CIS Senior Developer

CIS Senior Developer 

Non-Union Position; Up to 2 positions
Applications Support Group 3; Portland, Oregon (US-OR)  

Hybrid schedule available for Oregon & Washington residents. 
Regular FT 
Posting # 4855  

 

About Us:

 

At NW Natural, we offer more than rewarding career opportunities and a vibrant, inclusive work culture. We invite you to join us in providing safe and reliable utility services and renewable energy to better the lives of the communities we serve. Our vision is to be the leader in service excellence, innovation and environmental stewardship for our customers, while building on our strengths as a trusted energy provider and environmental leader for our industry.  

 

In addition to environmental stewardship, We’re also deeply committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at NW Natural. Our DEI Council started 21 years ago, and today we continue to foster a culture where all employees can experience a sense of belonging, shared purpose and possibility.
 

The Role:

 

This opportunity will be responsible for development, technical configuration and application administration of NWN Customer Information System (CIS) system and associated 3rd party tools.  This position will work closely with the IT management team, business analysts, and IT&S development teams to ensure that the CIS solution effectively supports the business needs.

 

IT&S Cultural Pillars 

Our Core Values are in everything we do, we expect everyone to embody the Information Technology & Services department’s four cultural pillars…
 
Accountability & Integrity 
We hold ourselves to a high standard and follow through on our commitments.  Our transparency, and ability to deliver on our promises make us a trusted and respected business partner.

Customer Focus 
We understand our customers’ needs and advocate for them.  Our relationship with our customers ensures the technical needs of the business are met.

Growth & Learning 
We embrace new technology and skills to better meet the company’s needs.  Our passion for new technology keeps us ahead of future opportunities for the business.

Respect 
We relate with inclusion, kindness, curiosity, and humility.  Respect for differences leads to innovation and collaboration.

Day to Day:

 

• Develop, test, build, deploy, troubleshoot and maintain the overall CIS solution
• Demonstrate strong requirements gathering skills by working with the business analysts to perform gap-analyses and document functional and technical specifications for enhancements as well as integrations with other business applications.
• Drive the effective transition of requirements to successful solution delivery by ensuring a clear and complete understanding of the requirements and providing accurate work estimates that improve sequencing and prioritization of work.
• Test modifications for validity of results, accuracy, reliability and conformance to established standards through conducting unit testing   participating in system and user acceptance testing.
• Collaborate with other developers to expand the functional and technical knowledge and expertise within the team.
• Participate in code reviews, maintaining consistent application standards
• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle using iterative methodologies
• Monitor key metrics and system health, quickly identifying and resolving problems
• Support Company’s commitment to a culture of safe work practices.

Come on your first day with:

 

Required

 

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 5 years of design, development, and implementation experience in information technology and systems
• Working technical knowledge of applications and network design, application development, application programming interfaces (APIs), middleware, servers and storage
• Minimum of 5 years of Report Program Generator (RPG) development, including:  RPGIV, RPG ILE, RPG Free, and SQL ILE
• Minimum of 5 years of CL and CLLE languages
• Minimum of 5 years of technical working experience with DB2 and SQL databases.
• Minimum of 5 years of technical working experience with iSeries security, administration

 

Desired

• Experience and/or working knowledge of the natural gas or other utility industries
• Experience and/or working knowledge of financial systems, especially on revenue, billing, and accounts receivables 
• Technical working experience with iSeries web service and/or stored procedure development
• Technical working experie