• Software Engineer III Peoplesoft

    Salt Lake County (Salt Lake City, UT)


    Job Description

    Salt Lake County… A career with a purpose in the community you love!

     

    Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

    What it is like to work here:

    At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

    Surround yourself with:

    Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place… it's our heart and service that bring us together.

    We encourage work life balance:

    Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. We work in a hybrid environment giving you flexibility to manage working from home and being in office.

    Additional Benefits include:

    + Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution

    + Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees

    + Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account

    + 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option

    + Professional Development including professional membership fees paid

    + Tuition Reimbursement

    + Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

    JOB SUMMARY

    Salt Lake County is looking for a software engineer III to support PeopleSoft HCM and Financials. Modules include: Payroll, Absence Management, Time and Labor, Benefits, HR, Procurement, Purchasing, General Ledger, Billing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Asset Management, and Commitment Control.

     

    Develops, tests, deploys, and supports complex software solutions for Salt Lake County agencies. Assists with development of architecture and standards for platforms and solutions.

    MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

    Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science or other closely related field, plus four (4) years of related data and software experience in a similar environment; OR an equivalent combination of eight (8) years of related data and software education and experience.

     

    Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required pre-employment background check and subsequent mandatory background checks in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

    Requirements specific to this position are:

    + PeopleTools 8.58 or later.

    + Application Engine, Application packages, Component, PeopleCode development

    + SQL and Knowledge of the PeopleSoft Data Structures

    + SQR Development.

    + PeopleSoft Fluid UI, Portal and creating fluid navigation solutions.

    + Excel to CI, Integration Broker, Approval Workflow Engine, BI Publisher, PeopleSoft Query.

    ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

    + Provides analysis, profiling, and documentation of business information systems and applications.

    + Assists in design and architecture.

    + Analyzes and troubleshoots technical issues and identifies modifications needed in applications to meet changing user requirements.

    + Works with other engineers, users, programmers, and analysts in planning, prioritizing, and executing assigned tasks within deadlines.

    + Assesses training needs; prepares training documents and trains application users as needed.

    + Functions as a liaison with Salt Lake County agency technology staff and Information Technology (IT).

    + Assists with research into new and emerging technologies to evaluate their potential and compatibility with County needs and technology environment; analyzes and evaluates technology solutions to ensure their consistency and integration with County technology standards; participate in developing enterprise policies, standards, and procedures.

    + Assists in developing enterprise policies, standards, and procedures.

    + Assists in determining operational feasibility by evaluating analyses, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.

    + Demonstrates solutions feasibility by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, and code comments as requested.

    + Works with the Quality Assurance (QA) team in preparing test cases, plans and procedures.

    + Attends team meetings to communicate project status, new ideas, and any issues.

    + Develops and supports software applications, systems, and integrations.

    Skills and Abilities to:

    + Work with minimal direction, exhibiting self-motivation and a results-focused mindset

    + Work effectively across multiple functions, cultures, and levels of the organization

    + Collaborate with multiple stakeholders

    + Communicate effectively, clearly, and concisely to convey technical information to the County’s business community

    + Approach a problem through a logical, systematic, and sequential process. Think logically and systematically; solve complex problems; effectively apply general principles to specific conditions

    + Facilitate projects and meetings as assigned

    + Maintain confidentiality and professionalism

    + Remain calm under stress and quickly adjust, evolve, and multi-task between several competing priorities at once

    + Apply principles and practices of quality assurance, database maintenance, and administration

     

    Job LocationsUS-UT-SALT LAKE CITY

     

    Requisition ID2025-39475

     

    # of Openings1

     

    Requisition Post Information* : Posted Date3 weeks ago(9/12/2025 12:44 PM)

     

    SLCO Department (Portal Searching)Information Technology

     

    Location : LocationUS-UT-SALT LAKE CITY

     

    Location : Address2001 S STATE ST

     

    Location : Postal Code84190

     

    Position Type (Portal Searching)Regular Full-Time (Merit)

     

    Grade017