WHO WE AREAs the nation's largest producer of clean, carbon-free energy, Constellation is focused on our purpose: accelerating the transition to a carbon-free future. We have been the leader in clean energy production for more than a decade, and we are cultivating a workplace where our employees can grow, thrive, and contribute.Our culture and employee experience make it clear: We are powered by passion and purpose. Together, we're creating healthier communities and a cleaner planet, and our people are the driving force behind our success. At Constellation, you can build a fulfilling career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact. By doing our best work and meeting new challenges, we can accomplish great things and help fight climate change. Join us to lead the clean energy future.TOTAL REWARDSConstellation offers a wide range of benefits and rewards to help our employees thrive professionally and personally. We provide competitive compensation and benefits that support both employees and their families, helping them prepare for the future. In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer a bonus program, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program; comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, including a robust wellness program; paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick days; and much more.Expected salary range of $132,300 to $147,000, varies based on experience, along with comprehensive benefits package that includes bonus and 401(k).PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITIONA Principal Software Engineer is a hands-on subject matter expert who is responsible for the overall software design of many components within systems and can lead the technical implementation of multiple initiatives. This role also will cover operational application production support of multiple systems across portfolios. The ideal candidate has experience working in a high paced environment and has strong knowledge of varying domains. This Principal Engineer has strong technology skills such as (Perl, Java, JavaScript, .NET, HTML, and/or Python), as well as packaged software design and implementation experience. The successful applicant will work closely with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, Technical Leads, Software Engineers, Principal Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers, and Architects in a highly collaborative environment to provide quality software and solutions, while providing the necessary leadership to deliver releases on time and on budget. The position requires strong cross-team & cross-functional coordination/collaboration and even stronger communication skills working with senior management, technology leadership peers, key business partners, technical staff, and external partners. The candidate needs great interpersonal skills, enjoys dealing with tight schedules, can solve complex problems and will thrive in our high-energy, fast-paced environment. Be willing to take on additional software development and leadership duties as assigned.PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Environment management, planning and coordination with SaaS vendor & internal release schedules. Manage security process across all applications in the portfolio, ensuring compliance with management model and audit requirements.
Maintain awareness of trends and issues in the HR portfolio. Evaluate new technologies or technology opportunities and provide analysis of their potential impact to advantage the business or our internal IT team.
Drive multiple projects through to delivery removing obstacles as needed to ensure success.
Provide Technology Production support for multiple high Business value applications in an operational capacity across Portfolios.
Develop architecture and design of large-scale distributed software services and solutions.
Drive improvements to software engineering practices.
Prioritize technology investments to balance short- and long-term goals.
Collaborate with teams across Constellation to achieve goals, promote collaboration across teams for code reuse and knowledge sharing and mentor and develop other engineers.
Keep up to date with industry trends and apply to projects as appropriate. Identify investments needed to improve business/customer/partner experience through a data driven approach.
Provide coaching/ mentorship for IT personnel. Participate in career development and recognition activities. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion and foster teamwork, collaboration, and a learning organization.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree in IT/Computer Science or Engineering and at least 8 to 10 years' experience in area of technical specialty; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
10+ years of IT application production support experience supporting multiple applications across portfolios in an operational environment servicing an enterprise level user base.
10+ years of software design and development experience with backend and database services such as SQL or NoSQL databases - Oracle, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, MySQL, Redis, Splunk
9-12 years of relevant hands-on experience in object programming languages such as: Perl, Java, JavaScript, .NET, HTML, and/or Python Experience with migrating workloads from on-prem to cloud such as Azure
3+ years architecting distributed systems.
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English with excellent interpersonal communication and collaboration skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience in development, process design or configuration of HCM applications, particularly Oracle HCM and iCIMS Talent Cloud. Understanding of HR processes such as payroll, recruiting & talent, time entry, benefits, core HR, and HR analytics.
Ability to effectively share technical information, communicate technical issues and solutions to all levels of business
Able to juggle multiple projects or initiatives - can identify primary and secondary objectives, prioritize time, and communicate timeline to team members
Hands-on experience with Informatica, Dell Boomi, Apigee, PowerApps
Experience with design and development of large data models / data lakes and visualization tools such as PowerBI
Ability to work a flexible schedule based on department and Company needs
Experience in Agile Scrum and DevOps, preferably within ServiceNow and ADO
Cloud and services experience, with Azure cloud experience highly desirable.
Constellation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.