Software Engineer at American Electric Power

We need one who has Deep expertise in Modern Web Architecture Practices, Kubernetes, and OpenShift expertise in modern programming languages and frameworks - NodeJS, REST/JSON, Kafka, and Phyton.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
• Experience: 8 years of relevant work experience is required.
• An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
• Physical demand level is Sedentary

Description

Part of a larger team delivering high quality technology solutions to the business. Design, develop and install software solutions. Build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with internal architecture, development & design standards & best practices. Design, modify, develop, write, implement and troubleshoot software programming applications. Support and/or install software applications. Lead the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Works within a Waterfall or Agile methodology/framework based team. Collaborates heavily with Project Management, Business Analyst and Infrastructure Job Families.

This role requires a wide variety of strengths and capabilities, including:* 10+ years of experience in the IT field in which 5+ of those years in application integration. Deep expertise in Modern Web Architecture Practices, Kubernetes, and OpenShift expertise in modern programming languages and frameworks - NodeJS, REST/JSON, Kafka, and Phyton.

Experience working in Agile env with modern CI/CD and DevOps principles. Knowledge of industry wide technology trends and best practices. Effective when working independently as a self-starter, as well as collaboratively when in a team environment. Comfortable working with emerging technology and a fast-dynamic environment with an ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously. Technical depth and ability to rapidly understand and communicate the impact of solutions and technology.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS are listed below:

• Works independently. Responsibilities include one or more of the following for the largest and most complex projects:
• Develops advanced solutions to resolve customer and prospective customer issues in a logical, creative and structured manner.
• Align the client’s goals, needs and objectives to the solutions.
• Communicate issues and status in a clear, timely manner.
• Interpret specifications and build advanced solutions to those specifications.
• Collaborate on the business strategy by acting as an expert of the company's services and products, including usage, architecture, functionality and deployment.
• Develop custom presentations and demonstrations for all audiences.
• Generates infrastructure support documentation.
• Make proposals and writes request for proposal (RFP) responses.
• Evaluate and propose advanced process improvements.
• Maintain expert knowledge about the company's software/hardware products.
• May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.