PeopleSoft Tech Lead

Job Overview:

As a PeopleSoft Tech Lead / Senior Developer, you will be working directly to our partner. The PeopleSoft Tech Lead / Senior Developer is responsible for the technical design, development, integration, and operational stability of the institution's PeopleSoft platform, covering Campus Solutions, Contributor Relations, and custom-built modules. At Tech Lead level the role owns architecture decisions and reviews the work of other developers; at Senior Developer level it focuses on hands-on delivery and contributes to design.

The platform supports the full student lifecycle from admissions to graduation, after which alumni records transition to the institution's CRM platform. It also underpins faculty teaching management, degree-programme billing and payment (integrated with a third-party payment gateway), and identity management through its integration with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), where the institutional email address serves as the primary digital identity. The platform exposes a large number of business interfaces to other enterprise systems.

The role keeps the platform secure, scalable, maintainable, and fully integrated within the wider digital ecosystem, providing hands-on expertise and technical direction across PeopleCode development, application design, upgrades, integrations, security, and production support. Close collaboration with the Platform Administrator is essential for infrastructure upgrades, PeopleTools and PUM updates, environment management, and new enterprise integrations.

Works with: Business Product Owners, Digital Delivery teams, Solution Integration specialists, the PeopleSoft Platform Administrator, and external vendors

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Architecture

• Lead or contribute to the technical architecture and evolution of the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and Contributor Relations platform, and support roadmap planning for future platform evolution • Design scalable and maintainable PeopleCode solutions aligned with the institution's architecture standards • Define development standards, coding guidelines, and technical best practices, and maintain documentation that eases onboarding of new technical resources • Review technical designs and code quality produced by internal and external development teams • Identify technical debt and define modernisation initiatives • Support transactional reporting requirements

Development and Customisation

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of PeopleSoft customisations using PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component Interfaces, Integration Broker, SQR, SQL, and the Fluid Framework where applicable • Configure, enhance, and support the Campus Solutions and Contributor Relations modules to meet functional and operational requirements • Develop reusable technical components and frameworks to improve consistency, maintainability, and development efficiency • Optimise application performance through code tuning, SQL optimisation, and technical best practices • Ensure all developments meet high standards of quality, security, maintainability, and documentation