Peoplesoft Solution Architect

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 26 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has several strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1. 

We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023. 

As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally. 

Job Description

As a PeopleSoft Solutions Architect, you’ll have extensive PeopleSoft technology and cloud infrastructure experience and will provide solution leadership in your role within a wide variety of contexts from pre-sales, through architectural process and tooling design, and customer solution design and build.  This is very much a hands-on role, and you will also be expected to perform and manage PeopleTools installations, optimisations and upgrades for clients.   You will work with senior colleagues across the delivery, commercial and managed services sections of the practice and be part of a team of 400+ ERP/SCM/HCM consultants across Version1. The PeopleSoft Solution Architect will work with other senior colleagues on activities such as pre-sales proposals, solution evaluations and recommendations, through to quality assurance, governance, and best practice.

You’ll likely have held senior consulting roles in the past working directly with customers or with other systems integrators, and you will be passionate about defining and developing solutions which meet customer challenges and understand the commercial balance required to deliver these solutions. You will be a high energy, high impact individual comfortable with balancing the demands of multiple assignments and working as both a lone contributor and leading assignments and developing people.

Qualifications

PeopleSoft Technical Administrator

• You’ll have responsibility for the design, installation, upgrade and patching of PeopleSoft environments including PeopleTools components, Mid-Tier components, OpenSearch and have a working knowledge of Oracle and SQL Server Databases.
• You will be competent in the use of PeopleTools and Application DPKs, the use of customisation YAML and the use of automation to build, update and patch PeopleTools infrastructure.  Experience with shell scripting and Puppet will be expected and the use of orchestration tools like RunDeck, Jenkins and Ansible highly desirable.
• You will be required to work alone on smaller projects and to lead a team of PS Admins, DBAs and cloud engineers on larger projects ensuring work packages are clearly defined, planned, quality assured and interfacing with the Project Manager. 
• You will have responsibility for planning and executing PeopleTools upgrade and Application PUM upgrade activities.
• You will Support Technical teams to migrate code and configuration to Production using App Designer, CA,
• Trouble shooting performance issues across the PeopleSoft system
• You will be responsible PeopleSoft Quarterly Patching for customer systems and expected to lead on innovations to improve deployments.

Solution Architectures and Assurance:

• You’ll have responsibility for the solution architectures for one or more of our customers engagements for Oracle PeopleSoft Applications and IaaS cloud solutions ensuring they will deliver the needs of the customers through a commercially viable approach. You will be responsible for assuring solutions.
• You will peer-review designs and solutions and provide constructive practical feedback to enhance the outcome for the customer from a quality, speed, effectiveness, and resilience perspective.
• You will be responsible for building and maintaining cloud infrastructure networks, security components and cloud resources using CLI, API and Terraform methods.
• Identify and manage key risks relevant to the solutions or architectures of engagements.
• Be a leader in providing innovative solutions to customer problems. When our consultants have a complex requirement from a customer that they are not sure can be technically delivered, you will be the one to come up with a way of making it happen.
• Collaborating with project and programme managers with planning and resourcing.

Practice Development:

• You will contribute to the development of key artefacts, methodologies and tools which form solution designs and standards for the delivery of Oracle PeopleSoft and IaaS cloud solutions. A primary objective of the role will be to enhance our ability to repeat effective approaches, best practices, and delivery models.
• You will be responsible for developing your own and the wider team’s knowledge of existing and new cloud technologies.
• Lead on continuous development and enhancement of new and existing tools or automated approaches which make our solutions compelling for customers.
• Contribute to developing the governance and structure across all solutions, artefacts, and knowledge management tools to maximise repeatability and effective sharing of solutions and resource.
• Provide respected and innovative thought leadership for peers, practice, and our customers.   Work with our innovation function to continuously look ahead at how we can stay ahead in delivering world-class solutions for customers.

Pre-Sales and business development:

• You will contribute to the technology solution for RFI, RFP and bid responses, helping to deliver creative, engaging, winning bid collateral. Your insight will be one of the reasons we will win.
• Bring knowledge of business models, operating models, financial models, budgeting processes and risk management to the creation of a compelling solution and approach for our customers.  
• Host customer meetings to understand and articulate business impact of technical strategies or approaches for the customer to guide them to the best way forward for their business.
• Attend conferences, deliver webinars and work with Oracle to develop the Version 1 brand as a leading implementer of PeopleSoft and cloud IaaS. You will be sought out as a specialist in this space.

Additional Information

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability. 

One of our standout advantages is the ability to work with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology. 

We prioritise the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat. 

Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter amongst employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a programme designed to support professional growth.