Advanced Software Engineer

Metropolitan Transportation Authority • New York, NY

78d • $140,828 - $166,223 • Remote

About The Position

The Advanced Software Engineer position at MTA Headquarters involves leading requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing activities across all stages and iterations for complex software development and integration initiatives. The role includes assisting with the organization's selection, adaptation, and adoption of new models, methods, and tools, and collaborating across parties involved in product, systems, or service design. The engineer may own high-value services and/or products, ensuring adherence to enterprise architectures and effective change-release, risk, and quality management processes. The position also requires drafting and maintaining software support processes, prioritizing and diagnosing incidents, and conducting application licensing, security, backup, and disaster recovery verification initiatives. Additionally, the engineer will develop system and acceptance testing criteria, lead user experience design activities, manage operational relationships with suppliers, and provide technical advice to project teams while mentoring less experienced staff.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Must possess at least one of the following professional certifications: Certified Scrum Developer (CSD), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP), Amazon Certified: AWS Certified Developer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer, Certified Software Test Professional (CSTP).
• Hands-on programming experience in a business setting.
• Proficiency in at least one software engineering methodology, including but not limited to: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, DevOps, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Lean, Rapid Application Development (RAD).
• Experience applying a structured validation and testing method, including but not limited to: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing.
• Collaboration skills to ensure design specifications are seamlessly implemented by the development team.
• Familiarity with version control.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and navigate organizational ambiguity.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• A software engineering industry certification.
• Programming experience with languages such as Ruby, Python, Java, C++, COBOL, etc.
• Familiarity with vendor-specific platforms such as Azure, Windows Server platforms, RESTful APIs, or Linux.

Responsibilities

• Leads requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing activities across all stages and iterations for complex software development and integration initiatives.
• 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 high-value services and/or products.
• Leads the definition, documentation, and successful completion of large projects within business objectives and resource constraints.
• Ensures adherence to agreed enterprise architectures and the application of effective change-release, risk, and quality management processes.
• Drafts and maintains software support processes and documentation.
• Prioritizes and diagnoses incidents, investigates and resolves complex issues, leads root cause analysis, and proposes corrective actions.
• Conducts application licensing, security, backup, and disaster recovery verification initiatives.
• 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.
• Plans and leads user experience design activities for large programs and products.
• Develops, maintains, and applies tools and documentation to track, log, and maintain accurate and complete system information.
• Audits complex software systems for adherence to configuration standards.
• Plans, organizes, conducts, and oversees assigned quality and safety assurance assessments involving complex systems and cross-functional teams.
• Provides expert advice on assurance activities.
• Manages the operational relationships with suppliers to ensure potential disputes or conflicts are raised and resolved.
• Contributes technical elements of RFP/RFIs and negotiates contract terms and SLAs.
• Continuously develops and maintains personal knowledge of software engineering practices, emerging trends, and technologies.
• Provides technical advice to project teams and mentors less experienced staff to foster talent development.
• Performs other duties and tasks as needed.
• May need to work outside of normal work hours, supporting operations on a 24/7 basis.
• Travel may be required to other MTA locations or other external sites.

Benefits

• Eligible for telework, currently two days per week.
• Opportunity for professional development and growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees