Solution Engineer Principal

American Electric Power • Columbus, OH

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Part of a larger team delivering high quality technology solutions to the business. Design, develop and installs advanced software solutions. Build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with internal architecture, development & design standards & best practices. Design, modify, develop, write, implement and troubleshoot software programming applications. Support and/or install software applications. Participate in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Works within a Waterfall or Agile methodology/framework based team. Collaborates heavily with Project Management, Business Analyst and Infrastructure Job Families.
What You'll do: Responsibilities include one or more of the following for any sized project: Develop solutions to resolve customer and prospective customer issues in a logical, creative and structured manner. Align the client’s goals, needs and objectives to the solutions. Communicate issues and status in a clear, timely manner. Interpret specifications and build advanced solutions to those specifications. Support the business strategy by acting as an expert of the company's services and products, including usage, architecture, functionality and deployment. Develop custom presentations and demonstrations. Generates infrastructure support documentation. Evaluate and propose process improvements. Maintain the highest level of knowledge about the company's software products. May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.
At AEP, we’re more than just an energy company — we’re a team of dedicated professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and innovative energy solutions. Guided by our mission to put the customer first, we strive to exceed expectations by listening, responding, and continuously improving the way we serve our communities. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact and being part of a forward-thinking organization, this is the company for you!

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience with IBM MVS mainframe COBOL development
• Batch and On-line (CICS) experience
• DB2 experience
• Endevor
• IBM TSO JCL
• Knowledge of and experience using system development life cycle, SDLC
• Strong team player
• Ability to work independently
• Creative and analytical thinker with demonstrated problem solving skills
• Take initiative
• Ability to work on multiple tasks
• Highly collaborative
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
• 7 years relevant work experience is required.
• An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of AEP’s MACSS system
• Utilities experience
• Install 1 experience
• Experience on an agile project (Scrum)

Responsibilities

• Develop solutions to resolve customer and prospective customer issues in a logical, creative and structured manner.
• Align the client’s goals, needs and objectives to the solutions.
• Communicate issues and status in a clear, timely manner.
• Interpret specifications and build advanced solutions to those specifications.
• Support the business strategy by acting as an expert of the company's services and products, including usage, architecture, functionality and deployment.
• Develop custom presentations and demonstrations.
• Generates infrastructure support documentation.
• Evaluate and propose process improvements.
• Maintain the highest level of knowledge about the company's software products.
• May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level