MMS Applications Engineer
Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)5 months ago
Austin, TX, USAMid Level / Senior / Staff+
Base Salary
$120k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, validate, and implement modifications and enhancements to Market Management Systems applications.
- Support, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and escalate MMS applications, interfaces, and on-call issues as part of a 24/7 support team.
- Coordinate application setup and testing with QSEs, LSEs, and REs, and perform periodic MMS model-load testing and real-time model-data updates.
- Design and test MMS interfaces and web and client/server application changes.
- Verify and support applications during site failovers, server, system, and database upgrades, patching, disaster recovery drills, and business continuity procedures.
- Collaborate with database administrators, infrastructure teams, internal departments, and stakeholders on complex application issues and system changes.
- Depending on level, provide training and mentoring, serve as a technical subject matter expert or technical lead, and guide MMS portfolio projects from incubation through go-live.
- Develop tools, processes, and procedures that improve system reliability and organizational efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field is required, or equivalent knowledge from a combination of education and experience.
- A master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field is preferred.
- Level 2 requires at least 1 year of job-related experience beyond degree requirements; Level 3 requires 3 years; Senior requires 5 years; and Lead requires 8 years.
- Preferred experience includes Hitachi ABB or another MMS vendor suite, data historians such as OSIsoft PI, FORTRAN, C, C++, Java, Perl, and PL/SQL.
- Must be able to support 24/7 market applications engineering on-call activities and work with regulatory requirements and organizational procedures.
- Senior and Lead levels require increasing independence, complex issue analysis, technical leadership, mentoring, and subject matter expertise.
Benefits
- Hybrid work location in Taylor, Texas, with at least two on-site days per week or more as business needs require.
- Remote work must be performed from the employee’s Texas residence, with flexible or rotating on-site schedules and the option to work on-site full time.
- Employees participate in a 24/7 Market Applications Engineering support on-call team.
- ERCOT provides an inclusive work environment with opportunities to learn new skills and grow professionally.
About 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.