Senior Application Developer, Portland, Oregon

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SUMMARY

Portland General Electric Co. seeks Senior Application Developer to work in Tualatin, OR

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Application Developer provides application software development services. Develops program logic for new applications or analyzes and modifies logic in existing applications. Codes, tests, debugs and documents software applications. Analyzes requirements and tests and integrates application components. Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented. Sets local or team-based standards for programming tools and techniques, including security guidelines and the selection of appropriate development methods. Advises on application of standards and methods and ensures compliance. Takes technical responsibility for all stages and/or iterations in a software development project, providing method-specific technical advice and guidance to project stakeholders. Assigns work packages, monitors performance and manages change control dynamically to optimize productivity. Provides advice, guidance and assistance to less experienced colleagues as required. Drafts and maintains procedures and documentation for applications support. Manages application enhancements to improve business performance. Advises on application security, licensing, upgrades, backups and disaster-recovery needs. Ensures that all requests for support are dealt with according to set standards and procedures. Ensures that incidents are handled according to agreed procedures. Investigates escalated incidents to responsible service owners and seeks resolution. Facilitates recovery following resolution of incidents. Ensures that resolved incidents are properly documented and closed. Analyzes causes of incidents and informs service owners in order to minimize probability of recurrence and contribute to service improvement. Analyzes metrics and reports on performance of incident-management process. Ensures that appropriate action is taken to anticipate, investigate and resolve problems in systems and services. Ensures that such problems are fully documented within the relevant reporting system(s). Enables development of problem solutions. Coordinates the implementation of agreed remedies and preventative measures. Analyzes patterns and trends. Specifies and designs large or complex systems. Selects appropriate design standards, methods and tools consistent with agreed enterprise and solution architectures and ensures they are applied effectively. Reviews others' systems designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources and integration of multiple systems and technology. Contributes to policy for selection of architecture components. Evaluates and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and assesses and manages associated risks. Ensures that the system design balances functional, service quality, security and systems management requirements. Designs and builds integration components and interfaces. Leads practical integration work under the technical direction of the system/service designer. May contribute to the overall design of the service. May define the technical criteria for product/component selection. Contributes to decisions about tools, methods and approaches.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering Management, Engineering Technology, Engineering and Information Technology or related field, and 5 years of experience in the IT industry
• 5 years of experience with the following: Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing (CC&B), Customer Cloud Service (CCS), Customer to Meter (C2M), and Meter Data Management (MDM); Solutioning and implementation of AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure); Utilities industry-standard methodology for global engagements; Programming languages, including Java/J2ee, HTML, Java Script, XML, and Oracle SQL; CMA (Configuration Migration Assistant) and blueprints for core configuration and migration; Functional testing or PRT (Pre-release testing) for custom extensions and configurations and working with SIT (System Integration Testing); Oracle Utilities Applications Framework (OUAF) including Algorithms, Service scripts, BPA scripts, Zone, Portals, UI, Business Objects, and XAI services; and experience obtaining and recording system requirements, creating data flow diagrams, and composing functional design specifications
• Additional work location information: May permit telecommuting within commuting distance to Tualatin, OR. In office approximately 60% of the time.

Compensation: $177,861

Actual total compensation, including a performance based incentive bonus, is commensurate with experience, skills, qualifications, education, training, and internal equity.

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