Position Title: HR Systems Administrator

Employee Classification: Enterprise Application Admin

College/Division: Administration and Finance

Department: 501000-HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES

Internal or External Search: Internal - Open to Regular NMSU employees only (temporary/Term employees not eligible)

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate:  $48,332.54 - $60,000 To commensurate with qualifications

Appointment Full-time Equivalency:  1.0

Exempt or Non-Exempt:  Exempt

Summary:  NMSU Human Resource Services is seeking a detail-oriented and highly skilled professional to apply for the HR Systems Administrator position. Join our team and play a key role in managing and optimizing HR enterprise applications to support the university’s HR operations.

Classification Summary:
Under general supervision designs, implements, and administers complex business critical, multi-tiered enterprise applications.

Classification Standard Duties:
Works collaboratively with IT and Business partners to effectively and efficiently maintain, support and enhance enterprise business applications. Defines and performs routine and maintenance practices related to application/system administration. Partners with assigned business areas to understand their business processes, and configures changing business needs as enhancements into new and/or existing solutions applying change management best practices. Gathers and defines usability, reliability, and performance requirements; Develops system metrics to track trends in usage and data integrity and recommends actionable solutions to address adoption issues and improve operational efficiency. With a strong customer service focus, collaborates with Help Desk to respond to requests from business users - creatively resolves issues, answers questions and clarifies business processes, designs and develops enhancements, troubleshoots and fixes bugs. Works collaboratively with Integration and ERP teams to implement and maintain integrations across enterprise business applications. Develops data quality/hygiene check and database maintenance plans and monitor overall system health, as necessary. Additional duties as assigned.

Required Education, Experience, Certification/License, Equivalency
Required Education:Bachelor's degree in a related field.; Required Experience:Three (3) years of experience directly related to the standard duties as outlined.; Equivalency:None; Required Certification/License:

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
KNOWLEDGE:analysis, design, implementation, maintenance and support of business applications,; SKILLS:Strong analytical, decision making and problem solving skills; Understands how other aspects of the IT environment such as hardware infrastructure, network design, storage architecture, and integrations can impact application maintenance and support. Capable of working with other teams (ERP, Infrastructure, and others) to troubleshoot problems.; ABILITIES:ability to write usable technical documentation, ability to document and follow recurring procedures, guide and provide instructions to users at all levels, make presentations to an internal audience, and interacts positively with other teams.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
The HR Systems Administrator is responsible for managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting the university’s HR-related systems, including talent acquisition, ticketing, background check, and compliance platforms. This role ensures system functionality aligns with organizational needs while configuring and enhancing platforms to optimize recruitment workflows and improve operational efficiency. Collaborating with IT, HRIS, and external technical teams, the administrator supports system integrations and data integrity to maintain accurate, streamlined processes. Additionally, they provide user support and training, addressing system inquiries, troubleshooting issues, and equipping HR staff and hiring managers with the knowledge to maximize system capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

Special Requirements of the Position

Department Contact:  Marshall Parks, mparks1@nmsu.edu

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Bargaining Unit Eligibility: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.