DERMS Technology Specialist
Job Summary
Job Description Summary
The DERMS Technology Specialist is a pivotal part of the GE Vernovas GridOS services organization serving as the technical authority responsible for governing the technical strategy and standardization of DERMS implementation across our Utilities clients.This role ensures that GridOS DERMS product suite is delivered through consistent repeatable utilitygrade architectural patterns across customer programs reducing variability accelerating deployments and upgrades and strengthening overall product interoperability quality and a streamlined managed services operation.
Partnering with product management engineering project teams customers and ecosystem partners to drive innovation ensure standardization integrity and deliver high-quality technical outcomes across the GridOS DERMS service line.
Job Description
Define and continuously evolve end-to-end technical implementation vision and strategy for GridOS DERMS product aligned with GridOS platform strategy ensuring the implementation supports regulatory and grid modernization trends.
Technical leadership that raises the standard quality for technical delivery and excellence through influence mentorship and decisive technical direction
Act as a technical thought leader and serve as a final escalation point with key utility customers demonstrating expertise in GridOS DERMS grid operations and distributed energy ecosystems
Establish standardized GridOS DERMS implementation frameworks and methodologies including reference architectures configuration models deployment templates and integration patterns to ensure consistency across all projects.
Standardize GridOS DERMS product suite delivery and deployment leveraging consistent Kubernetesbased microservices patterns accelerating delivery simplifying integration and ensuring high reliability and scalability across all customer programs.
Work with our customers as a technical partner to customize the solution to cater to customer requirements wherever necessary for compliance within the established governance & implementation frameworks
Author standardize and maintain GridOS DERMS Implementation Playbooks covering Kubernetes cluster configuration capacity requirements for customer specific implementations microservice deployment workflows API governance and integration approaches Standard monitoring logging and security patterns. Ensure all customer deployments follow repeatable validated and supportable cloudnative hybrid or on-prem patterns.
Work collaboratively with a strong team of Project Managers Delivery Managers Technical Leads Solution Specialists and global team to drive solution architecture based on customer needs solution capabilities along with input into project status risks and mitigation scope and issues
Utilize GE Product knowledge including but not limited to GridOS DERMS Connect and Data Fabric and expertise to drive excellence in execution through continuous improvement around costs base reduction lead time reduction productivity improvement quality improvement
Technical Requirements
Highly proficient in designing deploying and managing largescale microservices architectures with deep handson expertise in Kubernetes (K8s) orchestration and multicluster management using Rancher (RKE2).
Skilled in implementing containerized workloads service meshes CI/CD automation infrastructure-as-code and endtoend observability across distributed systems.
Advanced proficiency in ArgoCD-based GitOps workflows multicluster orchestration automated drift detection progressive delivery Kustomize/Helm templating.
Experienced in architecting resilient GitOps DevSecops CD with Kubernetes with enterprise-grade security controls.
Proficient in PKI and Zero Trust security frameworks with deep expertise in implementing TLS/mTLS across distributed energy systems microservices and utilitygrade platforms.
Experienced in designing and enforcing identitycentric security using automated certificate management hardened trust chains secure aggregator integrations and endtoend encryption of data-in-motion for regulated utility environments.
Technical Thought Leadership and expertise in DevSecOps GitOps principles processes and tools for evolving the processes of continuous deployment of GridOS DERMS product in multi-cloud hybrid on-prem or edge platforms utilizing zero-trust and defence-in-depth security architecture principles.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate and/or Microsoft Azure Administrator with extensive mastery of cloud frameworks zero trust cloud architectures hybrid cloud deployment models secure landing zones architecture and cloud-native enablement for highly regulated DER and utility platforms.
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelors degree in computer science or engineering or have the relevant hands-on experience to succeed.
15 plus years of enterprise application development deployment and integration experience
Strong hands-on experience with:
DevSecOps GitOps processes principles tools and methodology
Cloud Platforms: AWS Azure and / or GCP Cloud Platforms Technologies.
RHEL 8 RHEL 9 Linux OS and shell scripting.
Configuration Management - Puppet Ansible Terraform GitOps - ArgoCD
Microservices based architecture - Docker Kernel-based VM Kubernetes Rancher RKE2 Engine
Knowledge on relational and non-relational databases - PostgresSQL MariaDB MongoDB Redis Memcached
Kafka Nginx HA Proxy Apache Python JSON YAML Bash Gitea GitHub Gitlabs JFrog Artifactory
Pipeline integration with DevOps Tools such as GIT Docker K8 containers SonarQube Nexus Vault test automation Fortify and Twistlock Gitea and Jenkins.
Agile/Lean principles such as SCRUM Kanban MVP.
Knowledge of security best practices including authentication protocols TLS MTLS Zero-trust Security ACL rules and Identity Management mechanisms.
Experience working with Azure Windows and Linux Server SQL Server Active Directory Azure Active Directory Systems and Infras
Desired Characteristics
Problem Solving
You can quickly understand and analyse various approaches and processes and are able to configure solutions to client needs given existing product functionality.
You can drill down to the details obtaining the right level of specificity for your team.
You can creatively solve complex problems. Understanding of how to triage and debug any issues that arise during testing and production.
Possesses excellent analytical and problem resolution skills.
Communication
Strong written and verbal communication style.
Can effectively share complex technical topics with various levels of audience.
Growth Mindset
You are deeply curious and love to ask questions.
Youre a lifelong learner.
Ability and desire to learn different skills outside of their domain of expertise.
Client Focus
You enjoy being in front of clients listening to their needs.
You are deeply focused on ensuring their success.
You can create powerful user stories detailing the needs of your clients.
Innovation
A genuine interest in new tools and technology.
You learn new software quickly without extensive documentation or hand holding.
High enthusiasm with a sense of urgency to get things done.
As GE Vernova is a global organization working across different time zones and monitoring reading and responding to contact outside normal working hours can be expected.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
Required Experience:
IC
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