IT Analyst I / Testing Automation Engineer - Hybrid

28 Feb 2025

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Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy," it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We reward our highly hardworking and dedicated teams and give them the support they need to ensure their safety, wellness and financial security for themselves and their families.

If you enjoy challenges, have strong communication skills and are passionate about the work you do we invite you to consider Alliant Energy.

What sets us apart?
  • Alliant Energy offers a full compensation package. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Health and Day Care Savings Accounts, Paid Vacation, 401K, Employer Cash Contribution, Long and Short-Term Disability, Tuition reimbursement, and Adoption assistance.
  • Year after year, Alliant Energy is recognized by major publications and foundations as a top employer and leader in the areas of equity and sustainability. This includes Newsweek's list of Most Responsible Companies, Forbes list of Best Midsize Employers , a perfect Corporate Equality Index Score as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality and being named to the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index.
  • Our employees make a difference through their work and personal activities. In 2021, employees, retirees and our charitable foundation collectively contributed $11.5 million and volunteered over 75,000 hours.
Join Alliant Energy's IT Work and Asset Management Team as an IT Analyst I / Testing Automation Engineer as we are implementing an advanced Enterprise Asset Management application on cloud infrastructure, utilizing DevOps pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, extensive testing automation, and Agile methodologies. This application will have direct benefits for our internal and external customers through automation, increased transparency, process improvement, and drastic user interface improvements.

Hybrid - This position currently offers a blend of working from home and in the Madison, WI or Cedar Rapids, IA office. The individual must reside in either Iowa or Wisconsin.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Assists with designing, developing, and executing test automation scripts.
  • Performs testing for software systems and assists other analysts in testing systems. Helps develop critical measures to test function and system performance improvements.
  • Following general instructions, ensures critical review points and quality assurance controls are included in all application development projects.
  • Assists in defining user stories and participates in workshops, data and process modeling, and prototyping sessions.
  • Assists in ensuring business and technical needs and opportunities are identified and satisfied throughout solution development.
  • Assists in the gathering and analysis of information required for proper technical design, including the identification and evaluation of purchased package solutions.
  • Works with data/database administration functions to ensure proper design of system databases and appropriate integration with other corporate and contact center data.
  • Assists with analyzing information and business process flows to implement new applications and integrate them with existing applications.
  • Assists business team in identifying training requirements to support application and other information technology use.
  • Required to participate in an on-call support rotation.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree - in information technology or related area.
  • Experience with software testing automation tools, preferably Selenium.
  • Experience with Object Oriented Programming language, preferably Java.
  • Experience with one or more scripting languages - SQL, Python, Shell
  • Knowledge of modern DevOps frameworks and tools.
  • Knowledge of Azure or other cloud infrastructure.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Windows and Linux server environments.
  • Knowledge of agile software development environments.
  • Knowledge of modern integration technologies and API's.
  • Knowledge of container platforms.
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Asset Management systems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Ability to implement standard analysis, programming, and automated testing techniques.
  • Understands knowledge of concepts of information technology.
  • Ability to determine the use of appropriate current information processing technology, applies logical reasoning to moderately sophisticated situations, and analyze problems of a moderately sophisticated nature and derives workable solutions.
  • Ability to develop and maintain business applications using application development tools as defined.
  • Ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
  • Ability to work in a diverse work environment.

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Alliant Energy is committed to providing an inclusive work environment for all and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

All candidates selected for employment with Alliant Energy will be required to successfully complete a drug screen and background check.

Disclaimer:The above information on this description has been crafted to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not crafted to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

  • ID: #49380881
  • State: Wisconsin Madison 53701 Madison USA
  • City: Madison
  • Salary: DOE
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2023-02-28
  • Deadline: 2023-04-28
  • Category: Et cetera