broker
• Strong in BI Publisher Reporting
• Proficient in SQL

Responsibilities

• Leads requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing activities across all stages and iterations for complex software development and integration initiatives. Assists with the organization's selection, adaptation, and adoption of new models, methods, and tools. Collaborates across parties involved in product, systems, or service design.
• May own high-value services and/or products. Leads the definition, documentation, and successful completion of large projects within business objectives and resource constraints, ensuring adherence to agreed enterprise architectures and the application of effective change, release, risk, and quality-management processes.
• Drafts and maintains software support processes and documentation. Prioritizes and diagnoses incidents, investigates and resolves complex issues, leads root cause analysis, and proposes corrective actions. Conducts application licensing, security, backup, and disaster recovery verification initiatives.
• Develops system and acceptance testing criteria related to functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, features, business processes, and business rules. Designs, specifies, and executes test cases and scenarios.
• Plans and leads user experience design activities for large programs and products, providing expert advice to ensure that usability, accessibility, and visual design requirements are satisfied.
• Develops, maintains, and applies tools and documentation to track, log, and maintain accurate and complete system information. Audits complex software systems for adherence to configuration standards.
• Plans, organizes, conducts, and oversee assigned quality and safety assurance assessments involving complex systems and cross-functional teams. Provides expert advice on assurance activities.
• Manage the operational relationships with suppliers to ensure potential disputes or conflicts are raised and resolved. Contributes technical elements of RFP/RFIs and negotiates contract terms and SLAs. Manages suppliers to meet key performance indicators.
• Continuously develops and maintains personal knowledge of software engineering practices, emerging trends, and technologies.
• Provides technical advice to project teams and mentors less experienced staff to foster talent development.
• Performs other duties and tasks
• May need to work outside of normal work hours, supporting operations on a 24/7 basis
• Travel may be required to other client locations or other external sites
• Observing the work performed by the contractor;
• Reviewing invoices and approving them if the work meets contractual standards;
• Addressing performance issues with the contractor when possible; and
• Escalating issues with other parties as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Must possess a minimum at least one of the following professional certifications in the subject domain, including but not limited to: Certified Scrum Developer (CSD), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), Amazon Certified: AWS Certified Developer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer, Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP)

Technical Skills

• Hands-on programming experience in a business setting
• Proficiency in at least one software engineering methodology, including but not limited to: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Lean, Rapid Application Development (RAD)
• Experience in applying a structured validation and testing method, including but not limited to: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing
• Collaboration skills to ensure design specifications are seamlessly implemented by the development team
• Familiarity with version control
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and navigate organizational ambiguity
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Technical Skills

• A software engineering industry certification, examples: Certified Scrum Developer (CSD), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), Amazon Certified: AWS Certified Developer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer, Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP)
• Programming experience with the following language(s): Job Specific (e.g., Ruby, Python, Java, C++, COBOL, etc.)
• Familiarity with the following vendor-specific platforms: Job Specific (e.g., Azure, Windows Server platforms, RESTful APIs, or Linux)

Behavioral Requirements Skills

• Collaboration skills to ensure design specifications are seamlessly implemented by the development team.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and navigate organizational ambiguity.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Communicates Effectively
• Advanced in technical Skills, tech-savvy, values diversity.
• Adept customer focus, cultivates Innovation

Competencies Requirements

Core Competency

Proficiency Level

Competency Definition

Cultivates Innovation

Adept

Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful

Customer Focus

Adept

Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions

Communicates Effectively

Expert

Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

Tech Savvy

Advanced

Anticipating and adopting innovations in business-building digital

and technology applications

Technical Skills

Advanced

Specialized knowledge and expertise on tools, programs, domains, platforms, and products used for specific tasks

Values Diversity

Advanced

Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization

JOB TITLE

Advanced Software Engineer

SALARY RANGE

$140,828 - $166,223

DEPT/DIV

Information Technology

SUPERVISOR

Manager, Product Development

LOCATION

New York, NY 10001

HOURS OF WORK

9:00 am - 5:30 pm (7.5 hours/day) or as required

Work Arrangement

This position requires employees to work onsite five days per week for the first 30 days of employment. After 30 days, employees may apply for a hybrid schedule allowing up to two remote workdays per week, subject to management approval. Hybrid work is not guaranteed.

Garnet River® is a full-service information technology company that customizes solutions for its clients. We solve challenges through staff augmentation, project-based teams, and technical solutions. Our staffing division works as a recruiting arm for technical companies in the region and across the country. Clients turn to us to help them find talent.

Garnet River LLC is an Equal Employment opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) employer. Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran (M/F/D/V)