DERMS Platform & Cloud Integration Engineer (Hybrid)

National Grid; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 177,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead DERMS platform integration across hybrid Azure and on-premises infrastructure. You will own automation, provisioning, and observability to ensure reliable energy system interfaces and data flows.

The role requires strong Azure, Terraform, and CI/CD expertise, and collaboration with IT security and Grid Operations teams. You will mentor engineers, drive integration patterns, and contribute to utility-grade platform standards while

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development with a focus on systems integration and platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Azure (hybrid cloud, Azure Arc, Azure DevOps), Python, PowerShell, .NET Core, PostgreSQL, message brokers (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps) with a strong emphasis on infrastructure automation.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing system interfaces (RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC, etc).
• Strong experience with infrastructure automation and VM provisioning pipelines: Terraform for Azure resource deployment; Ansible, PowerShell DSC, or similar for on-premises VM configuration and application deployment.
• Hands-on experience automating Azure virtual infrastructure and on-premises virtualization platforms including automated OS provisioning, patching, and compliance enforcement.
• Demonstrated ability to build fully automated, idempotent deployment pipelines that provision, configure, and validate multi-tier application environments from code with zero manual intervention.
• Experience designing and operating observability platforms using the LGTM stack (Loki, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) or equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to define SLIs/SLOs, build alerting frameworks, and implement automated runbooks for infrastructure and application health in hybrid on-prem/cloud environments.
• Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences including grid operations staff and executive stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of the agile software development process including PI Planning ceremonies.
• Solid communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• As a Staff Software Engineer – Platform Integration, you'll take on a critical technical leadership role delivering and integrating the DERMS within National Grid's US Electric organization.
• Join the Platform Integration Engineering team responsible for end-to-end integration of DERMS platform with on-premises and Azure hybrid infrastructure.
• Own the software integration lifecycle including environment provisioning support, configuration migration pipelines (PDS to Production/QAS).
• Design, build, and maintain automated provisioning pipelines for VM infrastructure and virtual components across Azure and on-premises environments using IaC and config management tools.
• Work with DevOps engineers to implement CI/CD automation for infrastructure changes, enabling repeatable deployments across hybrid environments with proper approval gates and rollback capabilities.

Skills

Azure

Python

PowerShell

.NET Core

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell DSC

VMware

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell DSC

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

VMware

Job description

National Grid is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to lead DERMS platform integration across hybrid Azure and on-premises infrastructure. You will own automation, provisioning, and observability to ensure reliable energy system interfaces and data flows.

The role requires strong Azure, Terraform, and CI/CD expertise, and collaboration with IT security and Grid Operations teams. You will mentor engineers, drive integration patterns, and contribute to utility-grade platform standards while