Staff Software Architect-DERMS

Job Description Summary

Responsible for architecting solutions using Microservices. Responsible for multiple software projects as a project leader or internal consultant.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Engage with our utility clients to understand the impacts of distributed energy resources (DERs) on the distribution system by providing our utility clients with solutions to manage and plan for the emergence of more DERs.
• Engage with our utility clients to understand their business needs and how our solution can align, meet, and exceed those business needs.
• Speak to how effective Requirements Management, leading to a complete set of approved requirements that are traceable to both the solution design and QA test cases.
• Work collaboratively with a strong team of Technical Leads and Solution Specialists to provide input on solution architecture based on client needs and solution capabilities. Define success criteria and author solution diagrams for the project.
• Deploy GE GridOS DERMS solutions to client environments to support project use cases and DER planning scenarios.

• Prepare input data such as network model files, load & generation forecasts, future planning scenarios, and generation cost data.
• Prepare, modify, and configure client and testing input data for solutions by creating scripts and automating data processing systems.
• Convert and validate client CIM distribution network models using developed tools and scripts, validating power flow results.
• Lead the custom adapter, connector, API, microservice design and development to fully integrate the GE GridOS DERMS solution into the client environment.
• Fluent in full stack development, backend services, middleware, and presentation layer including UI/UX needs to deliver custom integrated solutions to our clients.
• Collaborate with our Service Engineering development lead during the development cycle to ensure all custom deliverables meet defined needs and standards and are on time and budget.
• Respond to all client inquiries, bugs, and product ideas for in-flight projects and file tickets for the Product team.
• Lead the simulation of project scenarios utilising combinations of solutions, configuration, and input data.
• Perform use case and client specific testing runs and lead factory and site acceptance testing.
• Debug software bugs, documenting issues for the testing teams.
• Automate solution processes and complete workflows using existing API documentation.
• Analyse and assess data and results of project activities and tasks.
• Hands-On experience, with certification a plus, in deploying solution to the AWS cloud (GE's and/or the clients).
• Report on project outcomes and present findings to project partners and stakeholders.

• Master's degree or Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent. Degree in power systems is a plus
• AWS Certification.
• DevSecOps hands on experience.
• Cybersecurity hands on experience.
• Familiarity with cloud-based solutions and deployment activities (Azure and/or GCP)
• Utility integration experience (E.g. SCADA, ADMS, OT, OMS etc.)
• Experience with power system analysis software (eg OpenDSS, CYME, Powerfactory, Synergi etc.)

• 10 to 12 years of strong electricity industry experience related to software solution architecting.
• You will bring strong IT Enterprise Architecture skills including ITNW, Data Flow, and Complex SW Application deployments.
• You understand how to trace a requirement to a design specification and the test plans /cases.
• You are comfortable automating processes and utilizing or building scripting solutions to support product solutions.
• You bring software development experience and a strong understanding of the SDLC and integrating custom solutions into a product, in our case the GE GridOS DERMS product.
• Hands on Java, and Python enterprise application development
• You are highly familiar with emerging energy industry trends and implications on utility clients in DER management, distribution planning, IT, SCADA and asset management with a strong background in analysis.