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Date: Apr 15, 2024

Location: PHOENIX, AZ, US, 85004-3903

Company: APS

Arizona Public Service generates clean, reliable and affordable energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country’s fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.

Summary

Responsible for software and hardware product delivery and performance for all application spaces including next generation technology such as cloud engineering and mobile applications. Drives products from design completion to volume production release through lifecycle including troubleshooting software and system problems to ensure performance and reliability.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelors' degree in Information Technology or related field and 10 years of prior relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.

Requires mastery level technical knowledge, typically obtained through advanced education and experience across multiple business areas or systems to improve technology planning and development.

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications:

• Expert level knowledge of multiple programming languages, database management systems and development platforms

• Skills in understanding and explaining the most highly complex and technical issues and solutions to management and less technology savvy clients and colleagues.

Demonstrated ability to lead large teams and projects across organizations; balancing and prioritizing between multiple disparate work streams; collaborating with leadership, colleagues and teams in different fields across a diverse organization; solving the most advanced complex problems in own area of work

Nuclear requirement: Any PVNGS employee may be called upon to serve as a member of the Emergency Response

Organization (ERO) and will be expected to fulfill their obligation as an ERO member.

Any PVNGS employee may be called upon to support a refueling or short-notice outage.

This includes line roles and responsibilities as necessary to execute outage activities.

These are a condition of employment at PVNGS.

Major Accountabilities

1) Plans and manages implementation and integration of new technologies

2) Researches and suggests new technologies to improve application performance

3) Provides technical expertise in developing architectural frameworks

4) Provides architectural support for application development, enhancement configuration, and migration

5) Maintains documentation for system architecture for reference purposes

6) Designs and develops new integrations as required

7) Serves as a recognized engineering expert and defines solution requirements based on industry trends and new technologies

8) Identifies, creates and tests prototypes and innovative systems related to solution engineering through internal knowledge, experience, and market insights

Key Level Differentiators:

1) Works to achieve operational targets with major impact within departmental results

2) Plans, designs and develops technical projects and assignments

3) Provides measurable input into new processes, technical standards and/ or plans that will have some impact on the achievement of overall division results

4) Analyzes and resolves multi-dimensional highly technical solutions engineering problems using broad and deep experience and relationships

5) Coordinates across diverse stakeholders

6) Regularly leads and provides guidance, coaching and training to other solution engineers across the organization

7) Manages major/complex projects involving delegation of work and review of engineering products, coordinating across diverse stakeholders

8) Solves highly complex technical problems and recommends solutions with impact across diverse technologies and stakeholders

9) Makes complex decisions on concepts outside of direct responsibility

LAST REVISION DATE: 2/26/2018

Export Compliance / EEO Statement

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ('Pinnacle West') maintain a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, recruiting, hiring, promoting, compensating, reassigning, demoting, transferring, laying off, recalling, terminating employment, and training for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other classification or characteristic protected by law.

For more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to EEO is the Law poster. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of every person hired to work in the United States, refer to E-Verify poster. View the employee rights and responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).

Arizona Public Service is a smoke free workplace.

Flex Role:

This position is not required to be performed at a specific APS facility as long as adequate technology and a solid ergonomic set up are present. Pending agreement with leadership, employees hired into this role will be able to choose where they prefer to perform their work, but the ultimate decision is the company's. Employees will have two options to choose from:

• APS office based: The employee prefers to work most of the time from an APS facility.

• Home based: The employee prefers to work most of the time from his/her home.

*Employees in Flex roles are required to reside in Arizona (or NM for Four Corners-based employees). Role types are subject to change based on business need.