Staff Software Engineer

National Grid; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in the US (Waltham or Brooklyn) to drive digital transformation by building scalable integration and cloud-native solutions for DERMS.

You will own end-to-end interfaces, implement IaC, automate provisioning, and collaborate with security, IT, and Grid Operations to deliver reliable, observable systems using LGTM stack and modern CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience focused on systems integration.
• Experience with Azure hybrid cloud and Azure DevOps.
• Strong scripting and IaC skills with Terraform, Ansible, and PowerShell.
• Experience with designing system interfaces (RESTful, GraphQL, gRPC).
• Ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Contribute code, scripts, and configuration across DERMS environments.
• Design cloud integration patterns linking on-prem DERMS to Azure services.
• Own integration lifecycle including provisioning and configuration migrations.
• Build automated provisioning pipelines for VM infrastructure across Azure and on-prem.
• Collaborate with DevOps to implement CI/CD automation with proper gates and rollback.
• Implement observability across DERMS using LGTM stack for real-time visibility.
• Define SLIs/SLOs and automated runbooks for health and availability.
• Lead end-to-end interface integration testing across jurisdictions.

Skills

Azure cloud

Python

PowerShell

.NET Core

PostgreSQL

Kafka

RabbitMQ

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Ansible

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell DSC

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Job description

About Us

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen. As we generate momentum in the energy transition for all, we don’t plan on leaving any of our customers in the dark. So, join us as a Staff Software Engineer and find your superpower.

Job Purpose

Come be a part of driving National Grid's digital transformation! We are digital creators, continuous learners and daring innovators. We leverage digital innovative ways to create products and catalyze the transformation of National Grid's business units into more agile and digitally native organizations in our shared purpose of bringing energy to life. Candidates for this role will be motivated by our mission to make a cleaner and safer energy future, passionate about design thinking and digital ways of working, and to play a major role leading an innovative product line.

Key Accountabilities

• Hands-on contributions with code development, integration scripting, and system configuration across DERMS environments (PDS, QAS, Production).
• Support the architectural design and lead the implementation of cloud integration patterns connecting on-premises DERMS systems with Azure services.
• 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 Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM templates) and configuration management tools (Ansible, PowerShell DSC).
• Work with DevOps engineers to implement CI/CD automation for infrastructure changes, enabling repeatable and auditable deployments across hybrid environments with proper approval gates and rollback capabilities.
• Design and implement observability solutions (monitoring, logging, alerting, and tracing) across all DERMS environments using the LGTM stack (Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for distributed tracing, Mimir for metrics) to ensure real-time visibility into system health, interface data flows, and infrastructure performance.
• Establish SLIs, SLOs, and automated alerting for DERMS platform components, ODB interfaces, and VM infrastructure to enable proactive incident detection and support availability test compliance.
• Collaborate with vendor engineering teams during remote software installation, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).
• Lead end-to-end interface integration testing across multiple jurisdictions ensuring data flow integrity and system reliability.
• Write well-designed, testable, scalable, and efficient integration code including RESTful APIs, AQMP, and data transformation pipelines.
• Provide technical support for security testing coordination, vulnerability remediation, and system hardening activities.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders including Grid Operations, IT Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and the Business Integrator on integration deliverables.
• Provide support and mentorship to the engineering team on integration patterns, DERMS domain knowledge, and operational technology (OT) best practices.
• Contribute to IT standards, procedures, and processes for utility-grade platform integration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development with a focus on systems integration and platform engineering.
• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including vendor engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and testing engineers.
• Hands-on technical 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 (VMs, VNets, NSGs, Private Link, Azure Arc) and on-premises virtualization platforms (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V) 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. Familiarity with OpenTelemetry instrumentation, Promtail/Alloy for log collection, and Grafana alerting for hybrid on-prem/cloud environments.
• 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.

Nice to Have

• Experience with SCADA systems, OT/IT convergence, or utility/energy sector platforms.
• Experience with OT protocols such as ICCP, DNP3, or IEEE 2030.5.

Salary

Waltham: $129k - $151k a year

Brooklyn: $137k - $161k a year

National Grid will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

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