PeopleSoft Administrator

Version 1 Solutions Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions firm in Newcastle upon Tyne seeks a skilled PeopleSoft Administrator to manage and maintain PeopleSoft environments. The candidate will be responsible for troubleshooting, performing upgrades, and ensuring system availability. Essential qualifications include extensive experience with PeopleSoft Admin architecture, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases, and effective communication skills. This role offers a flexible hybrid work environment and numerous benefits including profit share and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Quarterly profit share

Career acceleration – mentorship and training budgets

Award-winning culture

Inclusive values – ESG and diversity initiatives

Flexible Remote/Hybrid working options

Pension and Private Healthcare Cover

Responsibilities

• Maintaining PeopleSoft environments and troubleshooting issues.
• Driving PUM upgrade activities.
• Supporting Technical team in code migration to Production.
• Ensuring environment availability and planning downtime.
• Monitoring Production Schedule Jobs.
• Overseeing troubleshooting performance issues.
• Performing Oracle Database Refresh/cloning.
• Conducting PeopleSoft Quarterly Patching.

Skills

Hands-on experience of PeopleSoft Admin technical architecture

Application Administration and PeopleTools

Installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of PeopleSoft components

High-level skills in PeopleTools v854 and higher

Expert ability with Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases

In-depth PeopleSoft infrastructure experience

Understanding of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture

Experience with PeopleSoft 9.x or above

Effective communication skills

Strong analytical skills

Experience with public cloud platforms

Job description

Role Overview

You will be working with a range of technical experts as well as with knowledge leaders from the business, giving you exposure to an industry sector embracing innovation and evolution.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining PeopleSoft environments troubleshooting fixing all server / application related issues.
• Driving PUM upgrade activities.
• Supporting Technical team to migrate approved code to Production.
• Ensuring environment availability for end users and planning downtime.
• Performing post refresh activity on non-production environments.
• Monitoring Production Schedule Jobs.
• Overseeing troubleshooting performance issues.
• Oracle Database Refresh/cloning.
• PeopleSoft Quarterly Patching of mid-tier and PeopleTools components.
• Oracle Database operations: patching, Maintenance Monitoring (Performance Monitoring and Tuning).
• Creating and executing backup/restore and disaster recovery strategy and scripts for databases in specified environment.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience of PeopleSoft Admin technical architecture.
• Application Administration and PeopleTools.
• Experience in installation, troubleshooting and maintenance of PeopleSoft Internet Architecture components including App Servers, Process Schedulers, and Web logic Servers on LINUX as well as Windows.
• High‑level skills in PeopleTools v854 and higher and with Integration Broker.
• Expert ability with administering Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases.
• In‑depth PeopleSoft infrastructure experience.
• Comprehensive understanding of the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA).
• Experience with PeopleSoft 9.x (or above).
• Accomplished ability with all technical areas of PeopleSoft and/or PS Admin.
• Knowledge in all DBA areas (Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle).
• Demonstrated follow‑through on assignments and issue resolution.
• Effective Communication / Reporting to end users and Team members. Good communication skills both written and verbal.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms.

Benefits & Perks

• Quarterly profit share.
• Career acceleration – mentorship, training budgets, and leadership pathways.
• Award‑winning culture – 10 years as a Great Place to Work.
• Inclusive values – ESG, CSR, and diversity initiatives.
• Flexible mix of Remote/Hybrid working options.
• Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance plus.