Software Engineer 1-Automation at BHE… · 1615…

Summary: MidAmerican Energy Company is a Midwest utility providing regulated electric and natural gas service to over 1.6 million customers. They are seeking a Software Engineer I to contribute to the development of automation, tools, and workflows that support platform and infrastructure operations, while gaining hands-on experience with modern infrastructure and cloud-native technologies. Responsibilities: - This role supports improvements in how work gets done across the organization by contributing to software and automation that reduce manual effort, improve efficiency, and support reliable operations - You will assist in developing tools, services, and workflows that support developer and operational needs, including infrastructure provisioning, deployment pipelines, environment management, and routine operational tasks - You will collaborate with team members across systems and teams to help streamline how applications are built, deployed, and operated - Under guidance, you will help identify manual or repetitive work and contribute to automation or process improvements - You will use code, scripts, APIs, and integrations to help replace manual tasks with repeatable, scalable solutions - Success in this role requires curiosity, willingness to learn, and a mindset focused on improving systems - Engineers at this level grow their skills by contributing to well-defined automation efforts and gradually taking on more complex work - We value strong foundational programming skills and curiosity over prior domain-specific experience - Assist in identifying manual operational processes that can be automated - Contribute to automation that improves consistency and reliability under guidance - Support development of tools used to provision and manage infrastructure - Develop automation using modern programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java - Contribute to internal tools that improve operational workflows - Integrate automation with existing APIs, platforms, and operational tooling - Assist with infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle automation using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform - Support automation related to Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and Git-based workflows - Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams on defined automation tasks - Identify repetitive or manual tasks and raise opportunities for automation - Contribute to simplifying workflows and reducing operational effort - Implement improvements following established patterns and guidance - Help develop automated workflows for common operational tasks such as provisioning and environment setup - Assist with automation that supports operational reliability and incident response - Contribute to automation that integrates with monitoring and observability tools - Learn to use telemetry and system metrics to inform automation improvements Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in management information systems (MIS), computer science or related technical field or equivalent work experience. (Typically four years of related, progressive work experience would be needed for candidates applying for this position who do not possess a bachelor's degree.) - Prior related internship experience required - Basic knowledge of programming in client/server and/or web development environment - Foundational programming knowledge in at least one language such as Go, Python, or Java - Familiarity with Linux environments and basic scripting - Exposure to Git or version control systems - Interest in automation, infrastructure, and platform engineering concepts Required Skills: Programming, Go, Python, Java, Linux, Scripting, Git, Version Control, Automation, Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering