Programmer Developer II or Senior - Remote Eligible (Information Technology)

Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is about more than power. We're about the power of relationships. Our employees have the opportunity to work together to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to the millions of people living in our service territory. We have been voted one of Arkansas' Best Places to work by Arkansas Business and we are looking for a member of our team who is passionate about our mission to keep the lights on!

We have a core ideology here at SPP that we stand by: Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.

We believe in supporting our employees through a fantastic benefits package:

• Competitive pay with bonus opportunities
• Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans to choose from, employer-paid short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
• Relocation assistance
• Flexible working environment for positions that are eligible where employees have the flexibility to work from home and come in where collaborative in person work is needed.
• Fantastic contributions to your retirement through a 401(k) savings plan with employer-match benefits and a defined benefit plan fully funded by SPP

Join our team as a Programmer Developer!

At SPP, financial applications are the core of the services we provide, powering critical aspects of financial technology like credit, congestion hedging auctions, and regulatory rates. These applications are a mix of vendor and in-house developed solutions, built using technologies like Java, Springboot, React, C#, ASP.NET Core, SQL, and ETL processes.

We're looking for a Programmer Developer to join our evolving IT Financial Applications team! If you love working with new technologies, such as containers, Ansible, Kubernetes, and more, you'll fit right in. We're constantly exploring new tools to enhance how IT and the business collaborate.

In this role, you'll engage in the entire SDLC and project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, testing, deployment, and coordinating with teams, vendors, and stakeholders. You'll have the opportunity to multi-task, problem-solve, and support complex, highly integrated systems.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Enhancing, maintaining, and supporting both vendor and custom financial software applications that play a crucial role in SPP's financial operations.
• Helping facilitate transmission congestion rights auctions, managing member collateral requirements and credit amounts, and supporting network upgrade cost sharing.
• Ensuring regulatory rates and requirements are set accurately in accordance with the tariff.

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact, learn new technologies, and work with a dynamic team, apply now to join SPP!

To be successful as the Programmer Developer, we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, related field, or equivalent work experience
• Senior Programmer Developer - Six (6) years of applicable Information Technology Development/Support experience
• Programmer Developer II - Three (3) years' experience of Information Technology Development/Support experience
• Competent and effective working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Unix or Linux operating systems, application development and support, and database management systems
• Competent and effective troubleshooting, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Competent and effective written and oral communication skills
• Competent understanding and effective working knowledge of SDLC and project life cycle methods and practices
• Good customer service and organization skills

Preferred:

• Two (2) or more years applicable utility industry experience
• Java, Springboot, React
• C#/ASPNETCORE, SQL, Extract Transform Load (ETL)
• Containers, Kubernetes, Docker
• Scripting experience: Powershell, Perl, Shell scripting
• Web Service / SOAP / WSDL / XSD Experience
• Ansible, JIRA, Bitbucket, and Jenkins Experience
• Oracle PL/SQL or Microsoft SQL Development Experience

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Demands:

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to make decisions, interpret data, and problem solve.
• The employee frequently is required to stand or sit for extended periods; use hands to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment.
• The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds.
• Requires the ability to work and collaborate with managers and employees at all levels to exchange ideas, information, and opinions to facilitate the task.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Understanding of compliance with and enforcement of SPP Policies and Procedures

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of workweek are Monday through Friday; 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Working extended hours may be required.

Position Location:

This is a hybrid (2 full days in office) position located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Please note that fully remote work may be available for senior-level candidates, residing outside of 50-mile radius.

Travel Requirement:

This position requires minimal travel (approximately 10%).

Should you elect to apply for this position SPP will review your qualifications and if after reviewing the qualifications and experience of all applicants, your skills and credentials meet our needs, someone from our organization may contact you. Please be advised that the time required to complete the applicant review process typically takes between 30 and 90 days but could extend beyond that. Once the position has been filled, all applicants will be notified via email.

Southwest Power Pool is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age or any other protected category.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines “reasonable accommodation” as a change or adjustment to a job or work environment that allows a qualified individual with a disability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of a particular job, and does not cause an undue hardship for the employer. SPP adheres to the ADA and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with a disability to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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