Senior Software Engineer

NYISO in Rensselaer, NY seeks a Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain software products. The Senior Software Engineer will perform build out and support of cloud environment. The position will participate in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle, assist in the research of new technologies, collaborate with Project Managers and participate in a 24x7x365 on-call support rotation for production applications.

Specifically, the Senior Software Engineer will perform the following duties:

• Propose and design architectures using cloud technologies to meet the business need.
• Create software design specifications for functionality as defined in approved requirement specifications. Ensure that designs are consistent with applicable NYISO software development standards, product's architectural blueprints and industry guidelines.
• Evaluate new technology and tools. Incorporate approved technology and tools to enhance the product development process.
• Documentation product architecture plans.
• Provide support for all phases of the NYISO software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Business Owners in creation of requirements.
• Lead and participate in software design, development, testing, deployment and post-production support.
• Lead and/or participate in team code reviews.
• Interact with project managers and technical team leads in all phases of project lifecycle.
• Provide project and task estimates and assist with creation of work breakdown structures.
• Perform software development activities in support of the NYISO mission and business objectives. Create and/or refactor software programs as defined in approved specifications and designs.
• Provide post-production application support as required. Support responsibilities may include consultation, problem identification, data analysis and/or emergency repairs. Resolve customer inquiries and respond to suggestions for improvement and enhancements.
• Requirements for support of mission-critical systems entails 24x7x365 coverage rotations.
• Incorporate industry and NYISO best practices for web application security into all software design and development work.
• Participate in penetration-testing of NYISO-developed applications. Review results with Supervisors.
• Responsible for following guidelines for source code management and branching strategy.
• Participate in code reviews and suggest changes that will increase performance, security, maintainability or standards compliance.
• Collaborate with other Software Engineering and IT teams as needed and Project Managers to manage changes to supported applications Partner with other IT teams to resolve configuration, deployment, or environmental issues.
• Provide input to Senior Engineers and Supervisor for strategic planning for supported applications, including roadmap documentation and plans for technology upgrades and usability enhancements.
• Participate in continuous learning to improve technical skills as required.

Requirements:

Bachelor's in in computer science or information systems or related field.

The successful candidate must have two (2) years of experience as a Software Developer in the power/energy industry. Experience with the following software is required:

• AWS Aurora Postgres;
• Python;
• GitHub;
• Minikube;
• Terraform

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