Grid Applications Developer

NextGenEnergyJobs; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs seeks a qualified professional to advance grid analytics and data visualization in support of ERCOT operations in Austin, TX. The role focuses on applying core principles, learning ERCOT practices, and delivering analytical tooling for control room operators and planning engineers.

You will prototype tools, gather requirements, and contribute to system performance standards, collaborating with project teams to deploy new displays and tests.

Qualifications

• Experience with JavaScript, Vue.js, Angular, Python, C#, SQL, or VBA.
• Experience with mapping software such as ArcGIS or Mapbox.
• Experience with gathering business requirements and full-stack development.

Responsibilities

• Understands basic principles, theories and concepts related to the profession and learns how to apply them within the ERCOT culture.
• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Contributes to specific objectives and outcomes as directed.
• Develops and prototypes tools to assist control room Operators, Outage Coordinators, Operations and Planning Engineers in the analysis and visualization of data needed to maintain the reliability of the Grid
• May serve as the subject matter expert for system performance standards and contribute to the development strategy for the tools and applications needed by ERCOT Operations and Planning
• Interacts with Project Teams to implement new tools and system changes in production environments
• Development of operational awareness and analytical tools used by System Operators in control room.
• Investigation, analysis, and development of data displays needed by System Operators
• Development of new and existing analytical tools used by Engineers and Coordinators to maintain system reliability
• Provide documentation and guidance needed by Project teams in order to deploy new tools
• Provide documentation and guidance for the development of training and training material
• Develop vendor applications to their fullest extent through changes in software, processes, and training
• Investigation, evaluation, and bench-marking of new display and tool technologies
• Develop test scripts and tests the functionality of tools developed

Skills

JavaScript

Vue.js

Angular

Python

SQL

ArcGIS/Mapbox

Full-stack development

Requirements gathering

C#

VBA

Tools

ArcGIS

Mapbox

SQL tooling

Git

Job description

Salary and level will be based on overall experience as determined by ERCOT.

Responsibilities

• Understands the basic principles, theories and concepts related to the profession and learns how to apply them within the ERCOT culture.
• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Contributes to specific objectives and outcomes as directed.
• Develops and prototypes tools to assist control room Operators, Outage Coordinators, Operations and Planning Engineers in the analysis and visualization of data needed to maintain the reliability of the Grid
• May serve as the subject matter expert for system performance standards and contribute to the development strategy for the tools and applications needed by ERCOT Operations and Planning
• Interacts with Project Teams to implement new tools and system changes in production environments
• Development of operational awareness and analytical tools used by System Operators in control room.
• Investigation, analysis, and development of data displays needed by System Operators
• Development of new and existing analytical tools used by Engineers and Coordinators to maintain system reliability
• Provide documentation and guidance needed by Project teams in order to deploy new tools
• Provide documentation and guidance for the development of training and training material
• Develop vendor applications to their fullest extent through changes in software, processes, and training
• Investigation, evaluation, and bench-marking of new display and tool technologies
• Develop test scripts and tests the functionality of tools developed

Requirements

• Experience with any of the following: JavaScript, Vue.js, Angular, Python, C#, Single Page Apps, PL/SQL, SQL, VBA or other scripting languages
• Experience with mapping software like ArcGIS or Mapbox
• Experience with development as well as gathering business requirements
• Experience with front, middle and back-end development