PeopleSoft Engineer

Version 1 Solutions Limited
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
yesterday

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Shift work
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Remote
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows
Oracle WebLogic Server
Data Recovery
Linux
Disaster Recovery
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle
Oracle Applications
Peoplesoft People Tools
Performance Tuning
Cloud Services
Cloud Platform System
System Availability
People Soft
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Network Server
Server Operating Systems & Platforms

Job description

Are you a high-performing PeopleSoft Administrator ready to take ownership of complex enterprise environments and play a key role in driving stability, performance, and innovation?

Join a collaborative team where you'll partner with technical experts and business leaders, gaining exposure to a fast-evolving industry that is continuously embracing transformation and modernisation.

This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact-supporting critical systems, influencing architecture decisions, and ensuring seamless delivery across environments.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll be at the core of our PeopleSoft ecosystem, ensuring reliability, performance, and continuous improvement across environments:

  • Own and optimise PeopleSoft environments Maintain and support application and server infrastructure, proactively troubleshooting and resolving issues to ensure high availability.

  • Drive upgrades and continuous improvement Lead PUM upgrades and quarterly patching, ensuring systems remain secure, stable, and future-ready.

  • Enable seamless releases Collaborate closely with development and functional teams to migrate approved code into production efficiently and safely.

  • Ensure environment readiness Plan and manage system availability, support environment refreshes, and execute post-refresh activities for non-production systems.

  • Monitor and enhance performance Oversee production batch schedules, identify bottlenecks, and resolve performance issues across PeopleSoft processes and reports.

  • Deliver strong database administration Manage Oracle database installations, patching, backup & recovery, cloning, and performance tuning across environments.

  • Strengthen resilience & continuity Design and implement robust backup, restore, and disaster recovery strategies to protect business-critical systems.

  • Provide expert DBA consultancy Offer technical expertise across Oracle and SQL Server environments, supporting broader infrastructure initiatives.

  • Communicate with clarity and impact Provide structured updates and insights to stakeholders, ensuring alignment across technical and business teams., * Technical Depth - Engage with complex PeopleSoft, Oracle, and infrastructure environments

  • Career Growth - Gain exposure to upgrades, architecture, and continuous improvement initiatives

  • Collaborative Culture - Work alongside experienced professionals who value knowledge-sharing and innovation, * Be part of a global Oracle practice of 700+ specialists

  • Over 500+ certified professionals across the entire Oracle ecosystem

  • Work on large-scale, multi-pillar enterprise Oracle Cloud programmes

  • Work with a high-performing, collaborative Oracle practice

  • Oracle Innovation Partner of the Year 2023 (EMEA)

  • We provide end-to-end Oracle business transformation services, including consulting and advisory services, implementation, integration and managed services

  • Our expertise in OCI enables us to deliver scalable, flexible, and high performance cloud solutions to the unique needs of our clients

  • Join an award-winning consultancy recognised for innovation and delivery excellence

  • Clear career progression, strong leadership support, and genuine investment in your growth

  • A culture that values expertise, autonomy, and doing things properly

  • Strong career progression & mentorship through our Strength in Balance and leadership programmes, including quarterly Pathways Career Development reviews.

  • Significant training budget for certifications and further education.

  • Version 1 Annual Excellence Awards & Call-Out recognition platform celebrating achievement.

  • Moments that matter & enhanced maternity/paternity leave policies to support your journey.

  • Active ESG & CSR initiatives, allowing you to give back through fundraising, volunteering, and diversity, inclusion & belonging programmes.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Weblogic?, * Strong expertise in PeopleSoft Administration and architecture

  • Proven experience managing complex enterprise environments
  • Solid hands-on experience with Oracle databases (and SQL Server exposure)
  • Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on performance and stability
  • Excellent collaboration skills across technical and functional teams
  • A proactive, ownership-driven approach with strong communication skills

Working Pattern

  • Primarily aligned to UK business hours, with flexibility to support EST shifts when required
  • Collaborative, team-driven environment with cross-functional exposure, Core Technical Expertise
  • Strong experience in Application Administration and PeopleTools
  • Hands-on expertise across PeopleSoft Internet Architecture (PIA), including:
  • App Servers
  • Process Schedulers
  • WebLogic Servers (Linux & Windows)
  • Advanced knowledge of PeopleTools 8.54+ and Integration Broker
  • Proven experience working with PeopleSoft 9.x (or above) environments
  • Strong database administration skills across:
  • Oracle Database
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Deep understanding of PeopleSoft architecture, infrastructure, and administration best practices
  • Expertise across all core technical areas of PeopleSoft Administration

Experience & Capability

  • 5-7 years' experience in PeopleSoft Administration / Infrastructure roles
  • Strong track record of owning issues end-to-end and delivering timely resolutions
  • Comfortable working in high-pressure, production-critical environments
  • Experience with cloud-based infrastructure / server environments is highly desirable.

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Company pension
  • Private medical insurance
  • Enhanced maternity leave
  • Enhanced paternity leave

About the company

For over 30 years, Version 1 has been a leading Oracle partner specialising in Enterprise Applications, delivering ERP, HCM and EPM solutions that enable organisations to transform and modernise their core systems. Combining deep domain expertise with end-to-end delivery and managed services, we support some of the UK and Ireland's largest organisations in driving business value through Oracle technology. * Top-tier Oracle partner across Database, Platform, ERP, and Managed Services * 37 UKOUG awards over the last 3 years * 13 awards - UK Oracle User Group (UKOUG) Community Awards 2026 (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze) * Certified Great Place to Work * Recognised as a leader in AI & digital transformation consulting with global delivery footprint With 3,800+ people and revenues exceeding €347m/£302m, Version 1 is a market leader in Oracle, Microsoft, and AWS consulting services - and one of the fastest-growing digital consultancies in Europe.

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