CAPPS Technical Oversight Analyst (Financials Analyst III) (Contractor) 304FM202716

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At RESPEC, you’ll work alongside clients to take on critical problems. Depending on your expertise, you might design infrastructure in remote locations, develop renewable energy solutions for global projects, or apply data-driven technology to improve mining and water systems.

We bring deep technical knowledge, real-world experience, and a commitment to work that matters. If you're looking for a place where your contributions have real impact, you’ll fit right in.

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RESPEC is seeking a senior-level CAPPS Technical Oversight Analyst with extensive experience supporting Texas state government enterprise systems, PeopleSoft environments, and large-scale ERP operations. In this role, you will provide technical oversight, vendor governance, production support, service management leadership, accessibility compliance oversight, and strategic guidance for a statewide financial and human resources platform.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in PeopleSoft Financials and Human Capital Management, IT Service Management (ITSM), vendor oversight, SDLC governance, enterprise integrations, and large-scale production support. This position requires a highly independent professional who can collaborate with business leaders, technical teams, vendors, and executive stakeholders while ensuring compliance with established standards and operational requirements.

Core Responsibilities

Serve as a senior technical advisor supporting a statewide ERP program that includes Financials, HR/Payroll, recruiting, reporting, and related enterprise systems. Provide oversight of requirements, development, testing, deployment activities, and vendor deliverables to ensure compliance with established standards, procedures, and development lifecycle methodologies.

Review technical and functional designs, analyze business processes, evaluate integration impacts, and identify potential risks related to performance, security, scalability, and data quality. Support solution reviews throughout the design, development, testing, and deployment lifecycle while providing recommendations to improve overall system quality and operational effectiveness.

Support enterprise service management operations, including administration of an ITIL-compliant service desk platform, incident management, root cause analysis, troubleshooting, reporting, knowledge management, and integration support. Participate in major incident response activities, disaster recovery testing, upgrade testing, production deployments, and ongoing operational support.

Provide oversight of digital accessibility compliance efforts, including WCAG 2.1 reviews, remediation tracking, accessibility waiver management, and coordination of compliance activities. Assist with enterprise security initiatives, audit support, vendor management, technical documentation, executive presentations, and strategic roadmap planning.

Required Technical Experience

10+ Years of Experience Required

· Direct experience working for or supporting Texas state government agencies

· Technical support of enterprise application environments

· Strategic roadmap development and long-term technology planning

· Executive-level communications, presentations, and stakeholder engagement

· Technical project management supporting large enterprise systems

· Contract interpretation, vendor governance, and vendor accountability management

· Data integration, data quality, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies

· PeopleSoft FSCM or HCM 9.2 environments

· PeopleTools, PeopleCode, Application Designer, SQL, PS Query, SQR, Application Engine, and Oracle 11 or higher

· Production support and deployment activities supporting large multi-agency ERP environments

8+ Years of Experience Required

· IT Service Desk operations

· ITIL framework methodologies and best practices

· IT Service Management (ITSM) processes

3+ Years of Experience Required

· Full administration and support of BOSSDesk or a comparable ITIL-compliant Service Desk platform

Additional Required Knowledge and Experience

· Business requirements gathering for large enterprise initiatives

· Agile and traditional SDLC methodologies

· Information security frameworks such as NIST

· Oracle PeopleSoft functional and technical architecture

· Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills

· Experience working effectively with distributed and remote teams

· Problem-solving, multitasking, and organizational skills

· Accessibility compliance and WCAG standards experience

· Enterprise audit and compliance support

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates with the following experience will be highly competitive:

· 10+ years of software and hardware asset management best practices

· 10+ years supporting legacy statewide financial systems

· 10+ years developing technical specifications for IT procurements

· Experience supporting statewide ERP programs

· Major Incident Management (MIM) experience

· Disaster Recovery planning and testing

· Enterprise reporting and analytics

· Service Desk integration and API support

Work Model

Primary Work Location

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
LBJ State Office Building
111 E. 17th Street
Austin, Texas 78711

Work Arrangement

Candidates must be available for occasional on-site meetings, onboarding activities, operational support, testing events, or business-critical activities as requested by the client. All remote work locations must remain within the continental United States throughout the engagement.

This is a rare opportunity to support one of the largest public-sector ERP environments in Texas. You'll work alongside experienced professionals managing enterprise systems that serve hundreds of organizations statewide while helping shape the future of mission-critical financial, payroll, and human resources technology platforms. If you thrive in complex enterprise environments and enjoy solving challenging technical and operational problems, we encourage you to apply.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.