Job Title: Systems Analyst 3
Location(s): Austin, TX
Primary Focus:- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 Payroll (HR/PY)
- Texas CAPPS ERP
- Statewide payroll operations
- Functional leadership with significant technical capability
Most Important Requirements
Mandatory (essentially non-negotiable):- 15+ years of State of Texas policy knowledge
- 15+ years of federal labor law knowledge
- 15+ years of PeopleSoft configuration experience
- 15+ years of technical experience with:
- Application Designer
- Integration Broker
- SQR
- SQL
- BI Publisher
- SAP Business Objects
- 15+ years of ERP security knowledge including:
- NIST standards
- Multi-tenancy environments
- 10+ years supporting PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 CAPPS HR/Payroll
- 10+ years supporting 30+ Texas state agencies
- 10+ years of CAPPS production support
- 10+ years of Tier-2 support experience
- 10+ years handling Major Incident Management (P1/P2)
- 10+ years of executive-level presentations
- 10+ years of Disaster Recovery participation
Highly Specialized Requirements
Candidate should have extensive experience with:
Payroll- Payroll processing
- On-cycle payroll
- Off-cycle payroll
- Reversals/Cancellations
- Return Monies processing
- Tax updates
- W-2 processing
- W-3 filing support
- 941 reconciliations
- Garnishments
- Commitment Accounting
PeopleSoft Tools- PS Query
- AWE (Approval Workflow Engine)
- PUM
- Change Assistant
- Fluid UI
- Elasticsearch
- Integration Broker
- Page Configurator
- Event Mapping
- Drop Zones
- Page Composer
Technical Support- SQL troubleshooting
- Data synchronization
- Batch job monitoring
- RMJ (Run My Jobs)
- Interface support
- Web services
- REST/SOAP integrations
Statewide Operations- Fiscal Year End processing
- Calendar Year End processing
- Legislative changes
- Federal mandate implementations
- Audit support
- SOC-1 participation
Ideal Candidate BackgroundThe strongest candidate would likely be:- Former CAPPS functional lead
- Former Texas Comptroller contractor or employee
- Senior PeopleSoft Payroll Consultant supporting Texas agencies
- CAPPS HR/PY Lead Analyst
- Statewide Payroll ERP Manager
Red Flags / Likely Rejection ReasonsCandidates lacking any of the following will likely be screened out:- Direct CAPPS experience
- PeopleSoft HCM Payroll 9.2 experience
- Texas state government experience
- Experience supporting 30+ agencies
- AWE administration experience
- Fiscal Year-End and Calendar Year-End processing experience
- Payroll tax and W-2 expertise
- CAPPS-SPRS synchronization knowledge
- Texas Comptroller environment experience
Overall assessment:This is an extremely niche Texas public-sector PeopleSoft Payroll role. A candidate without direct CAPPS HR/Payroll experience and substantial Texas state government ERP experience would have a very difficult time meeting the mandatory qualifications. The closest fit would be a long-term CAPPS Payroll Functional Lead, Senior PeopleSoft HCM Payroll Consultant, or former Texas Comptroller CAPPS analyst with statewide payroll support experience.
