Job Details

Opportunity Details

Full Time GMS Application Developer - Lead

GMS Application Developer - Lead

JOB-10042164

Anticipated Start Date

August 01, 2024

Location

Taylor, TX

Type of Employment

Contract to Hire

Employer Info

Our client manages the flow of electric power to Texas customers - representing 85 percent of the state's electric load and 75 percent of the Texas land area. As the independent system operator for the region, they also mEranage financial settlement for the competitive wholesale bulk-power market and administers customer switching for 6.5 million Texans in competitive choice areas. They are membership-based, nonprofit corporation, governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature. Members include consumers, cooperatives, independent generators, independent power marketers, retail electric providers, investor-owned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers), and municipal-owned electric utilities.

Job Summary

We are looking for individuals to join our client's team as GMS Application Developer - Lead. Develops design and performs software development for suite of Wholesale Electric Market Applications and Web-based User Interfaces. The suite includes Market Management Systems (MMS) applications such as Day-Ahead Market (DAM), Reliability Unit Commitment (RUC), Ancillary Service Market, Security Constraint Economics Dispatch (SCED), CIM Importer, Market Submissions, APIs, MMS database Interfaces, Market Simulator, Outage Scheduler (OS), User Interfaces (UI) and Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Applications. Adhere to software development life cycle (SDLC) processes that includes performing testing and validation of Market Applications and User Interface changes to deliver quality software to customers. This position will report to the Supervisor/Manager of Grid & Market Solutions (GMS) Technology Development - Markets & UI team.

Job Description

• Broadly applies principles, theories and concepts related to the profession. A seasoned, experienced professional with an in-depth/full understanding of area of specialization.
• May provide recommendations regarding issues outside the bounds of defined procedures and practices. Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Wide latitude for decisions within assignments, programs, and projects; impact is generally limited to the project or department.
• Acts as a resource to advise and may at times a lead the work of lower level professional and/or support employees. Generally, represents the department on projects and may perform in a project leadership role.

• Assists in the most difficult technical support problems.
• Develops and executes enterprise architecture strategy that GMS development team initiatives.
• Develops programming and development standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse.
• Provides expert level advice and guidance to market operations business teams regarding market applications, processes, and tools.
• Works with Market Participants, Company representatives, and vendors to drive and deliver solutions.
• Recommends new technology directions or options to market applications software vendors.
• Communicates technology design and any related issues to technical and non-technical audiences including customers and technical partners.
• Responsible for mentoring senior developers on best practices in software development, object-oriented design, design patterns and application frameworks.
• Applies creativity, in-depth technical and theoretical knowledge, and experience in solving highly complex market systems and interfaces architectural design problems.
• Understands and maintains knowledge of Company Nodal Protocols, PUCT rulings, NERC Reliability Standards, CIP protocols and help the staff understand standards and protocols.
• Researches and maintains knowledge of new emerging technologies, best practices in electric utility industry as well as new technology in IT industry and provide the direction to team to adopt new technologies as required.

• At least 3 years experience in programming
• Requires minimum 8 years job related work experience in excess of degree requirements
• Programming Languages/Packages/Scripting: C, C++, VisualC++, FORTRAN, Java, Perl, Python, PL/SQL, Shell Scripting
• Web Application Servers: JBOSS, Tomcat, JWS, Spring Boots,
• Message Queues: Tibco JMS, AMQ
• Web Based Development - J2EE, Servlets, SOAP, Java Script, HTML/CSS, XML
• Database: Oracle, SQLSERVER
• Source Code Control Tools: Git, GitHub
• Optimization Solvers: CPLEX/AMPL, Gurobi

• Experience with one of the vendors (Hitachi Energy/ABB, GE, Siemens, Resource Innovations/Nexant, OSI Inc) Energy or Market Management Systems and applications preferred.
• Power industry experience in grid and market arena preferably with software vendors or ISO/utilities.
• Experience with programming languages such as FORTRAN, C, C++, Java, Perl and Python.
• Experience with Oracle PL/SQL
• Experience with Commercial Optimization Solvers: CPLEX/AMPL, Gurobi
• Experience with CIM/XML model-based tools.
• Experience with developing integration layers using Messaging Services: Tibco JMS, AMQ

• Bachelor's Degree: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (Required)
• Master's Degree: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field (Preferred)
• Or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required

• Local Candidates preferred.
• Shift: Normal office Hours
• Hybrid: 2 days in office and 3 days remote
• We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.