IT Programmer Analyst- Remote

Job title: IT Programmer Analyst- Remote in Houston, TX at NRG
Company: NRG
Job description: As an NRG employee, we encourage you to take charge of your career and development journey. We invite you to explore exciting opportunities across our businesses. You’ll find that our dynamic work environment provides variety and challenge. Your growth is key to our ongoing success—take the lead in shaping your career development, goals and future!Job Summary:

• This role will be working closely with multiple business functions e.g. Plant Operations, Safety, and Environmental to understand their business needs and translate their challenges into technical solutions. This will include, but is not limited to:

• Design & develop both short-term and long-term solutions

• Build and optimize web/mobile applications for evolving business needs
• Provide support for one or more internal web applications
• Maintain communication with team members
• Code and script applications
• Perform ongoing maintenance
• Support commercial off the shelf applications (working with vendors)
• Identify opportunities and gather requirements to deliver value for business units
• Automate reporting and repeatable tasks when applicable
• Serve ad-hoc data requests as needed

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with management, departments, and users to identify requirements and specifications
• Gatheri business requirements/analysis to create new software programs and systems
• Produce code based on requirements
• Test and deploy programs and applications
• Troubleshoot, debugg, maintain, and improve existing software
• Compile and assess user feedback to improve software performance
• Develop technical documentation to guide future software development projects
• Support COTS platforms and engage with vendors to drive development priorities for enhancements and production support items
• Proactively identify issues and challenges

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid home office and open office environment.
• Some overtime is required as special projects arise.

Minimum Requirements: * Bachelor's degree in a related field. Experience may be substituted for education.

• Minimum 5-10 years of hands-on development in web and mobile applications
• Proficiency in coding languages including Microsoft/.NET, Python, Java, JavaScript, and C++,
• Excellent knowledge of the software development life cycle; Full-Stack developer
• Strong problem-solving and communications skills
• Knowledge of Object-Relational Mapping frameworks
• Experience with stored procedures
• Experience with Agile and Scrum development methodologies
• Proficient in SQL, able to write complex SQL to create reports and analytics
• Ability to learn quickly and work independently or as part of a team

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with creating reports, pulling and aggregating disparate data for analysis/dashboards Experience creating tables, views, functions
• Skilled in Advanced Excel, power query, pivot table
• Experience with Data warehouse, Business Intelligence and PowerBI
• Knowledge of ColdFusion web developmenton
• Mobile App developer – Native, Web, and Hybrid app development on HCL/KONY mobile application development platform (MADP)

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol-free workplace. To the extent permitted by law and any applicable collective bargaining agreement, employees are subject to periodic random drug testing, and post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills.Official description on file with Talent.
Expected salary:
Location: Houston, TX
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