Description:
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!
Essential Functions
- Administers and documents design of cloud resource Enterprise Systems Infrastructure to meet business requirements for reliability and business recovery
- Integrates new solutions with existing cloud resources or on-premises infrastructure, and evaluates impact to efficiently service changing business needs
- Designs, develops, deploys, and maintains cloud-based solutions to meet business service requirements
- Provides best practices, standards, training, and general support for the cloud environment
- Administers, executes, and documents security controls for cloud resource, including system access and compliance needs, to ensure integrity and confidentiality of data and systems per departmental and corporate policy
- Monitors and alerts on availability and performance issues with cloud provider’s services
- Experience developing on, toward, and inclusive of major public cloud services provider platforms (Microsoft Azure)
- Experience working with distributed software project management tools such as those in Azure DevOps:
- Planning & Execution Management (Kanban Boards, Scrum Sprints), Version Control
- Serve as a mentor to less experienced team members as needed.
- Provide timely and effective communications to the technical administration staff. Represent the technical groups on advisory, policy, and project committees.
- Foster communication with users of Information Technology.
- Maintain contacts and collaborate regularly with other institutions of higher education. End-user interfacing for the purpose of implementation of new systems and trouble-shoot problems with existing systems, including customization and upgrade commercial software packages when appropriate.
- Maintain proficiency, certifications, and acquire knowledge on development and architecture processes and best practices regarding delivering development services to a university campus by reading trade journals, attending conferences, seminars, and classes, participating in discussions with colleagues and peer institutions.
- Adhere to internal controls established for department.
- Maintain, monitor, repair and recover from software, process failures, and engage different teams as necessary.
- Ensure the availability of Azure Cloud Services and Systems across environments.
- Serve as technical resource for Azure platform.
- This role is part of an on-call rotation.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related field required.
- Five (5) years of progressively responsible related experience required.
- Prior experience managing/directing software development projects preferred.
- Prior experience with object oriented and functional programming, as well as big data and deploying in Microsoft Azure preferred.
- Microsoft Azure Cloud certifications preferred.