Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is the independent system operator for most of Texas, operating the state’s electric grid and competitive power markets as a membership-based 501(c)(4) nonprofit. It schedules generation, manages transmission, settles the wholesale market, and administers retail switching. ERCOT serves about 27 million customers—roughly 90% of Texas’s load—over a grid with 54,100+ miles of transmission and 1,250+ generation units. Headquarters: Taylor, Texas.
Open Positions at Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
7 open positions
Build and maintain full-stack applications supporting ERCOT’s Texas power grid and wholesale electricity market, including RIOO and NDCRC systems. The role combines hands-on software development with technical leadership, architecture, testing, automation, and stakeholder collaboration.
ERCOT is seeking a Senior Application Architect to define enterprise application architectures across cloud-native, on-premises, distributed, and API-driven environments. The role combines cloud modernization, identity and access management, observability, automation, and technical leadership.
Develop and support operational applications, analytical tools, and data visualizations that help ERCOT control room operators and engineers maintain the reliability of the Texas power grid. The role spans front-, middle-, and back-end development, system studies, testing, documentation, and production deployment.
Senior Systems Reliability Engineer responsible for building and operating production reliability systems that make software measurable, scalable, and self-healing. The role combines SLO governance, observability, incident response, Java application reliability, platform automation, and NERC/CIP compliance in a hybrid ERCOT environment.
Senior SharePoint Architect/Developer responsible for architecting, developing, governing, and administering ERCOT’s Microsoft 365 collaboration and business productivity platforms. The role combines SharePoint Framework development, Power Platform automation, enterprise governance, security, compliance, and technical leadership in a regulated energy environment.
Senior EMS Applications Developer designing, developing, and supporting software for electric-grid operations and wholesale-market systems. The role combines grid application engineering with cloud-native modernization, optimization, 24x7 production support, and AI/ML capabilities.
The MMS Applications Engineer designs, tests, implements, supports, and troubleshoots market management applications that operate Texas’s wholesale power market. The role combines application engineering, production support, system testing, disaster recovery, and collaboration with infrastructure and market stakeholders.