DERMS Solutions Integration Lead

Job Description Summary

You are a technical client-focused Solution Specialist who wants to understands emerging energy industry trends and implications on utilities and their clients through effective DERMS Deployments and Complex Integration.

Job Description

What will you as our new Solution Specialist work on?

• Engage with our utility clients to understand the impacts of distributed energy resources (DERs) on the distribution system by providing our utility clients with solutions to manage and plan for the emergence of more DERs.
• Engage with our utility clients to understand their Business Needs and how our solution can align, meet and exceed their business needs.
• Work collaboratively with a strong team of Technical Leads and Solution Specialists to provide input on solution architecture & Integration needs based on client needs and solution capabilities. Define success criteria and author solution integration and / or architecture diagrams for the project.
• Provides technical direction in the system development and has general responsibility for system integration and testing.
• Works directly with the customer to resolve any technical issues that may develop. Keeps customers abreast of technical developments.
• Conducts technical review of application designs and works with the application areas to ensure that project requirements are met, providing technical guidance and direction in all phases.
• Participate in deploying GE GridOS DERMS solutions to client environments to support project use cases and DER planning scenarios.

• Prepare input data such as network model files, load & generation forecasts, future planning scenarios, and generation cost data.
• Prepare, modify, and configure client and testing input data for solutions by creating scripts and automating data processing systems.
• Convert and validate client CIM distribution network models using developed tools and scripts, validating powerflow results.
• Lead the custom adapter, connector, API, or microservice design and development to fully integrate the GE GridOS DERMS solution into the client environment.
• Fluent in full stack development, backend services, middleware, and presentation layer including UI/UX needs in order to deliver custom integrated solutions to our clients.
• Collaborate with our Service Engineering development lead during the development cycle to ensure all custom deliverables meet defined needs and standards and are on time and budget.
• Respond to all client inquiries, bugs, and product ideas for in-flight projects and file tickets for the Product team.
• Lead the simulation of project scenarios utilizing combinations of solutions, configuration, and input data.
• Perform use case and client specific testing runs and lead factory and site acceptance testing.
• Debug software bugs, documenting issues for the testing teams.
• Analyze and assess data and results of project activities and tasks.
• Hands-On experience, with certification a plus, in deploying solution to the AWS cloud (GE's and / or the clients).

• Education.
  • You hold a bachelor's degree in engineering or a similar program, with a focus on power systems or relevant experience.
• Experience.
  • You have strong electricity industry knowledge, with 5+ years relevant work experience.
  • You will bring strong enterprise software integration skills and experience.
  • You understand how to trace a requirement to a design specification and the test plans / cases.
  • You are comfortable automating processes and utilizing or building scripting solutions to support product solutions.
  • You bring software development experience and a strong understanding of the SDLC and integrating custom solutions into a product, in our case the GE GridOS DERMS product.
  • Hands on Python enterprise application development
• Knowledge.
  • You are highly familiar with emerging energy industry trends and implications on utility clients in the area of DER management, distribution planning, IT, SCADA and asset management with a strong background in analysis.
• Excellence.
  • You get things done within project deadlines, and with strong focus on quality.
• Teamwork.
  • You are a natural collaborator and demonstrate a "we before me" attitude.
• Problem Solving.
  • You can quickly understand and analyze various approaches and processes and are able to configure solutions to client needs given existing product functionality. You have the ability to drill down to the details, obtaining the right level of specificity for your team. You can creatively solve complex problems.
• Communication.
  • Strong written and verbal communication style. Can effectively share complex technical topics with various levels of audience.
• Growth Mindset.
  • You are deeply curious and love to ask questions. You're a lifelong learner.
• Client Focus.
  • You enjoy being in front of clients, listening to their needs. You are deeply focused on ensuring their success. You can create powerful user stories detailing the needs of your clients.
• Innovation.
  • A genuine interest in new tools and technology. You learn new software quickly without extensive documentation or hand holding.

• Master's degree.
• AWS Certification.
• DevOps hands on experience.
• Cybersecurity hands on experience.
• Familiarity with cloud-based solutions and deployment activities (Azure and / or GCP)
• Utility integration experience (E.g. SCADA, ADMS, OT, OMS etc.)
• Experience with power system analysis software (eg OpenDSS, CYME, Powerfactory, Synergi etc.)