Solution Engineer Sr - Prin

American Electric Power • Gahanna, OH

3d • $85,081 - $124,940

About The Position

At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company! We’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you! Part of a larger team delivering high quality technology solutions to the business. Design, develop and install software solutions. Build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with internal architecture, development & design standards & best practices. Design, modify, develop, write, implement and troubleshoot software programming applications. Support and/or install software applications. Participate in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Works within a Waterfall or Agile methodology/framework based team. Collaborates heavily with Project Management, Business Analyst and Infrastructure Job Families.

Requirements

• Knowledge creating/maintaining Oracle objects (Tables, Views, Indexes, Pkgs, etc ) using SQL.
• A couple of years' experience with JAVA coding.
• Knowledge of .xml, .dll, and .ini file manipulation.
• Senior level developer with good analytical skills that can jump in a large mature codebase and figure things out.
• Good Communication skills – will need to work with the business to be able to ask questions and understand business requirements.
• Works independently.
• Solution Engineer Sr (SG7): Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required. Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
• Solution Engineer Prin (SG8): Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required. Experience: 7 years relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

• NetBeans IDE /Apache Tomcat – a plus.

Responsibilities

• Meet with clients to discuss their hardware and software needs.
• Helps design and install customized software and hardware solutions for the customer.
• Tests the performance of the installed system and fix bugs.
• Provide post-installation follow-ups.
• Begins developing relationships and maintains customer relations.
• Supports the business unit with all technical related queries.
• Develops advanced solutions to resolve customer and prospective customer issues in a logical, creative and structured manner.
• Align the client’s goals, needs and objectives to the solutions.
• Communicate issues and status in a clear, timely manner.
• Interpret specifications and build solutions to those specifications.
• Generate infrastructure support documentation.
• Evaluate and propose process improvements.
• Build and maintain a high level of knowledge about the company's software/hardware products.
• May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees