Taleo System Administrator

Steven L. Chandler

www.linkedin.com/in/StevenChandler1308 Brandon, FL 33511

(813) 597–1308 • ******.********@****.***

Senior Taleo Talent Management Analyst

A focused, innovative IT professional with more than 20 years’ experience in developing well thought out solutions. Has gained Taleo on-boarding, recruiting and performance management expertise, to deliver the solutions and support needed to enhance talent management business processes. Areas of expertise include:

Human Resources & Talent Management

Recruiting, On-boarding & Transitions Processes

Systems Design & Implementation

Software Installation & Upgrades

Systems Programming & Testing

Staff Training & Leadership

Data Collection, Analysis & Reporting

Data-Flow Diagrams & Dictionary Development

Audit, Compliance & Regulatory Requirements

Application Administration & Support

Business Operations & Functions

Technical Proficiencies

Taleo System Administrator, Taleo On-boarding/Transition. Taleo Recruiting, TCC, Oracle, OBI Reporting, Business Objects Reporting, Korn Shell Scripting, Unix, Linux, SQL, SQR, PeopleSoft 9.2, IBM/Tivoli Workload Scheduler 8.4 (TWS), Microsoft Office, Visio, MS Project, Business Analysis, Change Management

Professional Experience

Perficient, Boston, MA – Sub-contractor for Santander Bank, Boston, MA

Taleo System Administrator (Taleo ver. 15A8.1), May 2016 – October 2016

Led Taleo 15A8.1 upgrade from 14B. Mapped and redesign on-boarding/transitions process. Supported day to day processing. Interfaced Taleo with PeopleSoft and third-party vendors.

KPMG LLP, Denver, CO

Senior Associate, On-boarding/Transition SME (Taleo ver. 15A), Sept 2015 – May 2016

Led on-boarding/transition operations by gathering requirements, designing, implementing, testing and supporting processes. Interfaced Taleo with PeopleSoft and third-party vendors. Clients included Akron Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

An instrumental member of a team of 5 responsible for composing a $13M Oracle Cloud HCM/Talent Management implementation proposal for a worldwide hotel chain.

DRIVESTREAM, Sterling, VA September 2014 – July 2015

Taleo System Administrator, On-boarding/Transition SME (Taleo ver. 14B)

Directed and conducted requirements gathering, design, implementation and testing for on-boarding/transition processes. Interfaced Taleo with PeopleSoft and third-party vendors.

Clients included: NEC, KForce, Hawaiian Airlines and Bodega.

Created generic on-boarding process as baseline method for clients.

THE JUDGE GROUP, Tampa, FL (6 Month Contract with Citi)

Taleo System Administrator, March 2014 - September 2014

Translated Talent Management (Taleo 13B7.8) system into 10 different languages, implemented service requests and supported current processes.

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC., Tampa, FL

System Application Administrator III, September 2010 – March 2014

Determined business needs, redesigned and maintained Talent Management System (Taleo ver. 13C5.2), and provided technical support for Taleo and PeopleSoft 9.1 data interfaces.

Enhanced operations by restructuring and streamlining on-boarding processes.

Aided in discovery and acquisition of highly-skilled staff, and maintained information accuracy by generating reports and analysis from talent management system.

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, Tampa, FL (2000 – 2010)

Application Support Tier 3 & Manager, June 2009 – July 2010

Oversaw development and maintenance of PeopleSoft nightly batch jobs and schedules for global environments using IBM’s Tivoli Workload Schedule Suite. Served as Subject Matter Expert and primary contact for PeopleSoft support.

Facilitated knowledge transfer to incoming Infosys Team for PeopleSoft batch processing and System Operational Support as Technical Lead.

Ensured adherence to business and services standards by delivering product support, updating software, and conducting maintenance as needed to maintain most current version of software application product lines.

Senior PeopleSoft Developer & Manager, May 2000 – June 2009

Developed all interface programs between principle firm applications, global vendors and PeopleSoft applications, and created firm-wide process for conducting nightly batch runs in multiple environments.

Discovered discrepancies in batch processing and aided in resource management by programming and testing numerous system daemons used to monitor health and status of jobs, and schedule runs during nightly batch process.

Maintained productivity of on-call staff, managers, related departments and vendors by designing a notification system to warn of processing delays.

Enhanced developer performance by delivering several "Lunch & Learn" classes covering PeopleSoft hot topics, and composing numerous technical tip sheets on TWS, UNIX, VI, SQL, SQR, FTP, SFTP and PGP.

Key Contributions:

Saved PwC over $250K in licensing and maintenance fees yearly by designing, coding, testing and maintaining an interface program used to integrate PeopleSoft's process scheduler with IBM’s Tivoli Workload Scheduler Suite 8.4 (TWS).

Streamlined processes and conserved thousands of dollars in maintenance and development costs by designing all nightly batch jobs/schedules for payroll, HR, and benefits, for the PeopleSoft environments globally (425 schedules & 5000+ jobs). Efforts resulted in PwC’s use of standardized batch processing methodology worldwide.

Conserved hundreds of man hours and established firm’s standard encryption/file transfer protocol by engineering a generic application to decrypt/encrypt all classified interface files, using PGP, coupled with a previously developed SFTP/FTP application.

Additional Work History

Senior Financial Software Programmer (1997 – 2000), T. Rowe Price Inc, Baltimore, MD

PeopleSoft Developer/Implementer (1995 – 1997), Black & Decker, Corp., Towson, MD

Software Engineer (1994 – 1995), Chessie Computer Services, Inc., Baltimore, MD

Software Engineer (1988 – 1994), Computer Sciences Corporation, Laurel, MD

Software Developer (1984-1988), Department of Labor, Washington, DC.

Education & Credentials

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, MD

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