IT Senior Engineer, Security (hybrid)

Role and Scope of Position:
Design and implement new systems and features, as well as modify and maintain existing systems for adaptation to business and/or technology changes. Engages directly with IT management, development teams, technical delivery teams, and vendors to ensure the successful design, development, and delivery of technology-based solutions.

Drive the software change and release management processes, assisting with the overall maturity of the software development lifecycle. Work independently with little supervision. Ensure that software deliverables comply with quality standards and are completed on time.

Hybrid Policy-Eversource supports work-life balance by offering hybrid schedules for certain roles. Eligibility is based on job responsibilities, operational needs, nature of work and team dynamics. Current guidelines require employees to work at least three days in the office, including Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the third day set by the employee and supervisor based on department needs. These guidelines apply to roles approved for remote work and are subject to change, based on managerial discretion and work performance. All applicants must be able to work up to five days in the office if needed (for example: emergencies, training, or other business needs) or should the policy change.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Eversource will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position

Essential Functions: 

• May manage moderately sized projects or processes.
• Typically viewed as subject-matter expert within discipline.
• Has advanced to expert knowledge of work area.
• Problems faced are difficult and often complex.
• Coaches, reviews, and delegates work to lower-level professionals; Mentors lower-level engineers.
• Influences others regarding policies, practices, and procedures.
• Works to achieve day-to-day objectives with significant impact on work area.
• Contributes to the development of goals of the discipline and planning efforts (budgets, operational plans, etc.).
• Work is performed with minimal oversight.  
• Provides measurable input to new products, processes, or standards in operational plans to implement business strategies.
• Problems and issues faced are numerous and undefined, and require detailed information gathering, analysis and investigation to understand the problem.
• Owns functional area; major portion of application development architecture, such as entire Front-End or Back-End
• Problems are difficult and often complex.
• Problems typically impact multiple departments or specialties.
• Problems are typically solved through drawing from prior experience and analysis of issues.
• Responsible for making moderate to significant improvements of processes, systems or products to enhance performance of work area.
• Communicates with parties within and outside of own discipline.
• May have responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.).
• Works to influence parties within and outside of the job function at an operational level regarding policies, procedures, and practices.
• Contributes to software development processes

Technical Knowledge/Skill/Education/Licenses/Certifications:

Technical Knowledge/Skill: 

• Independently scopes and implements larger user stories for their project/team.
• Handles open-ended problems & ambiguity well.
• Makes well-reasoned software design decisions, identifying potential issues, tradeoffs, risks, and the appropriate level of abstraction. (e.g. research spikes with results captured in ADR's, etc..)
• Maintains awareness of industry trends and tools.
• Stays current.
• Can navigate and make legacy code maintainable.
• Possesses a deep expertise in one or more areas
• Elevates testing practices.
• Contributes to the foundational good of their domain and engineering overall, defining patterns and canonical examples, plus paying down tech debt.
• Shares their experience and expertise to help others grow.
• Leads and coaches within their team where possible, trusted with team decisions.
• Ensures docs exist for all critical systems.
• Engages outside expertise (training, consultants, professional network)
• Adds scripts to simplify developer onboarding
• Automates
• Shows inclusiveness by respecting different opinions acknowledging expertise and recognizing unconscious biases
• Spearhead process improvements within Identity and Access Management (IAM), streamline service and generic account request workflows to enhance user experience and adoption
• Serve as Subject Matte