Enterprise Functional Applications and Security Analyst

Job Posting:

JR101151 Enterprise Functional Applications and Security Analyst (Open)

Department:

BSU Business Operations, PM

Position Type:

Regular

Open Date:

07-16-2025

Close Date:

$75,000-79,941

Job Description:

This is a lead functional and security role within Information Technology (IT). The IT Enterprise Functional Applications & Security Analyst is responsible for providing functional support for the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions modules, with a primary focus on security. Security for PeopleSoft Campus Solutions modules as well as Workday HR and Financials. This role is the first point of contact for department end users on application security, application security policies, change modification analysis, functional issue resolution, and related functional and security user and application requirements.

Responsibilities:

Security Management:

• Assess security needs or issues, evaluate business needs to design and recommend solutions.
• Develop, configure, evaluate, test, implement, and certify secure application architectures, systems, and software solutions.
• Analyze security requirements with functional modules and all associated with use of the application by the user community.
• Ensure functionality and security requirements are satisfied and monitored.
• Document daily security changes and provide archival for audit purposes.
• Provide support for PeopleSoft Security by establishing roles and permissions.
• Develop specifications for change management control.
• Develop, monitor, and manage security reports and modifications as requested by functional data stewards.
• Provide cross-functional security recommendations across applications and modules to ensure data security and data integrity.
• Develop, recommend, and implement application and data security policies to ensure best practices and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Research modern technologies in security and data monitoring to evaluate security processes and tools to enforce policies as required.
• Coordinate efforts with Security Operations to escalate and resolve major security incidents or application security issues.
• Participate in the strategic design, development, and migration process for complex security projects/systems including new systems integration, network workstation configurations, and server, applications, and operating system upgrades.
• Consult with user community on security needs and educate users on standards and procedures.

Functional Support:

• Assist functional departments in analysis, setup, configuration, and management of departmental PeopleSoft business processes.
• Participate in all facets of functional analysis and design to support application teams during upgrades, migration, and application updates.
• Participate in Requirements Review, Fit-Gap Analysis.
• Assist in the development and execution of test plans for module changes.
• Participate and facilitate in the development of test scripts to ensure total functional test life cycle prior to production migration.
• Develop, review, and implement efficient business Process Models, application, and security requirements.
• Function as liaison between functional users and technical team.
• Assist developers with design solutions for application modifications, interfaces, and reports.
• Function as a back-up for other PeopleSoft modules.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education:
  A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Candidates must have demonstrated Functional experience that includes process flow, and strong business analytical skills.
• Must have a minimum of two (2) years working experience with PeopleSoft security and application functionality.
• A minimum of two (2) years working experience with PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Student.
• A minimum of two (2) years working experience with PeopleSoft query is required.
• Experience with PeopleSoft Security module required.
• Experience in functional applications for higher education.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must have a sense of urgency and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and completely, and document solutions.
• Ability to create queries/SQL to troubleshoot and support business users.
• Possess good analytical skills, with ability to develop solutions independently, and be capable of working under limited direction towards predefined objectives.
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills to efficiently share knowledge with the user community.
• Must enjoy being part of a team and be a team player.
• Ability to facilitate communication within and between division teams.
• Ability to gather user requirements and translate into technical specifications.
• Experience in creating queries/SQL.
• Technical experience in PeopleTools.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of progressive, responsible experience in the field of data processing, computer systems, and applications preferred.
• Experience with Workday Human Resources preferred.
• At least one full life cycle PeopleSoft implementation/upgrade project completion in a functional role preferred.

Conditions of Employment:

• Visas and labor certification will not be sponsored for this position. Application only accepted from citizens or permanent residents.

Additional Job Information:

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts

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