Company Description
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.
As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.
The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.
The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees, and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid or local remote work capacity,
Relocation assistance is available.
Job Description
Under the general direction of the Manager, is responsible for activities related to development, maintenance and enhancements of supported business applications. Assignments typically include applications analysis, design, development, integration, unit testing, and implementation activities in compliance with established department and corporate policies, procedures and methods. Works with vendors and service providers to insure stability and reliability of associated systems.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Develops and maintains application systems to ensure timely access to accurate, real-time data.
- Maintains enterprise application programs for internal and external ISO workflow and control functions.
- Develops and implements unit tests and code review processes related to all supported applications.
- Creates and maintains documentation and procedures related to the maintenance and operation of application systems.
- Develops specifications and procures new applications that support ISO internal and external users.
- Coordinates with various departments to support changes or additions to applications in accordance with ISO Change Management policies and procedures.
- Interacts with vendor staff in the implementation of new systems and modifications to existing business applications.
- Analyzes, supports, and resolves real-time computer hardware, software and database issues in a time sensitive -environment.
Qualifications
Level of Education and Discipline:
A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
Amount of Experience:
Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) or more years related experience.
Type of Experience:
Experienced in all areas of software engineering including design, development, analysis and data modeling.
Experience implementing Java/J2EE Technologies.
Experience with SQL, PL/SQL and Oracle technologies.
Experience with Source Control Systems ( bitbucket/Git), automated tests and continuous integration & Deployment (CI & CD)
Design techniques such as Domain-Driven Design, Design by Contract, and Domain Specific Languages. Designing object-oriented components and coding algorithms.
Familiarity with waterfall, Agile methodologies.
Development and production implementation experience with spring, Kafka and/or Active MQ highly desired.
Experience in any of the following development technologies is strongly desired:
- Java frameworks (Hibernate, spring)
- Web Application Servers (JBoss, Spring boot)
- SOA (ESB, Web Services) and Application/Web Services Security Design Patterns
- Testing Tools (SOAP UI)
- Testing Frameworks (JUnit, jMock, Selenium)
Additional Skills and Abilities:
Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member. Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail. Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills. Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential. Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations. Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.
Additional Information
The pay range for the Sr Software Engineer position is $116,250 - $193,750 annually.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by "keeping the lights on" 24/7.
As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.
The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.
