Specialist Software Engineer-Power Apps

Job Title: Specialist Software Engineer
- Power Apps

Salary Range: $114,070 - $134,641

Dept/DIV: Information Technology

Supervisor: Senior Director, Product Development

Location: 2 Broadway, New York, NY 10004

Hours Of Work: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm (7.5 hours/day) or as required

This position is eligible for teleworking, which is currently 2 days per week. New hires are eligible to apply 30 days after their effective date of hire.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people across a 5,000-square-mile travel area surrounding New York City, Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. The MTA network comprises the nation’s largest bus fleet and more subway and commuter rail cars than all other U.S. transit systems combined. MTA strives to provide a safe and reliable commute, excellent customer service, and rewarding opportunities.

Software engineers are responsible for designing, coding, verifying, testing, documenting, amending, and refactoring programs/scripts and integration software services, and maintaining high-quality software to meet business and customer needs. Software Engineers perform coding, debugging, testing, project management, and troubleshooting/maintenance throughout the software development lifecycle. Software Engineers gather information, perform analysis, and elicit the details of user requirements in discussion with users. Contribute software development methods, tools, and techniques and apply agreed standards and tools to achieve well-engineered outcomes.

• Requirements Management:
  Defines and manages scoping and requirements definition and ensures traceability to source.
• Software Design & Development:
  Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends, and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services. Uses appropriate modelling techniques following agreed software design standards, guidelines, patterns, and methodology.
• Testing:
  Develops and executes test plans and test cases; implements scalable and reliable automated tests and frameworks.
• Acceptance Testing:
  Develops acceptance criteria related to functional and non-functional requirements, business processes, features, user stories, and business rules.
• User Experience Evaluation:
  Selects appropriate tools and techniques to evaluate user experiences of systems, products, services, or devices, and validates that security, usability, and accessibility requirements have been met.
• Configuration Management:
  Develops, configures, and maintains tools to identify, track, log, and maintain accurate, complete, and current system information; develops and maintains associated operational documentation.
• Application Support:
  Maintains application support processes and uses application management software tools to investigate issues, prioritize and diagnose incidents, collect performance statistics, and create reports.
• Project/Product Management:
  Defines, documents, and executes small projects or subprojects. May act as product owner for one or more lower-value products or services, managing elements of the product life cycle to meet customer/user needs and achieve financial or other targets.
• Quality & Safety Assurance:
  Plans, organizes, and conducts quality and safety assessments, and suggests opportunities for improvement. Contributes to identifying, analyzing, and documenting hazards and safety risks.
• Supplier Management:
  Monitors and reports on supplier performance, customer satisfaction, adherence to security requirements, and market intelligence.
• Skills Development:
  Continuously develops and maintains personal knowledge of software engineering practices, emerging…