Department: Student Administration Systems Salary: Commensurate with experience and education

Description:

The Application Systems Analyst works with all end users of the student administration systems to provide daily operational and processing support. Assists with testing PeopleSoft upgrades, patches, images, and new functionalities as well as provides support with troubleshooting daily operational issues and developing queries for university constituents. The Analyst also prepares and coordinates training requirements for end users.

Duties:

• Responsible for analysis and re-design of current processes.
• Integrates new process with existing ones, and coordinates training requirements for end-users.
• Communicates and resolves issues with functional staff, and coordinates programming requirements with technical staff. Recommends and facilitates improvements to current policies and procedures.
• Responsible for complex system process analysis, design and simulation. Understands the University's business systems and State of Texas regulations.
• Creates complex queries in support of the SEM Division.
• Tests existing and new functionality in campus solutions, provide documentation, and training. Recommends testing strategies and acceptance criteria.
• Assists with security access requests.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications: 

1. Bachelor's degree in a related field.
2. Minimum three years of experience working in higher education, information systems or rational databases.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master's degree in a STEM field.
• Four or more years of experience working in higher education, information systems or rational databases.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of business practices in Strategic Enrollment Management.
• Knowledge of industry best practices related to security access of systems and of utilizing student information systems.
• Skills in and the ability to resolve issues related to PeopleSoft Campus Solutions or other student administration systems.
• Ability to create queries, extract data, and efficiently use Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing as well as to develop training materials and provide training.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are an Equal Opportunity Institution.