Systems Engineer - Enterprise Application Systems

Bloomberg•New York, NY

3d•$155,000 - $175,000

About The Position

The Bloomberg Enterprise Application Systems team within the Bloomberg Engineering Department administers, engineers and operates enterprise applications that support Bloomberg’s internal business functions. The team primarily manages third-party enterprise applications across on-premise and cloud environments, supporting areas including Accounting, Supply Chain and Workplace Operations. It works with application development, database, Linux, Windows, networking, security and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, highly available enterprise application services. As a Systems Engineer, you will take technical ownership of enterprise application platforms throughout their lifecycle. A key responsibility is administering Bloomberg’s PeopleSoft environment, which supports North American Payroll. PeopleSoft will account for approximately half of the role; you will also cross-train and take ownership of other third-party enterprise applications, both on-premise and in the cloud. You will administer PeopleSoft, including installation and configuration, upgrades, patching, environment management, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, integrations and production support. You will help design and maintain reliable, resilient systems through redundancy, backup and recovery, disaster recovery capabilities and operational procedures. You will identify potential points of failure, improve recoverability and help ensure applications continue operating through infrastructure and application failures. You will monitor vendor and internal security advisories, assess vulnerabilities and implement required patches, upgrades or other remediations. You will also manage application security components, including authentication and access controls, certificates and secrets, network connectivity and secure integrations. As the application portfolio evolves, you will develop expertise in new platforms and apply sound practices in administration, security, integration, automation, monitoring, resilience and lifecycle management.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience administering PeopleSoft and PeopleTools environments.
Experience administering core PeopleSoft infrastructure, including WebLogic, Tuxedo, Application Server, Process Scheduler and Integration Broker.
Experience independently managing enterprise application platforms, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, monitoring and production support.
Experience identifying and remediating software vulnerabilities, evaluating vendor security advisories and applying patches or other mitigations promptly.
Experience designing and operating highly available and resilient application environments.
Understanding of redundancy, backup and recovery, disaster recovery and business continuity concepts.
Strong troubleshooting skills across application, operating system, database, network and integration layers.
Working knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems, relational databases, networking and application infrastructure.
Experience supporting application integrations using technologies such as REST APIs, SFTP, S3 and other file-based interfaces.
Understanding of enterprise application security, including authentication, certificates, secrets and secure connectivity.
Experience developing scripts or automation for application administration, monitoring, maintenance and operational activities.
Ability and interest in learning new technologies and taking ownership of systems beyond PeopleSoft.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across application, infrastructure and security teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with PeopleSoft lifecycle and change-management tools such as PUM, Change Assistant and Phire.
Experience administering multiple third-party enterprise application platforms.
Experience supporting applications across both on-premise and cloud environments.
Experience with public cloud or SaaS enterprise application platforms.
Experience with Python, PowerShell, shell scripting or other automation technologies.
Experience with enterprise monitoring, observability, secrets management or identity and access management technologies.
Experience designing or testing disaster recovery and high-availability architectures.
Experience working with software vendors on upgrades, security issues, technical support and product lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

Take technical ownership of enterprise application platforms throughout their lifecycle.
Administer Bloomberg’s PeopleSoft environment, including installation, configuration, upgrades, patching, environment management, monitoring, troubleshooting, security, integrations and production support.
Administer core PeopleSoft infrastructure, including WebLogic, Tuxedo, Application Server, Process Scheduler and Integration Broker.
Design, implement and maintain highly available and resilient application systems, including redundancy, backup and recovery, disaster recovery capabilities and operational procedures.
Identify potential points of failure, improve system recoverability and support continuity through infrastructure and application failures.
Monitor security advisories, assess vulnerabilities and promptly implement patches, upgrades or other mitigations.
Manage application security components, including authentication and access controls, certificates and secrets, network connectivity and secure integrations.
Cross-train with the team and take ownership of additional third-party enterprise applications across on-premise and cloud environments.
Develop expertise in new platforms and apply administration, security, integration, automation, monitoring, resilience and lifecycle-management practices.
Develop scripts or automation for application administration, monitoring, maintenance and operational activities.
Collaborate with application, infrastructure and security teams.