Technical Associate- GIS Analyst, IT GIS Team

Consolidated Edison Company of New York; Greenlawn (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Technical Associate to join their dynamic team. This role involves contributing to system problem analysis, coding, and supporting software applications that enhance outage management. The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's Degree and have a foundational understanding of object-oriented design and various programming languages. You will collaborate with a talented team, engage in the software development life cycle, and help maintain critical applications that support business operations. If you're eager to grow in a collaborative environment and tackle real-world challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and at least 1 year of relevant experience.
• Exposure to design and coding across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Support system analysis and changes, develop code, and update documentation.
• Collaborate with engineers on application infrastructure.

Skills

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Object-Oriented Design

Software Development Life Cycle

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

ESRI-ArcGIS

RESTful Web Services

Job description

Overview

The Technical Associate will be responsible for contributing, with guidance, to the analysis of system problems and the formulation of system changes. Develop code and/or assist with implementation of vendor packages. Perform testing and updates of documentation. This individual will be well versed with general knowledge of distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases and has an understanding of object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

• Support department goals with analysis of system problems and the formulation of system changes including the development of code, performing testing and updating documentation.
• Meets with users and makes recommendations for requirements analysis.
• Writes programming specifications with guidance, based on systems design for small to medium changes.
• Design and code software applications and demonstrate a theoretical understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Support the iteration and maintenance of software applications, which consists of the company's end to end outage management ecosystem. This includes both a public facing Outage Map, as well as internal core outage management and reporting applications that support and power our business teams and enable the storm restoration process.
• Collaborate with other software engineers on the various layers of infrastructure for our applications.
• Codes applications, works with vendors to install software packages and/or supports the application environment.
• Performs unit, integration and system testing and sets up user acceptance testing for small to medium sized projects.
• Support department goals with analysis of system problems and the formulation of system changes including the development of code, performing testing and updating documentation.
• Provides application server and desktop support and maintenance for vendor provided packages.
• Troubleshoots production problems and assists others as required.
• Performs high-level applications testing for technology upgrades.
• Prepares routine maintenance changes on small to medium projects for move to production.

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and A minimum of (1) year of work experience. Recent college graduates must have one (1) year of work experience (full-time and/or internships); OR Six (6) months experience considered if participated in the company's CO-OP or summer CO-OP internships.

Preferred Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree Degree specialization in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related focus.

Relevant Work Experience

• Exposure to design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate. Required
• Exposure to methods relating to application design, software development, and automated testing. Required
• Practical understanding of object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages. Required
• Knowledge of Geographic Information Systems. Preferred
• Experience with the ESRI-ArcGIS technologies/product suite. Preferred
• Understanding of Waterfall, Agile or other rapid application development methods. Preferred
• Experience in writing test suites (e.g. unit, snapshot, integration, end-to-end). Preferred
• Experience developing RESTful web services. Preferred
• Capable of working independently or with a team. Preferred
• Leadership, talent development and team minded qualities. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Promotes information sharing

Licenses and Certifications

• Driver's License Required

Physical Demands

• Sit or stand to answer a phone for the duration of the workday
• Sit or stand to use a keyboard, mouse, and computer for the duration of the workday

Additional Physical Demands

• Must be able to respond to Company emergencies by performing a System Emergency Assignment to restore service to our customers.