ABOUT US

SoCalGas, the nation’s largest gas distribution utility, is dedicated to providing safe, reliable, and affordable energy to over 21 million Southern California customers. Through innovation, collaboration, and an unwavering commitment to the needs of our communities we proudly uphold our mindset of “Glad to be of Service” and provide exceptional customer service today and ready to meet California’s energy needs with innovative solutions for tomorrow.
As an employee of SoCalGas, you will support our core values to do the right thing, champion people, and shape the future. You will play a pivotal role in the energy transition initiatives, supporting our mission: Safe, reliable, and affordable energy delivery today. Ready for tomorrow. We are committed to attracting top talent and fostering a diverse workforce that reflects the vibrant communities we serve.
As an employee of SoCalGas, you’ll enjoy a competitive compensation plan, upward mobility opportunities and the ability to find a true work life balance. Discover the rewards of joining SoCalGas by exploring our website: Our Mission; Sustainability, In the Community, and Employee Benefits. Join SoCalGas today and become a vital part of a team that is driving innovation, championing community needs, and shaping the future of energy in California.

EDUCATION

• Requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Software Engineering, Computer Science, related field or equivalent work experience.

EXPERIENCE

• Requires 2 years of progressive experience working with IT software, systems, and/or infrastructure, including programming experience in one or more programming languages, or completion of the IT Associates program.
• 1 year of experience working with IT infrastructure, with experience in the planning, building, and troubleshooting of systems preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Required:
• Development Languages - Knowledge and understanding of multiple IT programming languages and ability to write code and develop applications using those languages. Beginner
• Packaged Platform / Systems - Knowledge of technologies and Packaged Platform/Systems including SAP, IBM, Oracle, Public Cloud services, etc. Beginner
• Preferred:
• Cloud Delivery - Familiarity with different cloud computing delivery models, knowledge of cloud-based solutions for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS), and ability to deliver cloud-based technologies and systems. Beginner

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

• May require work outside of normal business hours and/or 24/7 response availability for system and application maintenance, enhancements, production releases and/or operational emergencies.

PRIMARY PURPOSE

The Domain Engineer I assists with provisioning, configuration and ensuring reliability of one or more systems, platforms or networks. Building knowledge in a specialist area in infrastructure, security, or operations, works within a team that builds, runs, and maintains aspects of a critical IT service.
Receiving detailed direction and instructions to guide their work and development, collaborates within the team with supervision and guidance to assist in delivery of new systems, capability, and technical functionality supporting corporate business objectives.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assists team with installation, implementation, configuration, and maintenance of technology within assigned domain. A domain is defined as an organized set of components based on technology, business, or organizational similarities typically with significant technology trends impacting its environment (e.g. Cloud, Cybersecurity). In collaboration with more senior engineers, assists team to write documentation for implementations of systems or technology in the domain. As an early career domain engineer, embodies a growth mindset, building technical skills and expertise through both formal and informal learning and training, including paired work with other teammates.
• Assists with analysis, diagnosis and repair of technology (systems, platforms, or networks), ensuring adequate performance and capacity management. Performs triage and responds to incidents for specialization as needed.
• Participates in scrum ceremonies (i.e., the 5 ceremonies involved in Scrum methodology: daily stand up, sprint planning, backlog refinement, demos, and retrospectives), providing domain specific information and informs sprint planning. Sprint planning is initial planning event that begins a sprint and defines what can be delivered in a sprint. Actively supports product teams in writing user stories and defining user story acceptance criteria where domain is applicable. A user story is a unit of work that is delivered within a sprint and is typically captured with a specific format including acceptance criteria requirements to determine when the story can be accepted as done.
• Participates in evaluations of system capabilities and selection of technology as part of the technical team, utilizing the opportunity to receive feedback and learn from the work of other domain engineers.
• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).