Staff Software Architect - Markets

Job Description SummaryIn this role, you will work closely with a team of 8-15 people who are responsible for developing, evolving, and supporting a large highly-available Electricity Market Management System (MMS). The team includes power systems, database, software, and optimization engineers. You will act as a tech lead who owns customer communication, finalizing requirements, high-level system design and delivery manager. You will contribute to software implementation, troubleshooting, customization, and integration into GE and customer systems.
The MMS is large, complex, highly available, subject to high security standards, and incorporates the latest in software industry technologies. A curious person will never be bored. There is lots of room for growth.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

In this role, you will:

• Own technical deliverables during the entire lifecycle of the projects.
• Execute on and serve as technical lead for the implementation of software solutions.
• Provide expert knowledge and experience to collaborate with the customer to identify technical requirements and estimate the technical effort required to implement complex software solutions.
• Engage throughout the full lifecycle of assigned projects, influencing decisions on design, and functionality to keep projects on track in terms of budget, time, and customer expectations.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and Services Consultants throughout the project to identify and scope applications changes while adhering to the change management process.
• Provide technical support to Wholesale Electricity Market Management (MMS) applications.
• Effectively leverage product capability, driving standardization, limiting customization, and maximizing reuse of content developed for previous solutions. 
• Interact with Product Development Team, Commercial Team, Customers, Solution Providers (Partner / Integrators), and other cross-functional teams as required for the solution and implement processes to ensure best use of GE Digital products and services.
• Perform all installation and/or programming tasks related to agreed interface & conversion specifications and/or application assignments, including agreed upon system tailoring and customizations.
• Effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with peers and team members as an inclusive team member, supporting pre-sale strategy (as needed) and project execution.
• Serve as a technical leader or mentor on complex, integrated customer implementations, either within individual project teams and/or cross-organizationally.
• Work independently as well as part of the team.
• Work in a self-directed fashion to proactively identify system problems, failures, and areas for improvement.
• Track issue resolution and document solutions implemented and create troubleshooting guides.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field from an accredited university or college.
• An Eight (8) to Twelve (12) years of professional experience in Market Management System (MMS), Energy Management (EMS) or Electric utilities technical lead role.
• Minimum of Eight (8) years of professional experience working with or for an Independent System Operator (ISO) organization, Market Participant, or wholesale electricity markets vendor.

Technical Expertise:

• Strong understanding of Market Management Systems.
• Strong understanding of Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch.
• Hands-on experience on analyzing, troubleshooting, and fixing problems on Market Management Systems
• Strong knowledge of Power System applications and/or optimization techniques.
• Strong knowledge of Oracle RDBMS desired.  Knowledge of PostgreSQL a plus.
• Applies architecture development process & methods at various stages of the project lifecycle.
• Possesses proven ability to deploy in on-premise and/or cloud-based environments.  
• Good knowledge on DevOps, GitOps, CI/CD, GitHub, source control management.
• Good knowledge on Git, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Ansible.
• Familiarity with Kafka , Kubernetes and containerization is a plus.
• Experience using logging and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus and Jaeger is a plus.
• Understanding of Java programming concepts, awareness of Spring boot, Modern web client (TypeScript or JavaScript), Restful APIs a plus.

Desired Characteristics:

• End-to-end ownership and accountability for tasks is required, including gathering requirements, completing technical work, documenting, and supporting on delivery.
• Self-starter; comfortable pulling together information from multiple resources.
• Excellent analytical and debugging skills, including debugging issues across complex systems involving multiple layers of technology.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new software development practices, languages, and tools.
• Excellent and clear communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Team player, dedicated, detail-oriented and customer focused.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

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Additional Information

The base pay range for this position is $119,200.00 - $178,800.00 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for 15 % variable incentive compensation.

*The Company pays a geographic differential of 110%, 120% or 130% of salary in certain areas.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. 

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.