Applications Administrator (4699C) Campus Applications & Data Unit, #88950

University of California-Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California, Berkeley is seeking an Applications Administrator focused on enterprise PeopleSoft administration, security, and IaC-driven automation. You will manage multi-tier environments, patching, and deployment automation, coordinating with developers to ensure high availability and secure configurations.

The role emphasizes CI/CD pipelines, IaC tooling (Ansible, Terraform), and experience with WebLogic/WebServer and various middleware.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of direct experience administering enterprise PeopleSoft environments (including WebLogic/WebServer, Application Servers, and Process Schedulers).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
• Proficiency with Git-based version control and building automated deployment pipelines (e.g., GitLab).

Responsibilities

• Performs technical installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of enterprise applications and multi-tier web environments across diverse technology stacks.
• Utilizes IaC tools to standardize environments and automate deployment cycles.
• Develops and maintains CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployments.
• Coordinates with developers to troubleshoot application-layer issues and optimize performance.
• Monitors security patches and applies updates to mitigate risks.

Skills

PeopleSoft Admin

IaC (Ansible Terraform)

CI/CD pipelines

GitLab & version control

Tools

WebLogic/WebServer

Terraform

GitLab

Job description

About Berkeley

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Departmental Overview

The Application Delivery group (within the Campus Applications & Data Unit) leads the operations of campus software solutions that support the University’s enterprise administrative, finance and student systems. The objective of the Application Delivery group is to bring value to campus by securely maintaining these critical systems and supporting a continuous cycle of improvement and feature enhancements in a suite of tightly integrated custom and purchased systems.

To ensure the success of these mission-critical systems, Application Delivery is staffed with technical professionals who identify, design, create, test and implement new features, respond to campus needs, and keep all systems running optimally throughout the academic cycle and financial year. Application Delivery partners with areas across the university to ensure systems support efficient and effective operations, while introducing functionality to best support students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members.

Position Summary

Under general supervision, the Applications Administrator serves as a skilled Application Administrator with a primary focus on enterprise PeopleSoft application administration, security, and automation for campus student applications and developer services. This position independently performs a full range of responsibilities including the operational support, installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of enterprise PeopleSoft environments and multi-tier web applications.

A primary focus of this role is maintaining high operational availability and ensuring architectural safety through proactive patching and the use of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to standardize and automate application environments. Key duties include managing deployment automation, executing routine migrations, implementing secure configuration choices, and providing tiered support across diverse technology stacks. Additionally, the Applications Administrator provides essential application support, executes code and object migrations across PeopleSoft environments, and coordinates disaster recovery testing to ensure operational continuity across the unit's integrated software suite.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: 10/2/2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Responsibilities

Application Administration & DevOps Automation - 45%

• Performs technical installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of enterprise applications and multi-tier web environments across diverse technology stacks.
• Utilizes Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to standardize environments and automate repeatable application deployment cycles.
• Develops and maintains CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployments, ensuring consistent and repeatable release cycles.
• Coordinates with developers to troubleshoot moderately complex application-layer issues and optimize system performance.

Security, Patching & Vulnerability Management - 25%

• Proactively monitors and applies security patches, maintenance updates, and vendor fixes to application environments to mitigate risks and ensure architectural safety.
• Implements secure architectural choices by applying campus and industry security standards to the design and configuration of systems.
• Administers security policies and access controls to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive institutional data.
• Coordinates remediation efforts within the application stack based on identified vulnerabilities.

Cloud & Enterprise Service Support - 10%

• Performs core operational administration, routine code/object migrations, and environment maintenance for enterprise PeopleSoft applications.
• Administers application resources in public cloud environments (Amazon Web Services (AWS) / Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)), assisting with migrations and environment provisioning.
• Coordinates the maintenance and testing of disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for application environments in both on-premises and cloud-hosted infrastructures.

Infrastructure Operations & Monitoring - 10%

• Maintains and supports centralized developer services (e.g., GitLab SaaS) and observability tools (e.g., Elastic, Logstash, Kibana (ELK) stack, Oracle's Observability & Management (O&M)) provided to the unit.
• Monitors capacity for application environments, infrastructure components, and cloud services, making recommendations for hardware or cloud resource adjustments to ensure optimal performance.
• Provides on-call support for mission-critical application software as needed to maintain high availability.

Documentation & Collaboration - 5%

• Creates and maintains detailed technical documentation for application architectures, deployment procedures, and security configurations.
• Collaborates with diverse technical teams (Network, Database, Security) to resolve moderately complex interoperability issues across disparate hardware, operating systems, and cloud environments.

Engage in continuous professional development and other duties as assigned. - 5%

• Engage in continuous professional development and other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of direct experience administering enterprise PeopleSoft application environments (including WebLogic/WebServer, Application Servers, and Process Schedulers).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) to automate application environments and deployments.
• Thorough professional knowledge of varied middleware and application frameworks, with experience installing and configuring diverse technology stacks.
• Experience with secure configuration practices to ensure application-layer integrity and architectural safety.

• Ability to write and execute moderately complex scripts (e.g., Bash, Shell, Python) for system management and direct server-side log analysis (e.g., WebLogic, App Server logs) to supplement centralized monitoring.

• Proficiency with Git-based version control and building automated deployment pipelines (e.g., GitLab).
• Knowledge of web application stacks (e.g., Ruby on Rails/JRuby, Tomcat) and React frontends.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical personnel.
• Availability to provide after-hours, weekend, and holiday support for mission-critical systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience with monitoring and observability suites (e.g., Elastic, Logstash, Kibana (ELK) stack or OCI Observability & Management (O&M)).

Salary & Benefits

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted annual range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $126,803.03 to $155,582.74 (steps 1.0 - 5.5).

• This is an exempt, monthly-paid position.
• This is a full-time (40 hours/week) Career position eligible for UC benefits.

Other Information

• This position is eligible for up to 5 days/week remote work within the United States. Exact arrangements are determined in partnership with your supervisor to meet role responsibilities and department needs and are subject to change.
• This is not a visa opportunity. This position does not include sponsorship of a new consular H-1B visa petition that would require payment of the $100,000 supplemental fee.
• This position is governed by the terms and conditions in the agreement for the Technical Unit (TX) between the University of California and the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE). The current bargaining agreement manual can be found at http://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/tx/index.html

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Misconduct

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:

UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy

UC Anti-Discrimination Policy

Abusive Conduct in the Workplace

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.