Job Description Summary

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• As a senior member of the Software Center of Excellence, exemplifying high-quality design, development, testing, and delivery practices.

• Responsible for enhancing, evolving, and supporting high-availability Electricity Energy Market Management System (MMS).

• Lead the design, 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 leadership to a team of electricity markets application software engineers.

• Provide budget estimates for new project tasks to project leads and managers.

• Collaborate with customers throughout the project lifecycle to ensure software quality and functionality meet standards and requirements.

• Mentor junior team members.

• 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.

• Support marketing efforts for proposals and demonstrations to potential customers.

Basic Qualification

• Ph. D. or Master’s degree in Electrical Power Systems with thesis or related work in power systems

• 8 to 11 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.

• 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.

• Mentors newer team members in alignment with business objectives

• 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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