Technical Associate- GIS Analyst, IT GIS Team

Description

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.