[Hiring] Software Engineer 3 @BHE (Berkshire Hathaway Energy)

Role Description

The Software Engineer 3: Architects, designs, codes, tests, documents, implements, and maintains complex applications, integration components, application interfaces, scripts, and/or automation solutions. This role supports both development and operational functions by performing day‑to‑day middleware administration, troubleshooting, patching, performance tuning, and configuration management while identifying opportunities to create automation to improve reliability and efficiency.

• Optimizing system performance through capacity analysis, tuning activities, and identification of constraints.
• Ensuring enterprise‑grade observability by implementing and maintaining monitoring dashboards, alerts, and logging strategies that enhance visibility across distributed systems.
• Providing technical support and root‑cause analysis for middleware and application issues.
• Implementing upgrades and enhancements, and collaborating with vendors to evaluate product quality and compatibility.
• Acting as a senior contributor or technical lead on small to mid-sized initiatives.
• Providing leadership on highly complex Oracle projects related to new systems, architectures, and integration capabilities aligned with business goals.
• Conducting system analysis, participating in design and code reviews, enhancing existing systems, supporting stakeholders and application teams.
• Ensuring that all middleware and automation solutions meet performance, security, and interoperability standards.
• Serving as a subject-matter expert, consulting with stakeholders on integration strategy, reliability engineering, and technology improvements.
• Working across IT teams to identify deficiencies, drive process improvements, and contribute to planning, documentation, and the continuous enhancement of enterprise middleware environments.
• Mentoring and supporting junior team members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field.
• 6 years of experience with:
  • Designing, developing, integrating and installing Oracle business software applications, automation tooling, and enterprise middleware solutions.
  • Oracle middleware technologies, including Oracle Integration Cloud, Oracle SOA Suite, WebLogic Server, and/or Oracle Managed File Transfer.
  • Developing and supporting enterprise integrations, including messaging, orchestration, file-based flows, and middleware-driven automation.
  • Python, Bash, Shell Scripting, and/or PowerShell.
  • Oracle databases; and SQL and PL/SQL.
• 3 years of experience with:
  • Implementing security and access controls, including RBAC/LBAC models, certificate lifecycle management, and PGP/GPG encryption and key management.
  • OEM, SolarWinds, Splunk, and/or Grafana.
  • Linux environment administration.
  • Supporting and troubleshooting IAM solutions across Oracle IDCS, OCI‑IAM, Azure SSO, and enterprise identity providers using SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect, and Basic authentication.
  • OCI, Microsoft Azure, or AWS.
  • DevOps; CI/CD pipeline design, automated testing, artifact management, and deployment automation.
• 2 years of experience with Git/GitHub.
• 1 year of experience with:
  • Oracle Fusion.
  • Kubernetes, Nutanix NKE, or Docker.

Requirements

• Locations: 1615 Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50309 and/or work from a home office located anywhere in the U.S.
• Sponsorship: No - Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $141,232 to $141,232.
• Apply to: Jamie Huygens, MidAmerican Energy Company, 1615 Locust St., PO Box 657, Des Moines, IA 50309 or [email protected]. EOE.