Duquesne Light Company Looking for Systems & Software Analyst III at Pittsburgh, PA  Full Time

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in providing electric energy and has been in the forefront of the electric energy market, with a history rooted in technological innovation and superior customer service. Today, the company continues its role as a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, providing a secure supply of reliable power to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Duquesne Light Company is committed to creating a culture of inclusion. We value and respect the unique differences and experiences of our employees. We believe that our differences lead to better collaboration, innovation and outcomes. We want you to join our team!

Job Family: Information Technology

Discipline: Systems & Software Analyst (GIS)

Career Level: Associate III

Department:Operations Applications

Overall Purpose:

Responsible for participation on project teams, systems analysis, configuration, integration, and enhancement activities, as well as related maintenance and support.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participating in project planning sessions with clients, business analysts, and team members to analyze requirements. Working with project teams to define and design scope for each project.
• Making recommendations for buy vs. build decisions.
• Providing design recommendations, developing, and integrating programs per written specifications. Occasionally responsible for writing minimally complex specifications.
• Translating business and technical requirements into application modules. Utilizing multiple programming languages and software technologies.
• Preparing and presenting status updates for various projects.
• Making modifications to existing software applications and modules in accordance with written specifications and industry standards.
• Testing and implementing application modules from multiple systems they have developed or modified, ensuring application meets needs of client and business.
• Providing ongoing maintenance of applications or tools Handling Tier II support issues (tickets) within area of expertise.
• Participate in the On-Call Rotation
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory:

Does not supervise others.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in GIS, Geography, Computer Science or related field, and 3 + years’ experience with GIS software application and/or GIS database development OR an equivalent combination of job-related education/experience

Experience

• Providing detailed design, development, documentation, implementation, and training of new GIS-related programs and maintenance of existing GIS programs on client/server systems and personal computers.
• Coordinating with GIS Technicians and technical team to deliver on-time requirements and applications
• Development, deployment, administration, and tuning web services and related web applications to be consumed by both internal and external clients.
• Adoption new GIS technologies through third party training or individual research, both proprietary and open source. Advocate for enterprise GIS solutions.
• Evaluation and recommendation of COTS software to implement and integrate within current & future GIS infrastructure.
• Acting as a spatial database DBA providing database configuration, data model implementation, security profiles, and ArcSDE service management.
• Providing system performance tuning, troubleshooting, backup & recovery, upgrades & service packs. Manage other duties & projects as required.
• Knowledge and experience of at least one commercial RDBMS, including but not limited to Oracle or MS SQL Server
• Experience with one or more programming languages (Python, C#, Java, Visual Basic, Arcade, etc.)
• Experience with ArcObjects, ArcSDE, ArcIMS, and ArcGIS Server
• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise preferably 10.8.1 or higher

Preferred:

Knowledge and experience with ArcGIS Utility Network and/or Schneider Electric’s ArcFM XI Platform is preferred.

Scope:

Primary focus is on daily deliverables, outputs and reporting. Typically, accountable for managing one’s own time and workflow. Responsibilities are generally tactical in nature and work is typically of moderate to complex in nature requiring the incumbent to draw on previous knowledge to perform role. Continues to build knowledge base but has a solid foundation to act independently the majority of the time. Still draws on experts and managers when needed but less frequently.

Work Location: Persona D

• 95% remote, 5% Woods Run (Pittsburgh Northside)
• Occasionally onsite, driven primarily by company and department reasons
• Work is fully location independent
• Work is primarily performed independently and when collaboration is needed will be provided via virtual remote sessions

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DUQUESNE LIGHT HOLDINGS, INC. (DLH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. DLH’S POLICY IS TO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, CREED, SEX, PREGNANCY OR RELATED MEDICAL CONDITIONS, AGE (40 AND OVER), SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY/EXPRESSION, VETERAN STATUS, PAST, CURRENT OR FUTURE MILITARY SERVICE, NATIONAL ORIGIN OR ANCESTRY, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, GENETIC INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. DLH ALSO PROHIBITS HARASSMENT OF APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES BASED ON ANY OF THESE PROTECTED CATEGORIES.