Senior Software Engineer- Full Stack

Overview

This position is eligible for teleworking, which is currently two days per week. New hires are eligible to apply 30 days after their effective hire date.

About Us :

The MTA transportation network has very large systems and infrastructure for financial, business, automated train, transportation, power, and physical security. The MTA IT Department is centrally responsible for providing a full range of Information and Operational Technology services to the MTA agencies and administrative units through its operating and support units. Services are provided on a 7/24/365 basis in support of the MTA organization and its ridership.

MTA IT’s Product Development group is empowered, multi-functional teams focused on the end-to-end management of development products from strategy to delivery. Using innovative processes and tools, the teams are responsible for developing and maintaining highly effective, secure, and innovative transportation, operational, and back-end information systems to support MTA goals and priorities.

Leads requirements management, software design, and engineering, and testing activities across all stages and iterations of medium complexity software development. The role is responsible for using defined models, methods, and tools. May own medium impact/value services or products.

• Strong Power Platform Experience, including:
  Power Apps (Canvas/Model-Driven), Power Automate, Dataverse, Power Pages, Power Fx, and Power BI integration.
• Strong knowledge of cloud and security:
  Azure AD, OAuth2, JWT, RBAC, secure data handling, and cloud architecture principles
• Familiar with enterprise platform configuration and content systems, including Open Text eDocs, Docu Ware, SharePoint, and automated document ingestion/indexing.

• Leads requirements management, software design, and engineering, and testing activities across all stages and iterations of medium complexity software development and integration initiatives, using agreed models, methods, and tools.
• Assists with the organization's selection, adaptation, and adoption of new models, methods, and tools. Collaborates across parties involved in product, systems, or service design.
• May own medium impact/value services or products. Defines, documents, and executes medium-sized projects within business objectives and resource constraints, ensuring adherence to agreed enterprise architectures and the application of effective change-release, risk, and quality-management processes.
• Maintains software support processes and documentation and applies software management tools to investigate and resolve moderately complex issues, prioritize, and diagnose incidents, collect system statistics, and create reports.
• Develops system and acceptance testing criteria related to functional and non-functional requirements, user stories, features, business processes, and business rules. Designs, specifies, and executes test cases and scenarios.
• Adept in applying agreed-upon tools and techniques to evaluate user experiences of programs and products, and validate that usability, accessibility, and visual design requirements are satisfied.
• Develops, maintains, and applies tools and documentation to track, log, and maintain accurate and complete system information.
• Audits medium-complexity software systems for adherence to configuration standards.
• Plans and conducts assigned assurance assessments and suggests opportunities for quality and safety improvement.
• Contributes to the identification, analysis, and documentation of software-related safety risks and proposes corrective actions.
• Monitors supplier performance and customer satisfaction. Engages proactively and collaboratively with suppliers to resolve incidents and problems.
• Continuously develops and maintains adept knowledge of software engineering practices, emerging trends, and technologies.
• Provides technical advice to project teams and mentors less experienced staff to foster talent development.
• Travel may be required to other MTA locations or other external sites.
• May need to work outside of normal work hours supporting 24/7 operations (i.e., evenings and weekends).
• Performs other duties and tasks as assigned.
• Provides technical advice to project teams and mentors less experienced staff to foster talent development.
• Observing the work performed by the contractor.
• Reviewing invoices and approving them if the work meets contractual standards.
• Addressing performance issues with the contractor when possible.
• Escalating issues to other parties as needed.
• Regular and reliable attendance is expected and required.

• Certification(s):
  Requires at least one certification in the current platform/domain/technical skill. Possible certifications could be, but are not limited to:

Agile Project Management

Azure Solutions Architect

C Programming Language (CLA, CLP, CPA, CPP)

Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP)

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

Certified Information Systems Auditor…