Senior Software Engineer - Electricity Markets

Job description

Job Description

Summary In 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 the DevOps Engineer to develop and maintain our DevOps practices and infrastructure. 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.

Pipeline Architecture: Lead the evolution of on-premise, container-based deployment infrastructures, including full integration of CI/CD pipelines and security chain-of-custody protocols.

Infrastructure Management

Architect and maintain robust build infrastructures, including Ansible, Maven, Jenkins, and Artifactory, while evaluating and integrating cutting-edge tooling.

Customer Enablement

Act as a technical advisor to customers, guiding the adoption of in-house infrastructure-as-code (IaC) methodologies and supporting on-site product deployment.

System Integration

Partner with internal software developers to implement, integrate, and validate system changes to meet evolving customer functional requirements.

Lifecycle Support

Provide technical oversight throughout the project lifecycle, including proactive system monitoring, defect resolution, and performance optimization.

Issue Resolution

Manage complex technical troubleshooting, document comprehensive resolution guides, and track systemic issues to ensure operational reliability.

Collaboration

Serve as the primary technical interface between product development, external customers, and project teams to ensure seamless project delivery.

Process Governance

Apply and evolve standard execution methodologies, ensuring all systems are implemented according to rigorous governance and security standards.

Technical Mentorship

Mentor team members on DevOps best practices, helping them adopt new skills and maintain high levels of technical consistency across the project.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field from an accredited university.

Professional Experience

Minimum of 5 years of experience in on-premise deployment, DevOps (CI/CD), software development, or enterprise system integration.

Technical Expertise

3 years of experience managing Kubernetes deployments and microservices architecture.

Travel/On-site

Willingness to travel 10–20% of the time

Desired Qualifications

Deployment Mastery: Hands-on expertise with ArgoCD, Helm Charts, and managing high-scale RedHat Linux-based environments.

Observability & Tools

Experience utilizing enterprise logging/monitoring tools such as Splunk, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus, or Jaeger.

Optimization & Data

Knowledge of Oracle RDBMS, PostgreSQL, and Kafka messaging frameworks.

Development Fluency

Understanding of Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript/JavaScript, and RESTful API design.

Infrastructure Competency

Exposure to OpenShift, Docker, and container-orchestration at scale.

Risk Management

Proven track record of anticipating technical risks and resolving obstacles proactively to ensure project timelines.

Business Acumen

Demonstrated ability to translate complex business needs into prioritized technical requirements for internal and external stakeholders.

Mentorship

Documented experience leading technical teams, improving team output, and fostering a collaborative culture of continuous improvement.

Problem Solving

Demonstrated ability to independently resolve issues across multi-layered, complex software systems and mission-critical infrastructure.

Additional Information Relocation Assistance Provided

No #LI-Remote - This is a remote position Candidates should be aware that this role involves a client's critical infrastructure; shortlisted candidates would therefore be subject to heightened security checks as directed by our clients. All personal data will be handled with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with our data protection policies, solely for recruitment and security purposes.