Sr Engineer - PeopleSoft Administrator

Company Background:

Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service provider of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added solutions. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, while our Industrial Parts Group serves customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. We keep the world moving with a vast network of over 10,700 locations spanning 17 countries supported by more than 63,000 teammates. Learn more at genpt.com.

Position Purpose:

Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will function as a hands-on Senior PeopleSoft Administrator that manages all PeopleSoft production and non-production environments for various modules like FSCM and HCM. This includes installations, patches and upgrades, data refreshes, performance tuning, system maintenance and monitoring and troubleshooting of web and application servers and associated process schedulers and developing and advancing best practices and tools.

Responsibilities And Key Accountabilities: 

This role should take responsibility of the activities listed below, and may be asked to perform additional activities related to PeopleSoft Admin Operations:

• Install, administer, secure and maintain the infrastructure supporting the PeopleSoft applications, including web servers, database servers, application servers, process scheduler, report servers, and file servers in Windows and Linux OS platforms.
• Research issues with application middleware, database, etc. and recommends/applies solutions such as configuration changes to O/S, WebLogic, PeopleSoft, Tuxedo or additional hardware, memory, CPUs etc.
• Document and update standards for PeopleSoft architecture and configuration as well as day-to-day operational procedures and protocols.
• Maintain PeopleSoft system performance by performing system monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning.
• Participate in Business Continuity exercises with periodic testing of application fail over for Disaster Recovery.
• Identify, download, track and apply PeopleTools and PeopleSoft application upgrades and patches and CPUs for WebLogic, Tuxedo, JDK/JRE etc.,
• Proactively research available and future releases of PeopleTools and recommend improvements/use of appropriate solutions/tools/security to application groups.
• Accomplish organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Serve in a 24/7 on-call capacity, working evenings and/or weekends as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Location:

• GPC has two work locations to choose from, Duluth or Atlanta office.
• We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.

 Desired Qualifications & Experiences: 

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or related field.
• 2 years (5+ preferred) years system administration experience in production PeopleSoft environments.
• Strong working knowledge in the installation, security, administration, monitoring and tuning of PeopleTools 8.4x, 8.5x, 8.6x and PeopleSoft 9.x infrastructure.
• Strong working knowledge in installation, administration and tuning of Oracle WebLogic, Tuxedo, Elastic Search, JDK/JRE, Visual Cobol, OpenSearch.
• Strong working knowledge in deployment of PeopleTools and PeopleSoft applications using DPKs.
• Strong working knowledge of Change Assistant and hands on experience applying PeopleSoft maintenance and application/Tools upgrades and PUM.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL with prior experiences in Oracle DB 12c/19c Administration.
• Proficiency in UNIX Shell scripting for automation of various maintenance jobs for application and web server, process scheduler and filesystems.
• Strong experience in debugging/troubleshooting techniques for technical issues related to infrastructure components that include application and web server, process scheduler, integration broker, database servers and load balancers.
• Orientation toward detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to maintain accurate documentation.
• Ability to independently manage multiple tasks effectively, learn quickly and thrive in a constantly changing systems environment.
• Ability to work well in a team environment with excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Competencies:

• Action-Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences
• Cultivates Innovation: Creating new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• Global Perspective: Taking a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relating openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

Preferable to Have:

• Certification in Red Hat System Administration
• Certification in Oracle Database Administration

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