About Us - Values Overview

Department Summary

The Enterprise Applications division of System IT is committed to helping the UNT System campuses accomplish their mission and strategic goals by working in a partnership with customers, understanding their needs, and striving for excellence in the technology solutions we offer. Enterprise Applications provides application development, administration, security, and support for the UNT System's enterprise deployments of PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, HR/Payroll, Financials, Constituent Relationship Management, and Student Application Portals. Business analysis services are also an integral part of this PeopleSoft offering known across the System's campuses as EIS (Enterprise Information System).

Position Overview

The PeopleSoft Security Lead (Non‑Supervisory) owns application security across the UNT System’s EIS footprint—PeopleSoft HCM, Financials (FIN), and Campus Solutions (CS). The role designs, configures, and continuously improves roles, permission lists, and row‑level/operational security to enable least‑privileged access at scale. It partners closely with developers, functional leaders, and Access Control Executives (ACEs) to advance RBAC and meet audit/regulatory expectations. The position provides day‑to‑day technical leadership to a three‑person supporting team, embeds security in the SDLC, and routinely supports audits and monitoring via tools like Appsian and SIEM.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in related field and six (6) years of related computing work experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Expertise in PeopleSoft security across HCM, Financials, and Campus Solutions, including roles, permission lists, row‑level security, key security tables, and PeopleTools administrative boundaries.
• Strong understanding of RBAC, Segregation of Duties (SoD), and business‑owned access governance models such as ACE/ACES.
• Ability to design and maintain scalable security architectures, including role families, task‑based bundles, naming standards, and SoD‑aware configurations.
• Strong SQL and PS Query skills with deep familiarity of core PeopleSoft security tables.
• Ability to collaborate throughout the SDLC, embedding security into Fit/Gap analysis, retrofits, testing, and production migrations.
• Ability to operationalize and demonstrate compliance controls aligned with applicable standards and organizational security frameworks.
• Skill in using and tuning Appsian monitoring and SIEM integrations for high‑risk activity detection and response.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex access issues and drive continuous improvement through refactoring and workflow automation.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, partnering effectively with developers, functional analysts, Information Security, Internal Audit, and ACEs.
• Ability to provide day‑to‑day technical leadership, including planning, standards enforcement, configuration reviews, and mentoring within a matrixed team.
• Working knowledge of identity ecosystem components such as LDAP, Active Directory, Azure AD, MFA, and identity lifecycle integrations with PeopleSoft.
• Understanding of higher‑education HR/Payroll, finance, and student processes relevant to PeopleSoft security design.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Appsian and event forwarding to enterprise SIEM; familiarity with log review workflows and alert tuning.
• Working knowledge of LDAP/Active Directory/Azure AD, MFA concepts, and identity lifecycle touchpoints with PeopleSoft.
• Background in higher education processes (student, HR/Payroll, finance) and EIS governance within the UNT System context.
• Awareness of compliance frameworks and state standards relevant to Texas public institutions (e.g., TAC 1 §202.76, ISO/IEC 27002) and their application-to-application security.

Required License/Registration/Certifications

Job Duties

• Design, configure, and maintain PeopleSoft security (roles, permission lists, row‑level security, and reporting access) across HCM, Financials, and Campus Solutions. - (Essential)
• Develop and execute a PeopleSoft security roadmap that aligns with institutional policies, RBAC principles, and access governance requirements. - (Essential)
• Engineer and maintain RBAC role families, task‑based bundles, and SoD‑aware access patterns to support least‑privilege access at scale. - (Essential)
• Collaborate across the SDLC to define security requirements, create and execute security test scripts, and validate security prior to go‑live. - (Essential)
• Partner with ACEs to support provisioning, recertification, governance decisions, and coaching on RBAC and SoD practices. - (Essential)
• Monitor high‑risk activity through Appsian/SIEM tooling, tune alerts, investigate exceptions, and support corrective actions. - (Essential)
• Triage and resolve complex access issues and security incidents while driving continuous improvement through role refactoring and workflow optimization. - (Essential)
• Provide technical leadership to a three‑person supporting pod, including mentoring, standards enforcement, and configuration/code review without formal supervisory authority. - (Marginal)
• Participate in Internal Audit and Information Security reviews by preparing evidence, documenting controls, and supporting audit walkthroughs. - (Essential)
• Support periodic ACE forums, governance discussions, and cross‑functional working groups to review emerging risks, standard work, and improvement opportunities. - (Marginal)

Physical Requirements

Communicating with others to exchange information.

Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing

Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers

Environmental Hazards

No adverse environmental conditions expected

Work Schedule

M-F 8-5 and as needed

Driving University Vehicle

No

Security Sensitive

This is a Security Sensitive Position.

Special Instructions

Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed, additional references can be added after the application has been submitted. 

Benefits

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EEO Statement

The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit –and takes actions to prevent – discrimination, harassment (including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking), and retaliation on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status in its application, employment practices, and facilities; nor permits race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, veteran status, or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes, and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination, harassment, and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice, file a charge or report, or testify, assist, or participate in a related investigation or proceeding.