Senior Clarity Administrator – Configuration & Integration

W3Global; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

W3Global is seeking a Clarity Administrator / Functional Consultant to analyze, design, configure, test and deploy Clarity changes for the new operating model. You will develop and configure Clarity API-based extraction and ingestion capabilities with the middleware team to enable data exchange between Clarity and other enterprise platforms.

The role requires experience transitioning Clarity from project-centric to product/value-stream-based planning, and strong knowledge of REST APIs, data

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Clarity administration experience.
• Experience configuring Clarity objects, attributes, lookups, blueprints, pages, views and processes.
• Hands-on experience with Clarity REST APIs and supported data extraction/loading mechanisms.
• Experience developing or configuring API-based data extraction and ingestion solutions for Clarity.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work with business/process SMEs and technical integration teams.

Responsibilities

• Assess the impact of the new operating model and taxonomy on existing Clarity configuration.
• Configure organizational planning structures, resource, role and agile-team structures required for workforce and capacity planning.
• Configure strategic themes, OKRs, demand, portfolio and related governance structures.
• Configure portfolio and financial-planning structures.
• Design, develop and test Clarity REST API and other supported tool-side capabilities for extracting and ingesting integration data.
• Support integration developers in connecting Clarity endpoints to the middleware and troubleshooting end-to-end integration issues.
• Perform configuration and API testing, resolve defects, and support rollouts.
• Maintain configuration, API and deployment documentation.

Skills

Clarity administration

REST API design

API data ingestion

Java Spring Boot

Kafka integration

Data mapping

Analytical skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Jira/JPD

Beeline

Workday

Oracle

GEL scripting

Job description

The Clarity Administrator / Functional Consultant will analyze, design, configure, test and deploy Clarity changes required to support the new operating model. The role will also develop and configure Clarity API-based extraction and ingestion capabilities, working with a middleware integration team to enable data exchange between Clarity and other enterprise platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess the impact of the new operating model and taxonomy on existing Clarity configuration.
• Configure organizational planning structures, resource, role and agile-team structures required for workforce and capacity planning.
• Configure strategic themes, OKRs, demand, portfolio and related governance structures.
• Configure portfolio and financial-planning structures.
• Design, develop and test Clarity REST API and other supported tool-side capabilities for extracting and ingesting integration data.
• Support integration developers in connecting Clarity endpoints to the middleware and troubleshooting end-to-end integration issues.
• Perform configuration and API testing, resolve defects, and support rollouts.
• Maintain configuration, API and deployment documentation.

Skill requirements

• Experience transitioning Clarity from project-centric to product/value-stream-based planning and funding.
• Experience configuring strategic planning, OKRs or value-management structures.
• Experience with XOG, GEL scripting and Clarity process automation where REST APIs do not meet the required use case.
• Experience integrating Clarity with Jira/JPD, Workday, Beeline, Oracle or other enterprise platforms.
• Familiarity with Java/Spring Boot middleware and Kafka/event-driven integration architectures.
• Experience with large PPM or operating-model transformation programs.
• Good functional knowledge of Clarity resources, roles, teams, allocations, demands, investments, programs, portfolios and financial planning.

Other Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on Clarity administration experience.
• Experience configuring Clarity objects, attributes, lookups, blueprints, pages, views and processes.
• Hands-on experience with Clarity REST APIs and supported data extraction/loading mechanisms.
• Experience developing or configuring API-based data extraction and ingestion solutions for Clarity.
• Understanding of REST, JSON, authentication, filtering, pagination, error handling and data mapping.
• Ability to translate Clarity objects and relationships into API request and response structures.
• Experience implementing and testing configuration and API changes across multiple environments.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work with business/process SMEs and technical integration teams.