Senior Business Systems Analyst

The University of Colorado is dedicated to fostering a supportive workplace, and they are seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst. This role involves assisting with the analysis, configuration, testing, implementation, and troubleshooting of application issues within the HCM system, primarily focusing on HCM Core modules.

Responsibilities:

• Production support items
• Assists and supports other system integrations within HCM Core
• Troubleshooting and Analyzing of Data and Application Issues within the Core HCM System
• Writing of functional design documents for customizations
• Writing of test plans/testing scripts and/or test scenarios
• Working with users and application managers to gather all necessary business requirements for customizations
• Responsible for tracking and maintaining all functional documents associated with any HCM system
• Completing regression testing for all system customizations
• Provide leadership and customer service to multiple campus customers and SMEs
• Completing smoke testing for PUM/Selective Adoption and PeopleTools Upgrades
• Provide coverage for modules in the absence of the application manager
• Detailed analysis of Core HCM release notes and detailed impact analysis
• Assisting with communication of release notes to the Core HCM Community
• Assisting with vendor management of the module
• Performs system analysis, program specification, systems development, and support during planned and unplanned maintenance windows
• Expand professional, technical skills and expertise by acquiring knowledge in new technologies and system development procedures and tools by attending technical classes, seminars, and end user groups
• Accomplishes organizational goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments
• Provides subject matter expertise for the Business Systems Analysts within the Core HCM Systems Team
• Participation in the Higher Education community and with other Higher Education institutions to share knowledge and ensure CU is subscribing to industry trends and best practices
• Ensuring cross training of all business processes and functional setup of the HCM Core module is dispersed to the HCM Systems Team, Employee Services, and UIS Technical staff through proper documentation and communication to establish and meet agreed upon service level agreements
• Performs system analysis, program specification, systems development, and support during planned and unplanned maintenance windows
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education (professional experience may be substituted on a year for year basis for the educational requirement)
• 4+ years' SQL experience using a tool such as TOAD or SQL Developer Utilizing PeopleSoft Query
• 4+ years' demonstrated experience testing software customizations
• 2+ years' experience with PeopleSoft HCM 9.2
• 2+ years' experience working within a PeopleSoft application
• 2+ years' experience with PeopleSoft upgrades and PUM/Selective adoption cycles
• 2+ years' experience understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• 2+ years' experience understanding of software testing methodologies and best practices
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Programming, or other related area
• Experience using PeopleTools Testing Framework (PTF) tool
• Experience using or assisting in UFT Testing Framework tool for automating our core test scripts
• Experience in HCM PeopleSoft Core application from functional side to configuration of set up tables and knowledge of HCM Core development
• Experience with PeopleTools version 8.61+
• Knowledge of PeopleTools configuration; Approval Workflow Engine, Templates, Profile Management, Related Content, etc
• Knowledge of higher education business processes