Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• As a team member of the Software Center of Excellence, exemplifying high-quality development, testing, and delivery practices.
• Responsible for enhancing, evolving, and supporting high-availability Electricity Energy Market Management System (MMS).
• Responsible for development, testing, integration, and tuning of advanced Power Systems Application software to fulfill project and product commitments.
• Develop and evolve software in a dynamic and agile environment using the latest technologies and infrastructure.
• Provide domain knowledge and/or technical support to a team of electricity markets application software engineers.
• Understand customers’ needs and focus throughout the project lifecycle to ensure software quality and functionality meet standards and requirements.
• Interact with Product Development Teams, Customers, Solution Providers, and cross-functional teams as needed.
• Apply SDLC principles and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP, CI, software and product security, scalability, and testing techniques.
• Provide maintenance of power systems application functionality, including code fixes, creating tools for model conversion, documentation, and user interfaces.

Basic Qualification

• Master’s degree in Electrical Power Systems with thesis or related work in power systems
• 3 to 5 years of experience in development or project delivery, preferably in Power Systems Analysis, Security Constrained Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch using Mixed Integer Programming (MIP)/Optimization, or Applied Mathematics and Operations Research.

Desired Characteristics

• Continuous improvement mindset; drives change initiatives and process improvements
• Highly organized and efficient; adept at prioritizing and executing tasks.
• Experience in the power systems domain.
• Proficiency in testing and test automation.
• Experience in programming skills such as C++ or Java or other related language, as required. Knowledge on Perl, PowerShell and SQL (MSSQL and/or T-SQL) scripting languages. Good understanding of database operation
• Strong knowledge of source control management, particularly GitHub.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new development practices, languages, and tools.
• Self-motivated; able to synthesize information from diverse sources.
• Continuously measures the completion rate of personal deliverables and compares them to the scheduled commitments.
• Transparent in problem-solving approaches and options; determines fair outcomes with shared trade-offs.
• Capable of defining requirements and collaborating on solutions using technical expertise and a network of experts.
• Effective communication style for engaging with customers and cross-functional teams; utilizes product knowledge to mitigate risks and drive outcomes.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; able to produce professional and technical reports and conduct presentations.
• Innovates and integrates new processes or technologies to add significant value; advises on change cost versus benefits and learns new solutions to address complex problems

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