Join our Enterprise Workforce & Finance team at Idaho National Laboratory as an Oracle HCM System Administrator responsible for administering and supporting Oracle Fusion HCM environments, with a focus on Payroll, Core HR, Security, and system governance. In this role, you will manage payroll configuration and processing, user access and security, reporting solutions, testing and system upgrades, and data management activities to ensure reliable, compliant, and efficient HR and payroll operations across the organization. You will collaborate with stakeholders across HR, Payroll, IT, and business teams to support and continuously improve HCM services and processes.
Our team works a 9x80 schedule located at our Research and Education Campus in Idaho Falls with every other Friday off. Remote or Hybrid work opportunities are also available for this position.
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:
- Environment & System Administration: Administer Oracle Fusion HCM environments (Development, Test, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Production). Coordinate with stakeholders across user communities, peers, Business Management, Information Management, and the laboratory.
- Payroll Configuration: Set up and maintain payroll elements, balances, Fast Formulas, payroll definitions, payment methods, costing, legislative data groups, and payroll relationships. Analyze and troubleshoot payroll processing technical issues. Support audits for payroll team.
- Processing & Reconciliation: Support regular payroll runs, retroactive pay, tax updates, costing, year-end processing (such as W-2s), and payroll reconciliation.
- Reporting: General knowledge of how to develop and maintain HCM Reports, BI Publisher reports, OTBI (Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence) reports.
- Data Loading: Understanding of bulk data loads using HDL (HCM Data Loader) or HSDL.
- Security & Access Governance: Manage security roles, data roles, SSO (Single Sign-On), identity domains, and user provisioning following role-based access controls. Develop and test HCM rules.
- Testing & Upgrades: Participate in the quarterly Oracle Cloud updates. Including but not limited to testing, regression testing, feature validation, and coordinate Service Requests (SRs) with Oracle Support.
- Other Duties: As assigned.
Required:
- Level 3: Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5 years of relevant work experience, or an advanced degree in the same fields and 2 years of relevant work experience.
- Level 4: Bachelor's degree in a related field and 9 years of relevant work experience, or a Master's degree in the same fields and 6 years of relevant work experience, or a PhD in the same fields and 4 years of relevant work experience.
- Relevant experience in Information Systems Administration.
- Applicants are subject to the requirements of DOE O 142.3B, Unclassified Foreign National Access Program and require that applicants have U.S. citizenship.
The ideal candidate will possess:
Experience with Oracle HCM Cloud, particularly in the following areas/modules:
- Payroll
- Core HR
- Absence
- Time & Labor
- Benefits
- HCM Security
- Fast Formulas
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this classification, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, bend, use hands to handle materials, manipulate tools, keyboard and type, reach with hands and arms, and operate job-related equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with assistance. Sufficient visual acuity and hearing capacity to perform the essential functions and interact with the public is required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Information:
- The pay range for this position is: Level 3 ($79,344 - $162,732) / Level 4 ($95,256 - $195,288). At Idaho National Laboratory compensation decisions are determined using factors such as education, relevant experience, and other credentials.
- Multi-Level: This is a multi-level posting and you will be placed at the appropriate level dependent on depth and breadth of proven experience and skills.
About Us
Benefits and Relocation
- Medical, Dental, Vision, and Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) with a 4.2% employer contribution and up to 4.8% match (regular positions) or self-contribute access (postdoctoral positions)
- Paid time off (personal leave)
- Employee Education Program (tuition assistance for eligible positions)
- Comprehensive Relocation Package
- Benefit eligibility subject to multiple factors, including employment status and position classification.
At this time, BEA will not sponsor any H1-B visas obtained outside of the United States of America (U.S.A.), including consular visas.
INL is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the U.S. Department of Energy's mission in nuclear energy research, science, and national defense. With more than 6,300 scientists, researchers, and support staff, the laboratory works with national and international governments, universities and industry partners to change the world's energy future and secure our nation's critical infrastructure.
INL Mission:
Our mission is to discover, demonstrate and secure innovative nuclear energy solutions, other clean energy options and critical infrastructure.
INL Vision:
Our vision is to change the world's energy future and secure our nation's critical infrastructure.
Selective Service Requirements:
To be eligible for employment at INL males born after December 31, 1959 must have registered with the Selective Service System (SSS). For more information see www.sss.gov.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. It is the policy of INL to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Reasonable Accommodation:
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.
Other Information:
When applying to positions please provide a resume and answer all questions on the following screens. Applicants, who fail to provide a resume or answer the questions, may be deemed ineligible for consideration.
INL does not accept resumes from third party vendors unsolicited.Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5 years of relevant work experience for Level 3
- Advanced degree in a related field and 2 years of relevant work experience for Level 3
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 9 years of relevant work experience for Level 4
- Master's degree in a related field and 6 years of relevant work experience for Level 4
- PhD in a related field and 4 years of relevant work experience for Level 4
- Relevant experience in Information Systems Administration
- U.S. citizenship
- Experience with Oracle HCM Cloud, including Payroll, Core HR, Absence, Time & Labor, Benefits, HCM Security, and Fast Formulas
Idaho National Laboratory Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Idaho National Laboratory and has not been reviewed or approved by Idaho National Laboratory.
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Retirement Support — The retirement plan provides a core employer contribution plus matching, repeatedly highlighted as a standout element, with exact formulas to be confirmed in offer materials. This structure positions long-term savings as a central value of the total rewards package.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, employer-paid life/AD&D, and paid short- and long-term disability coverage are described alongside FSAs/HSAs and wellness resources. These offerings indicate broad protection for employees and their families.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid personal leave, holidays, floating holidays, parental bonding leave, military leave, and adoption assistance are called out, with some roles also featuring compressed schedules like 4/10s or 9/80s. Together, these elements support work-life balance across a range of needs.
Idaho National Laboratory Insights
What We Do
Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory and the nation’s leading center for nuclear-energy research and development. It conducts scientific and engineering work across integrated energy systems, clean-energy technologies, cybersecurity, national and homeland security, critical infrastructure, and environmental science. Its mission is to discover, demonstrate, and secure innovative nuclear-energy solutions, other clean-energy options, and critical infrastructure.









