Sr. Peoplesoft Systems Administrator- Devops
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Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
WHO WE ARE:
Zinnia is the leading technology platform for accelerating life and annuities growth. With innovative enterprise solutions and data insights Zinnia simplifies the experience of buying selling and administering insurance products. All of which enables more people to protect their financial futures. Our success is driven by a commitment to three core values: be bold team up deliver value and that we do. Zinnia has over $180 billion in assets under administration serves 100 carrier clients 2500 distributors and partners and over 2 million policyholders.
WHO WE ARE:
Zinnia is simplifying how people buy sell and administer insurance products. Combining intuitive enterprise technology solutions and data insights the Policygenius marketplace and market-leading products including SmartOffice AnnuityNet LifeSpeed WinFlex TPP VitalSales Suite and Exchange Consulting Zinnia is redesigning the insurance experience for shoppers advisors and insurers alike and enabling more people to protect their financial futures along the way. Zinnia has over $173.7 billion inassets under administration across 100 carrier clients 2500 distributors and partners and over 2 million policyholders.
WHO YOU ARE:
Own the reliability scalability and security of our PeopleSoft environments. Youll lead install/upgrade/patch cycles (PeopleTools & apps) automation with DPK/ACM PUM/Change Assistant search (OpenSearch) integrations and performancewhile designing robust AWS infrastructure and CI/CD for repeatable environments. Familiarity with Oracles Cloud Manager (OCI) is a plus.
WHAT YOULL DO:
- Plan and execute PeopleTools/application upgrades patching and maintenance using PUM and Change Assistant; manage images change packages and retrofits.
- Provision and configure environments via DPK (Puppet/Hiera) and standardize settings with Automated Configuration Manager (ACM) (IB Process Scheduler Search certificates etc.).
- Administer WebLogic Tuxedo Process Scheduler Integration Broker and App/Web domains; tune cache queues and PSAPPSRV/PSQCKSRV PeopleSoft Search Framework with OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards (PeopleTools 8.60.07 / 8.61) including indexing relevance and Insights dashboards.
- Implement SSO/SAML/OAuth certificates/keystores and role-based security; enforce segregation of duties and audit trails.
- Own performance engineering and capacity planning; trace SQL optimize app server pools and tune search IB and batch jobs.
- Establish HA/DR runbooks (clustering backups PITR recovery drills) and lead incident response/on-call for priority issues
- .WS engineering : Design/operate PeopleSoft on AWS (e.g. EC2 for app/web Oracle DB on EC2 or Amazon RDS for Oracle as applicable; EBS/EFS/FSx ALB/NLB Route 53 WAF Autoscaling).
- Implement observability with CloudWatch logs/metrics/alarms X-Ray (where relevant) synthetic canaries and dashboards; integrate with SIEM.
- Harden with IAM (least privilege) KMS (encryption) SSM (patching/parameter store) Backup and VPC design (subnets SGs NACLs).
- Automate environment builds via Terraform/CloudFormation and configuration management (e.g. Ansible); integrate with CI/CD (GitHub Actions/Jenkins/GitLab).Optimize cost (rightsizing GP3/GP4 volumes scheduling) and document patterns for repeatable environment spin-ups.
- Lifecycle & collaboration Partner with Dev/Functional teams to define cutover plans test strategies and rollback paths; drive RCA and preventive runbooks diagrams and SOPs; mentor junior admins and establish standards.
WHAT YOULL NEED:
- Strong PeopleSoft admin across Tools 8.5x8.61 (install patch upgrade cloning refreshes).
- Oracle BlogsHands-on with PUM/Change Assistant and DPK/ACM.
Oracle Blogs - Search Framework (OpenSearch) administration and troubleshooting (indexes schedulers Dashboards/Insights).
- Deep experience with WebLogic/Tuxedo Process Scheduler Integration Broker SSL/TLS/ AWS operations for enterprise apps: networking security monitoring automation and HA/DR DB basics (AWR/ASH reading stats connection pools) and SQL proficiency for triage.
Nice to have
- PeopleSoft Cloud Manager (OCI) familiarity for image management and environment orchestration (helpful even if production runs on AWS).
- Modern secrets management (e.g. AWS Secrets Manager/HashiCorp Vault) performance tooling and SRE practices (SLOs error budgets).Experience with compliance frameworks (SOX/ISO27001) and change management (ITIL).
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU
At Zinnia you collaborate with smart creative professionals who are dedicated to delivering cutting-edge technologies deeper data insights and enhanced services to transform how insurance is done. Visit our website at for more information. Apply by completing the online application on the careers section of our website. We are an Equal Opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate based on race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Active Directory
- Computer information Technology
- PowerShell
- OS
- Windows
- Database
- SCCM
- Linux
- SAN
- Troubleshoot
- Backup
- Setup
- Technical Support
- UNIX
About Company
Zinnia offers comprehensive technology solutions for insurance carriers and distributors across the full lifecycle of insurance policy administration.
