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Metropolitan Transportation Authority · 1 day ago

Advanced Software Engineer - PeopleSoft

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$141K/yr - $166K/yr

8+ years exp

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people. They are seeking an Advanced Software Engineer to lead requirements management, software engineering, system testing, and acceptance testing activities for complex software development and integration initiatives.

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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, ensuring 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, providing expert advice to ensure that usability, accessibility, and visual design requirements are satisfied

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. Manages suppliers to meet key performance indicators

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

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

Observing the work performed by the contractor

Reviewing invoices and approving them if the work meets contractual standards

Addressing performance issues with the contractor when possible; and

Escalating issues to other parties as needed

Qualification

PeopleSoft PeopleToolsPeopleSoft financials modulesSQLApplication EngineSoftware engineering methodologiesCollaboration skillsEffective communicationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered in lieu of a degree

Must possess a minimum at least one of the following professional certifications in subject domain including but not limited to: 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)

Strong experience in PeopleSoft People Tools (PeopleCode, Application Engine)

Familiar with SQL, PS Query, SQR, and XML Publisher

Experience with end-to-end lifecycle of PeopleSoft FSCM

Implementation and or upgrade experience with high level production support experience

Strong functional knowledge in PeopleSoft financials modules (AP, AR, FA, PC, GL, Treasury)

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

Preferred

A software engineering industry certification, examples: 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)

Programming experience with the following language(s): Job Specific (e.g, Ruby, Python, Java, C++, COBOL, etc.)

Familiarity with the following vendor-specific platforms: Job Specific (e.g, Azure, Windows Server platforms, RESTful APIs, or Linux)

Company

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people in the 5,000-square-mile area fanning out from New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut.

Founded in 1834

New York, NY, US

10001+ employees