Senior Systems Engineer—Corporate Systems, Oracle Payroll

Marriott•Bethesda, MD

28d•$100,400 - $198,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Marriott is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Corporate Systems, Oracle Payroll to join the team responsible for advancing our next generation cloud-based HR, Payroll, analytics, and AI platform. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong passion for emerging technologies, a forward-thinking approach to building sustainable and scalable solutions, and a commitment to excellence. In this position, you will serve as a technical authority on system capabilities pertaining to HR and Payroll Products. Your responsibilities will include conducting research, analysis, design, and development across a range of advanced solutions involving SaaS Oracle HCM, custom applications, APIs, and integration frameworks. You will be responsible for establishing technical standards and developing reusable frameworks to ensure secure, consistent, and efficient integration capabilities and product delivery. The role also includes technical oversight of Service Provider deliverables, guiding their technical teams to meet high quality standards, adhere to best practices, and achieve performance objectives at scale. Additionally, you will evaluate emerging technologies to identify future opportunities and address complex technical challenges. You will make informed decisions regarding complex, non-routine requests that support Marriott business teams in analytics-driven decision making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience/certification, with 6+ years of technology experience supporting and developing Oracle HCM Fusion Cloud applications.
Strong expertise in Oracle Fusion Payroll configuration, including Elements, Calculation Cards, Balances, Payroll Flows and Fast Formulas.
Hands-on experience with Payroll Costing, accounting reconciliation, and a solid understanding of the end-to-end payroll lifecycle.
Proven experience implementing and integrating Oracle Payroll with Absence Management, Time & Labor (OTL), and Project Portfolio Management (PPM).
Strong knowledge of the Oracle HCM security framework, including role-based security, data security, and access controls.
Deep understanding of Oracle HCM Cloud architecture and configuration, including Business Objects, object relationships, seeded processes, system dependencies, enterprise/workforce structures, and Setup & Maintenance.
Extensive experience with Fast Formulas, BI Publisher Reports, HCM Extracts, HDL/HSDL, REST APIs, and related data loading and reporting tools.
Proficiency with Oracle HCM administration and extensibility tools such as Experience Design Studio, AutoComplete Rules, Alerts Composer, Page Composer, ESS Jobs, Journeys, Checklists, and Document Records.
Experience managing application deployments and migrations using Sandboxes, Configuration Set Migration (CSM), and Functional Setup Manager (FSM), along with test planning and execution (Unit, SIT, Regression, and UAT).
Strong analytical, documentation, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to gather requirements, produce solution designs, resolve technical issues, and manage multiple priorities in complex enterprise environments.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree
6+ years’ domain experience relevant to supported business function; Industry and competitive landscape knowledge.
2 to 5 years of experience using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) and/or Oracle SOA Suite
Knowledge of SOA Web Services and REST integrations
Completion of Oracle Global Human Resources Cloud: Oracle Payroll Implementation Certification
Additional preference for Oracle certifications in any of the following cloud products: Global HR, Benefits, Payroll, Absence Management, Talent Management, Learning or Recruiting Cloud.
Technology leadership experience in a sourced or internally managed environment
Knowledge of related Oracle tools like Oracle Visual Builder Studio and APEX and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) PaaS.
Experience with Airflow, Python
Experience developing test plans, test scripts, managing unit, systems, regression, and user acceptance testing.
Experience in agile software methodologies
Ability to work independently, identifying and driving required tasks to completion in a timely manner.
Vendor management experience

Responsibilities

Serve as a technical authority on system capabilities pertaining to HR and Payroll Products.
Conduct research, analysis, design, and development across a range of advanced solutions involving SaaS Oracle HCM, custom applications, APIs, and integration frameworks.
Establish technical standards and develop reusable frameworks to ensure secure, consistent, and efficient integration capabilities and product delivery.
Provide technical oversight of Service Provider deliverables, guiding their technical teams to meet high quality standards, adhere to best practices, and achieve performance objectives at scale.
Evaluate emerging technologies to identify future opportunities and address complex technical challenges.
Make informed decisions regarding complex, non-routine requests that support Marriott business teams in analytics-driven decision making.
Train and/or mentor other team members, and peers as appropriate.
Identify opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.
Perform more complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects.
Support existing applications and large projects in a minimum of one environment.
Facilitate achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers.
Validate completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider or internally managed team solutioning.
Plan and coordinate complex implementation overseeing quality control of application functional design, usability, functionality, and implementation through the service provider or internally managed teams.
Advise support desk on change management as it relates to support and training of new system.
Ensure all projects follow the defined development and business case processes.
Ensure proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams.
Provide consultation for routine and complex systems development.
Ensure early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels.
Follow all defined IR standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed.
Maintain a proper balance between business and operational risk.
Follow the defined project management standards and processes.
Lead prioritization meetings with stakeholders and drive resolution of changes through the process for portfolio of supported applications.
Coordinate and track the delivery of highly visible operational activities/problems.
Groom backlog of features and changes with stakeholders.
Validate that Service Providers and internal teams develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan, including schedules, deliverables, and appropriate metrics.
Make short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources.
Monitor Service Provider and internal team’s outcomes.
Review estimates of work effort for client project provided by Service Providers and internal teams for accuracy.
Facilitate timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients.
Function as an applications expert for both senior leadership and project teams in effective utilization of existing technology in business technical applications, either enterprise-wise or business-wide.
Lead workgroup/project team or functions as a technical specialist.
Support and develop systems in a minimum of one environment.
Develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan with minimal assistance, including schedules, deliverables, and appropriate metrics.
Plan and coordinate complex integration(s) and implementation overseeing quality control of systems functional design, usability, functionality, and implementation.
Coordinate with quality assurance, infrastructure services, vendor and internal application delivery teams.
Provide consultation for routine and complex systems development.
Provide accurate estimates of work effort for client project.
Function as a technical resource for other team members.
Facilitate and execute technical infrastructure, technical specialization and technical integration activities.
Understand business processes, customers and functions.