PeopleSoft Advanced Software Engineer

Metropolitan Transportation Authority; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking an experienced IT professional to lead requirements management, software engineering, and testing across major development and integration initiatives. The role collaborates with product, systems, and service design teams, and may own high-value services or products.

Responsibilities include defining project scope, ensuring enterprise architectures, and guiding change-release and risk management processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Must possess certifications such as CSD, CSM, CSDP, CSSLP, AWS Developer, Azure Developer, CSTP.

Responsibilities

• Leads requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing across all stages for complex software initiatives.
• May own high-value services and/or products and lead large project definitions within business objectives.
• Drafts and maintains software support processes and documentation; prioritizes incidents and conducts root cause analysis.
• Develops testing criteria and designs test cases for functional and non-functional requirements.
• Plans user experience design activities ensuring usability and accessibility requirements are met.
• Maintains tools and documentation for system information; audits complex systems for standards compliance.
• Oversees quality and safety assessments with cross-functional teams; advises on assurance activities.
• Manages supplier relationships and contributes to RFP/RFIs and SLAs; monitors KPIs.

Skills

PeopleSoft Timekeeping & HCM

BI Publisher Reporting

SQL

Version control familiarity

Communication skills

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree + 8+ years

Tools

PeopleSoft App Designer

PeopleCode

SQR

Integration Broker

Job description

333 West 34 th Street, New York, NY 10001

HOURS OF WORK: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm (7.5 hours/day) or as required

This position is eligible for teleworking, which is currently 2 days per week. New hires are eligible to apply 30 days after their effective date of hire.

(GC, EAD USC only) no CPT, OPT H1 OR F1

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people across a 5,000-square-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. The MTA network comprises the nation’s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined. MTA strives to provide a safe and reliable commute, excellent customer service, and rewarding opportunities.

The MTA IT Department is centrally responsible for providing a full range of Information and Operational Technology services to the MTA agencies and administrative units through its operating and support units. Services are provided on a 7/24/365 basis in support of the MTA organization and its ridership.

MTA IT’s Product Development group is empowered, multi-functional teams focused on the end-to-end management of development products from strategy to delivery. Using innovative processes and tools, the teams are responsible for developing and maintaining highly effective, secure, and innovative transportation, operational, and back-end information systems to support MTA goals and priorities.

Summary

Leads requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing activities across all stages and iterations for complex software development and integration initiatives. Assists with the organization's selection, adaptation, and adoption of new models, methods, and tools. Collaborates across parties involved in product, systems, or service design. May own high-value services and/or products.

Critical Skills

• Experience in supporting PeopleSoft Timekeeping and HCM modules.
• Proficient in PeopleSoft App Designer, PeopleCode, SQR, and Integration Broker.
• Strong in BI Publisher Reporting.
• Proficient in SQL.

Responsibilities

• Leads requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing activities across all stages and iterations for complex software development and integration initiatives. Assists with the organization's selection, adaptation, and adoption of new models, methods, and tools. Collaborates across parties involved in product, systems, or service design.
• May own high-value services and/or products. Leads the definition, documentation, and successful completion of large projects within business objectives and resource constraints, ensuring adherence to agreed enterprise architectures, and the application of effective change‑release, risk, and quality‑management processes.
• Drafts and maintains software support processes and documentation. Prioritizes and diagnoses incidents, investigates and resolves complex issues, leads root cause analysis, and proposes corrective actions. Conducts application licensing, security, backup, and disaster recovery verification initiatives.
• Develops system and acceptance testing criteria related to functional and non‑functional requirements, user stories, features, business processes, and business rules. Designs, specifies, and executes test cases and scenarios.
• Plans and leads user experience design activities for large programs and products, providing expert advice to ensure that usability, accessibility, and visual design requirements are satisfied.
• Develops, maintains, and applies tools and documentation to track, log, and maintain accurate and complete system information. Audits complex software systems for adherence to configuration standards.
• Plans, organizes, conducts, and oversees assigned quality and safety assurance assessments involving complex systems and cross‑functional teams. Provides expert advice on assurance activities.
• Manages the operational relationships with suppliers to ensure potential disputes or conflicts are raised and resolved. Contributes technical elements of RFP/RFIs and negotiates contract terms and SLAs. Manages suppliers to meet key performance indicators.
• Continuously develops and maintains personal knowledge of software engineering practices, emerging trends, and technologies.
• Provides technical advice to project teams and mentors less experienced staff to foster talent development.
• Performs other duties and tasks.
• May need to work outside of normal work hours, supporting operations on a 24/7 basis.
• Travel may be required to other MTA locations or other external sites.
• Observing the work performed by the contractor.
• Reviewing invoices and approving them if the work meets contractual standards.
• Addressing performance issues with the contractor when possible.
• Escalating issues to other parties as needed.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Must possess a minimum of one of the following professional certifications in the subject domain including but not limited to: Certified Scrum Developer (CSD), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), Amazon Certified: AWS Certified Developer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer, Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP).

Technical Skills

• Hands‑on programming experience in a business setting.
• Proficiency in at least one software engineering methodology, including but not limited to: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Lean, Rapid Application Development (RAD).
• Experience applying a structured validation and testing method, including but not limited to: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing.
• Collaboration skills to ensure design specifications are seamlessly implemented by the development team.
• Familiarity with version control.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and navigate organizational ambiguity.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Technical Skills

• A software engineering industry certification, examples: Certified Scrum Developer (CSD), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), Amazon Certified: AWS Certified Developer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer, Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP).
• Programming experience with the following language(s): Job Specific (e.g., Ruby, Python, Java, C++, COBOL, etc).
• Familiarity with the following vendor‑specific platforms: Job Specific (e.g., Azure, Windows Server platforms, RESTful APIs, or Linux).

Behavioral Requirements Skills

• Collaboration skills to ensure design specifications are seamlessly implemented by the development team.
• Demonstrate ability to work independently and navigate organizational ambiguity.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Communicates Effectively.
• Advanced in technical skills, tech‑savvy, values diversity.
• Adept customer focus, cultivates Innovation.

MTA and its subsidiary and affiliated agencies are Equal Opportunity Employers, including with respect to veteran status and individuals with disabilities. The MTA encourages qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, including military service members, to apply.