Principal Engineer-Application Development

When you join Verizon

Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services, transforming the way we connect across the globe. We’re a diverse network of people driven by our shared ambition to shape a better future. Here, we have the ability to learn and grow at the speed of technology, and the space to create within every role. Together, we are moving the world forward – and you can too. Dream it. Build it. Do it here.

What you’ll be doing...

As a Principle Engineer-Application Development you will be responsible for the delivery and day to day operation of Revenue Assurance (RA) applications for Verizon Wireless. You will be working with an energetic and talented group of professionals who continuously raise the bar for system performance, customer satisfaction through innovative design and intelligent analytical models. The job requires in depth knowledge of wireless ordering, billing and network provisioning systems to be able to define control points.

• Build business knowledge, analyze from assurance perspective to enhance the proactive audits and controls using innovative tools.
• Ensure testing artifacts are uploaded into AYS and UAT sign off is obtained prior to Production deployment.
• Manage all monthly and non -periodic releases for RA applications by working closely with RA and IT development teams.
• Attend weekly change control meetings to provide read out and get approvals for RA application code deployment.
• Ensure change records are submitted well in advance of deployment date to avoid escalations.
• Continuously explore opportunities to detect under billing, delayed billing and over billing scenarios.
• Establish a framework to automate manual queries and track corrections for audit purposes.
• Develop and maintain a resource capacity plan by working closely with the Senior Manager.
• Provide weekly team highlights to Senior Manager by Monday of following week.
• Maintain the JIRA story board for RA applications and ensure it is refreshed every week.
• Track all SOX Control activities related to IT RA systems, collect artifacts for various controls as evidence.
• Work with internal and external auditors to respond to queries in timely manner.
• Perform the role of SOX Control reviewer to ensure the SOX Control performers have delivered as per the documentation in VGRC tool.
• Monitor all RA KPIs on a monthly basis and take corrective actions to meet targets.
• Regularly attend agile story grooming calls and communicate with development team to set the right delivery expectations.
• Develop and maintain a rotating on-call support schedule for REVO Production monitoring.
• Ensure extended coverage during iconic and other major product or pricing plan launches.
• Develop a set of KPIs to monitor the effectiveness of RA controls and provide proactive feedback to RA business partners.
• Security should be ingrained in every step of software development process. All security scans need to be kept current and any vulnerability have to be remediated within 30 days.
• Track the public cloud migration plan working closely with the development team.

Where you’ll be working:

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we’re looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or four or more years of work experience.
• Six or more years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in AI/ML or RPA tools.
• Project management, Agile methodology and release tracking experience.
• Experience with Hadoop and Big Data.
• Experience with RDBMS such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Perl scripting, spring boot, and java.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Excellent Power Point/Google slides skills.
• Knowledge with DevOps tools such as GIT, JIRA, and Jenkins.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge with HTML5 and Angular JS.
• AWS Certification.
• PMP Certification, Scrum Master Certification.
• Knowledge with security tools (e.g., Fortify, Blackduck).
• Knowledge of blockchain concepts.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. At Verizon, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion page to learn more.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

NYC candidates: Verizon requires new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for onsite and hybrid NYC roles. Verizon provides reasonable accommodations consistent with legal requirements (e.g., for medical or religious reasons). Additional information will be provided during the hiring process.