Sr Software Engineer

Job Description Summary Responsible for programing a component feature and or feature set. Works independently and contributes to the immediate team and to other teams across business. You will also contribute to design discussions.
Resposnible for supporting large highly-available Electricity Market Management System (MMS). The team includes power systems database software and optimization engineers. As a Java developer you will contribute and lead advanced development in MMS Application software design development testing integration and tuning to meet project and/or product commitments. Projects main deliverable is an overall customized system that based on GE next generation Market System a cloud-based solution that hosts multi-state wholesale energy markets. End user customers are Electric Utilities Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs). These markets are key to decarbonizing our power system by ensuring reliability while allowing increasing penetration of Solar Wind and Storage technologies.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

In this role you will:
- Be responsible for defining developing and evolving software in a fast paced and agile development environment using the latest software development technologies and infrastructure
- Provide technical leadership to an agile team of 5-7
- Work with Product Line Leaders (PLLs) to understand product requirements & vision
- Translate requirements / vision into prioritized list of user stories and deliver to required timelines and quality standards
- Work with product line leaders and architects to develop multi generation software technology plans
- Drive increased efficiency across the teams eliminating duplication leveraging product and technology reuse
- Support process improvements which guide the development sustaining & support activities
- Work cross functionally with other business departments to align activities and deliverables
- Drive world-class quality in the development and support of products
- Ensure team receives consistent messages and has clear understanding of business direction strategy and results
- Engage subject matter experts in successful transfer of complex domain knowledge
- Apply principles of SDLC and methodologies like Lean/Agile/XP CI Software and Product Security Scalability Documentation Practices refactoring and Testing Techniques
- Write code that meets standards and delivers desired functionality using the technology selected for the project
- Understand performance parameters and assess application performance
- Work on core data structures and algorithms and implement them using technology chosen
- Proactively share information across the team to the right audience with the appropriate level of detail and timeliness.

Technical Expertise :

• Hands-on experience with Java Spring-Boot and cloud development C++ is advantage.
• Prior work experience in an agile environment and experience with DevOps
• Experience with automation DevOps CI/CD etc.
• Experience with Play framework (Angular and GWT)
• Hands-on experience in utilizing Spring Framework (Core MVC Integration and Data)
• Hands-on experience in web services (REST SOAP WSDL etc. ) using Apache Commons Suite & Maven
• Hands-on experience with web development using HTML5 Java Script jQuery CSS.
• Experience with Security by Design and the 10 security principles (Defense in depth Secure by default Least privilege Separation of duties Minimize attack surface complete mediation open design isolated compartments Evidence production and Application coding best practices)

Education Qualification

For roles outside USA:

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or u201CSTEMu201D Majors (Science Technology Engineering and Math) with advanced experience.

For roles in USA:Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or u201CSTEMu201D Majors (Science Technology Engineering and Math) with minimum years of experience4years

Desired CharacteristicsTechnical Expertise:
- Masters Degree/ PHD in Computer Science
- Experience with Windows and Unix / Linux based programming
- Experience working on software projects in the Energy domain (Energy Management Oil & Gas Power & Water)
- Certified Scrum Master and/or Product Owner
Business Acumen:

- Demonstrates the initiative to explore alternate technology and approaches to solving problems
- Skilled in breaking down problems documenting problem statements and estimating efforts
- Demonstrates awareness about competitors and industry trends
- Has the ability to analyze impact of technology choices

Leadership:

- Ability to takes ownership of small and medium sized tasks and deliver while mentoring and helping team members
- Ensures understanding of issues and presents clear rationale. Able to speak to mutual needs and win-win solutions. Uses two-way communication to influence outcomes and ongoing results
- Identifies misalignments with goals objectives and work direction against the organizational strategy. Makes suggestions to course correct
- Continuously measures deliverables of self and team against scheduled commitments. Effectively balances different competing objectives
Personal Attributes:
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Effective team building and problem solving abilities
- Persists to completion especially in the face of overwhelming odds and setbacks. Pushes self for results; pushes others for results through team spirit

Note

Note:
To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA to ensure compliance with applicable legislation the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

This Job Description is intended to provide a high level guide to the role. However it is not intended to amend or otherwise restrict/expand the duties required from each individual employee as set out in their respective employment contract and/or as otherwise agreed between an employee and their manager.

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