Vistra Corp.

Principal Developer, Technology Services

Vistra Corp. • $130K — $155K *
Irving, TX 75061In-Person
Technical Services
11 - 15 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12-15 years of professional experience in technology or business fields
  • Professional certifications (e.g., ITIL, CSM, AWS) are beneficial
  • Experience in analyzing code for errors and security vulnerabilities
  • Ability to employ a test-driven development approach
  • Experienced in managing enterprise-wide initiatives

Responsibilities

  • Drive maintenance and development of systems, ensuring integration and security
  • Manage the creation of solutions to improve Vistra's data architecture
  • Implement automation and continuous improvement ideas for ITIL processes
  • Engage with business users to define data and forecast needs
  • Create policies and procedures to ensure data availability and performance
  • Analyze and improve code with a focus on security and optimization
  • Guide and mentor junior team members

Benefits

  • Collaborative, results-oriented work environment
  • Opportunities for professional development and certifications
  • Dynamic company with a focus on innovative technologies
  • Engagement with both business and technology stakeholders
  • Participation in agile methodologies and ceremonies
Full Job Description
Job Summary
The Principal Developer will be responsible for driving development and strategy for multiple platforms and utilizing a broad range of software development approaches to ensure the timeliness, quality, and accuracy of the data and platforms. The role is expected to leverage relationships with business and technology users to learn the business processes the applications support. They play a pivotal role in delivering data needs, identifying and driving documentation and process improvements, performing support activities for Technology Services, and engaging technology and business users for ideas to improve the user experience.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities
  • Drive the maintenance of systems, creation of technical designs, development and deployment of front-end and/or back-end systems, integration of the data warehouse with enterprise applications, and/or implementation of user access controls and data security measures, where appropriate.
  • Manage the creation and implementation of solutions or enhancements to improve overall Vistra data architecture; conduct research and make recommendations on new data management processes and innovations.
  • Identify, evaluate, and implement automation and continuous improvement ideas supporting ITIL-aligned processes to address technical debt.
  • Engage business users, process owners, architecture, and application teams to define and understand data and forecast needs to achieve key performance indicators and service level agreements that benefit Vistra and its objectives.
  • Drive creation of policies, standards, guidelines and procedures that mitigate risk and optimize performance in order to ensure data is available, responsive, and achieving business outcomes and objectives.
  • Approach development with a test-driven mindset utilizing well structured unit tests.
  • Analyze code for non-standard practices, errors, and security vulnerabilities, and coach junior team members to improve and transform the code to optimize performance and ease of use
  • Manage delivery of enterprise-wide initiatives related to the platforms supported by the team.
  • Apply the value drivers for Vistra to deliver innovative value creation ideas.
  • Consult with managers and stakeholders to identify opportunities to increase the adoption and communication of TS processes through training and engagement.
  • Apply understanding of financial principles, and demonstrate knowledge of industry-related and emerging technology to contribute to business case development for new ideas
  • Participate in agile ceremonies.
  • Provide domain guidance to less experienced team members


Education, Experience, & Skill Requirements
  • 12-15 years professional experience in a technology or business field
  • Professional certifications a plus (e.g., ITIL, CSM, AWS)
  • Proven experience analyzing code for non-standard practices, errors, and security vulnerabilities and presenting detailed remediation plans.
  • Ability to approach development with a test-driven mindset utilizing well-structured unit tests.
  • Experience managing and delivering enterprise-wide initiatives related to the platforms supported by the team.
  • Demonstrated ability to be trustworthy and dependable
  • Ability to learn quickly, be self motivated to improve knowledge and tackle new challenges
  • Superior organizational skills, communication skills, and attention to detail required
  • Skilled at creating executive-level communications and presenting to and interacting with leaders
  • Must demonstrate an energetic, hands-on, enthusiastic, results-oriented approach as a team player, capable of adding significant value to the existing team.
  • Must be comfortable sharing ideas and finding innovative ways to resolve challenges.
  • Proven ability to build support among peers and create relationships with peers and stakeholders.
  • Proactively seek learning opportunities to develop better understanding of department and enterprise goals.


Key Metrics

System availability
Process compliance
Data availability
Data quality
Agile delivery proficiency
Ticket volumes and trending

Job Family
Information Technology

Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
Learn more about Vistra Corp.
Size
5,060 employees
Market Cap
$9,272
Industry
Energy & Utilities
5 Year Trend
+1460%
NASDAQ
VST
* Ladders Estimates

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