Senior Application Development Analyst

Job Description

Puget Sound Energy's Operations Mobile Workforce team is seeking a Senior Application Development Analyst with focused experience in the ESRI ArcGIS software suite.

This role will be responsible for design, build, deployment and maintenance of ESRI ArcGIS platform solutions for our gas and electric business office and field workers. Provide support for a variety of ArcGIS office and mobile applications that support asset maps, situational awareness dashboards, PSE storm response, damage assessment, gas regulatory reporting and pipeline safety, digital leak surveys, vegetation management and field inspections.

In addition to ESRI ArcGIS, the role also includes providing support for SBS Automated Utility Design software.

While this will be the primary focus of this position, our team is also looking for an individual whose drive to learning new technology matches the growth of the digital utility industry, specifically in areas of cloud computing, automation, and intelligent monitoring.

Upholds the safety compliance standards inherent in PSE's operating and/or field procedures related to work responsibilities. Promotes and supports a culture of total safety.

Demonstrates commitment to conduct business honestly, ethically and consistent with our core values and Code of Conduct. Ensures duties are performed in accordance with all regulatory compliance obligations.

• Collaborate with business users to analyze and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Diagnoses complex problems, develops and implements GIS solutions. Effectively understand relevant business processes so they can be modeled in internal systems.
• Provides day-to-day support for production environments.
• Performs complex and demanding tasks dealing with the analysis, design, configuration, development and implementation of solutions serving business line and functional units.
• Maintains or develops complex application components based on functional requirements in the specialized technical requirements as shown in attachment environments.
• Leads coordination, facilitating interactive analysis and design sessions with representatives of business line and functional units.
• Carries out detailed system design and writes functional and technical requirements/specs, develops test plans and applies testing, and quality monitoring procedures.
• Provides guidance to business and functional units in developing tests and training plans and materials.
• Provides day-to-day support to business users and to IT developer peers, and drives improved user productivity through developing and implementing new business process and systems solutions.
• Leads other team members, as required during the development cycle of assigned projects.
• Responsible for the identification and resolution of gaps in the business processes. Is involved in security/authorization set-up, user documentation, data interface design, data migration and reconciliation.
• Specifies and applies testing and quality monitoring procedures.
• Contributes to annual and 5-year capital IT budgets.
• Proactively contributes to the overall IT strategy via direct experience in tactical projects and specific user requirements.
• Participates at the departmental level in line organization initiatives, tactics and strategies to act as a liaison from the line organizations to IT for continued development of the internal systems.
• Provides leadership and mentoring to subordinates.
• Participant in project initiation and defines high-level requirements. Works collaboratively with Project Management to organize and lead the development effort.
• Assists in tailoring the development process to meet the project needs and assists project managers in scheduling, budget tasks, and defines high-level requirements.
• Mentors others and monitors other business or technical analysts in project software development methods and processes, and aligns these processes with project needs.
• Based on a solid understanding of scope and processes, can independently gather/establish business requirements of new developments to meet changing business needs.
• Provides technology direction to business for tactical…