Senior Engineer - Ahead Market

Description

Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is about more than power. We’re about the power of relationships. Our employees have the opportunity to work together to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to the millions of people living in our service territory. We have been voted one of Arkansas’ Best Places to work by Arkansas Business and we are looking for a member of our team who is passionate about our mission to keep the lights on!

We have a core ideology here at SPP that we stand by:
Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.

We believe in supporting our employees through a fantastic benefits package:

• Competitive and transparent pay with bonus opportunities
• Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans to choose from, employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
• Relocation bonus (if applicable)
• Hybrid working environment for positions that are eligible
• Fantastic contributions to your retirement through a 401(k) savings plan with employer-match benefits and a pension (defined benefit plan) fully funded by SPP

PLEASE NOTE: SPP is not able to sponsor employment visas or student-work authorizations (STEM OPT) for this position. Please ensure you are eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship prior to applying.

COMPENSATION INFORMATION
The salary range(s) represents our good faith estimate for the role at this time. While we strive to provide competitive and transparent compensation, there may be circumstances where an offer is above or outside of the listed range. We are open to discussing salary expectations with qualified candidates considering factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience and geographic location will all be considered during the hiring process.

The Senior Engineer for Day Ahead Market provides subject matter expertise and daily support for the Day-Ahead Market function. The Senior Engineer is required to make real-time decisions impacting the outcome and solution of the DA Market each day. The Senior Engineer must be fully accountable to those decisions that impact the final settlements and payments to Market Participants. The Senior Engineer reports to the Manager of the Day Ahead Market and must assist as necessary with the development and maintenance of all policies and procedures that impact the DA Market and DA RUC functions, as well as ensuring the DA desk and staff are compliant with all SOC-1 controls and activities.

The Senior Engineer for the DA Market is responsible for ensuring all DA Market software is compliant and sufficient to meet the objectives of the DA Market function through testing, identifying improvements needed, troubleshooting identified issues and coordinating resolution and implementation of required software fixes. The Senior Engineer ensures proper tools are available to allow the DA Market operators to adequately complete the DA Market each day, including creating manual tools and processes needed to address inefficiencies in the vendor provided market software.

The Senior Engineer coordinates with staff on the operations floor, support staff, and others within operations, as well as staff outside of operations such as External Training and Congestion Hedging to provide subject matter expertise and support where needed to ensure SPP is successful in all areas of the organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Act as primary support for the DAMKT Operators to ensure the successful daily clearing of the DAMKT, DA RUC, and Multi-Day Forecast
• Participate in an on-call rotation that provides 7 day a week on-call support
• Represent the DAMKT management when making real-time decisions about DAMKT, DA RUC or Multi-Day Forecast during production
• Lead and execute testing of market software fixes and enhancements, including the support of Market Participant testing
• Lead efforts to resolve defects identified in the DA software through coordination with operations staff, testing, communicating with the vendor and ensuring appropriate resolution
• Identify and lead efforts to improve the market including initial analysis, proposing changes, gaining consensus from…