Job Description

Who are you?
You are a passionate and technical client-obsessed Quality Assurance Specialist who understands emerging energy industry trends and implications on utilities and their clients. You are on your way to becoming a trusted advisor to the client, providing technical testing leadership expertise in the planning, design, and build of strategic Test Strategies.

What will you as our new Quality Assurance Lead work on?

• Engage with our utility clients to understand their Business Needs and how our solution can align, meet and exceed their business needs.
• Work collaboratively with a strong team of Technical Leads and Solution Specialists to provide input on solution architecture & Integration needs based on client needs and solution capabilities. Define success criteria and author solution integration and / or architecture diagrams for the project.
• Conducts peer review of application designs and works with the application areas to ensure that project requirements are met, providing technical guidance and direction in all phases.
• Participate in deploying GE GridOS DERMS solutions to client environments to support project use cases and DER planning scenarios.
  • Prepare input data such as network model files, load & generation forecasts, future planning scenarios, and generation cost data.
  • Prepare, modify, and configure client and testing input data for solutions by creating scripts and automating data processing systems.
  • Convert and validate client CIM distribution network models using developed tools and scripts, validating powerflow results.
  • Lead the custom adapter, connector, API, or microservice design and development to fully integrate the GE GridOS DERMS solution into the client environment.
  • Fluent in full stack development, backend services, middleware, and presentation layer including UI/UX needs in order to deliver custom integrated solutions to our clients.
  • Collaborate with our Service Engineering development lead during the development cycle to ensure all custom deliverables meet defined needs and standards and are on time and budget.
  • Respond to all client inquiries, bugs, and product ideas for in-flight projects and file tickets for the Product team.
  • Lead the simulation of project scenarios utilising combinations of solutions, configuration, and input data.
  • Perform use case and client specific testing runs and lead factory and site acceptance testing.
  • Debug software bugs, documenting issues for the testing teams.
  • Analyse and assess data and results of project activities and tasks.
  • Hands-On experience, with certification a plus, in deploying solution to the AWS cloud (GE’s and / or the clients).
• Define the user acceptance testing process and test cases, and articulate progress metrics.
• Experience with enterprise software full stack development, including backend development and scripting including Java, Python, and DB connector experience.
• Use internal software demonstrations to develop user acceptance documentations, and training modules.
• Train utility clients and end users on how to use GE GridOS DERMS to achieve their business cases.
• Identify project delivery risks, recommending potential mitigation strategies, in collaboration with Project Manager
• Support sales activities on occasion, providing technical demos and also identifying possible future upsell opportunities during the course of the project.
• Participate in pre-sales activities, including leading the SOW deliverables, and assumptions creation.

Required Skills:

• Education.
  • You hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a similar program, with a focus on power systems or relevant experience.
• Experience.
  • 10+ years of Quality Assurance testing with a solid understanding of testing tools.
  • Experience in/with the following:
    • Testing Cloud/Web-based and/or client or server solutions applications and systems
    • Test automation and direct hands-on experience with automated testing tools
    • Performance testing practices
  • Exceptional customer engagement, presentation, crisis management and overall communication skills
  • Ability to collaborate with other team members to develop and enhance deliverables
  • Capacity to continuously improve team processes to ensure information is of the highest quality, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the team
  • Experience developing application and data customer-focused solutions based upon market and customer needs
  • Experience in the development of estimates, Statements of Work (SOWs) and proposals, outlining professional services required to meet client requirements from a QA test perspective
  • Excellent test design and documentation skills
  • Ability to exercise independent judgment, multi-task, and effectively prioritize tasks
• Knowledge.
  • You are familiar with emerging energy industry trends and implications on utility clients in the area of DER management, distribution planning, IT, SCADA and asset management with a strong background in analysis.
• Problem Solving
  • You can quickly understand and analyze various approaches and processes and are able to configure solutions to client needs given existing product functionality. You have the ability to drill down to the details, obtaining the right level of specificity for your team. You can creatively solve complex problems.
• Communication
  • Strong written and verbal communication style. Can effectively share complex technical topics with various levels of audience.
• Client Focus.
  • You enjoy being in front of clients, listening to their needs. You are deeply focused on ensuring their success. You can create powerful user stories detailing the needs of your clients.
• Innovation.
• A genuine interest in new tools and technology. You learn new soft ware quickly without extensive documentation or hand holding.

For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $108,000.00 and $162,000.00 CAD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: 10% AIP

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Additional Information

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