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PeopleSoft (PenAdmin) System Engineer - San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (9976) (120912)

Recruitment: RTF0120888-01150750

Published: April 04, 2022

Contact:

Tess Bobila - tess.bobila@sfgov.org

Apply using SmartRecruiters, the City and County of San Francisco's application portal.

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Department: Retirement System
Job class: 9976-Technology Expert I
Role type: Temporary Exempt What does this mean?
Hours: Full-time
 

About:

This recruitment could close at any time but not before April 15, 2022. Applicants are encouraged to submit their application as soon as possible. 

  • Application Opening:  April 4, 2022
  • Application Deadline: To Be Determined, but not before April 15, 2022.
  • Salary:  $132,574,138 to $166,790
  • Recruitment ID: 120912 - RTF0120888 

The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System offers an exceptional opportunity for the right candidates to serve this historic, well established City Department by engaging in interesting and rewarding mission critical work. Established in 1889 as a fund for families and orphans of firefighters and police officers, today the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System serves more than 75,000 active, vested and retired employees of the City and County of San Francisco and their survivors. 

Our Mission

The San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System is dedicated to securing, protecting and prudently investing the pension trust assets, administering mandated benefits programs, and providing promised benefits to the active and retired members of the City and County of San Francisco.

Role description

Appointment Type:
This temporary exempt position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

Under general direction, the Pension Administration (PenAdmin) System Engineer analyzes, plans, designs, implements, maintains, troubleshoots, and enhances large complex systems or networks consisting of a combination of Oracle, PeopleSoft, Unix, and the physical and logical components that integrate these systems together as an enterprise PenAdmin and web portal solution.

The essential duties of the position include:

  • Determine requirements for the development or enhancement of large complex systems or networks that serve as a data processing backbone for the SFERS PenAdmin system. May research and conduct feasibility studies on new technologies.
  • Design, plan, integrate, test, implement, document, and enhance the physical and logical components of our PenAdmin system. This may involve the analysis and evaluation of systems software, hardware, and communications strategies, including integration with other auxiliary SFERS systems consisting of an Enterprise Content Management Solution, an internal Portal solution, and the CCSF Department of Technology.
  • Perform complex systems integration for interoperability over dissimilar platforms and technologies. This may involve the integration of various protocols, systems software, hardware, and communications platforms.
  • Determine the proper installation parameters for software and hardware for smooth integration and efficiency in relation to the enterprise system and network.
  • Write complex software which may involve specialized scripts to automate our processes.
  • Analyze, detect, identify, and correct complex systems software or hardware deficiencies.
  • Provide 24-hour on-call support to ensure rapid recovery from software or hardware problems for mission-critical systems and networks.
  • Plan, implement, maintain, and coordinate upgrades/updates/fixes for core operating systems and their related components, without negative impact to the overall availability and reliability of the enterprise systems/networks.
  • Document procedures and troubleshooting techniques related to systems/networks software and hardware; develop and review documentation prior to general distribution.
  • Plan, develop and implement backup and recovery procedures in coordination with CCSF Department of Technology.
  • Ensure that procedures do not negatively impact users or system performance; communicate with managers regarding system performance and operational issues. Suggest improvements to management.
  • Monitor daily systems performance and execute corrective measures; and perform other related duties as required.

How to qualify

Minimum Qualifications

1.   An associate degree in computer science or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in computer science or a closely-related field.

2.  Three (3) years of experience analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing, and/or maintaining the components of an enterprise network which include senior-level experience in the following:

  • technical experience with PeopleTools including Application Designer, Query, SQR, PeopleCode, and Security Administration;
  •  verifiable and recent technical experience using PeopleSoft PeopleTools, including Application Designer, Query, SQR, PeopleCode, and workflow design;
  • verifiable and recent  experience using the PeopleSoft Query Tool at the level equivalent to the PS Advanced Query training;
  • experience in PeopleSoft HCM Payroll;
  • experience with PeopleSoft Update and Upgrade Tools 8.5x; and
  • recent and verifiable experience in Peoplesoft HCM Human Resources 9.0

Verification: 

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at https://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.

All work experience, education, training, and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application. 

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification, or may lead to lower scores.

Selection Procedures:

Applications will be screened for relevant qualifying experience. Additional screening mechanisms may be implemented in order to determine candidates’ qualifications. Only those applicants who most closely meet the needs of the Agency will be invited to participate in the selection process. Applicants meeting the minimum qualifications are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process.

What else should I know?

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process.

Visit https://careers.smartrecruiters.com/CityAndCountyOfSanFrancisco1/ and begin the application process.

  • Select the “I’m Interested” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

All applicants must submit a completed job application (all sections, including Experience and Education, must be completed) in order to be considered. Resume will not be taken as a substitute for completing the application. 

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the recruitment coordinator, Tess Bobila, by telephone at 415-487-7026, or by email at Tess.Bobila@sfgov.org.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.  For details on how it is applicable to your employment, please click here.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.