Applications and Integration Specialist

AES US • Dayton, OH

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The AES Corporation, a global leader in the energy sector, is seeking an Applications and Integration Specialist to join their team. This role is crucial for supporting power generation assets through advanced performance monitoring, data integration, and diagnostics. The specialist will leverage expertise in systems like EtaPRO and SCADA, industrial communication standards, and transformer diagnostics to enhance reliability, operational analytics, and predictive maintenance. The position involves collaborating with various stakeholders, ensuring data integrity, and providing subject-matter expertise to optimize monitoring practices and deliver actionable insights for decision-making. AES is committed to innovation, sustainability, and fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering
• 5 years of experience supporting power plant operations through power system analysis, EtaPRO-based performance monitoring, SCADA data validation, and operational performance analytics for generation assets.
• 5 years of experience using EtaPRO for power plant performance monitoring, diagnostics, and asset performance analysis in operational generation environments.
• 5 years of experience with industrial communication protocols, including OPC, DNP3, and Modbus, within power generation and operational technology (OT) environments.
• 5 years of experience supporting power plant operational performance and maintenance decision-making through analysis of real-time and historical operational data.
• 4 years of experience in Cybersecurity principles and best practices applicable to industrial control systems and operational technology (OT) environments in power generation facilities.
• 4 years of experience supporting regulatory and internal performance reporting for power generation assets, including data validation, KPI reconciliation, and compliance-oriented analytics.
• 4 years of experience working with SCADA systems and control-system operational data to support power plant monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized technical expertise in performance monitoring and control-system data integration for power generation assets using EtaPRO and SCADA environments, leveraging industrial communications standards (OPC, DNP3, Modbus) to support reliability and operational analytics.
• Apply transformer diagnostics expertise by interpreting dissolved gas analysis (DGA) results and integrating DGA insights into EtaPRO for continuous asset health monitoring and early anomaly identification.
• Perform advanced diagnostics and condition assessment using EtaPRO performance indicators, alerting logic, and industry standards (e.g., IEEE C57.104) to support predictive maintenance and reduce corrective maintenance risk.
• Support regulatory and internal performance reporting by validating operational and asset data quality, reconciling plant KPIs, and enabling analytics consumption through approved enterprise reporting platforms (e.g., SAS, if applicable).
• Collaborate with I&C, electrical, and cybersecurity stakeholders to ensure secure, standardized industrial communications (OPC, DNP3, Modbus), maintain data interface integrity, and support high availability of monitoring/SCADA connectivity.
• Provide EtaPRO subject-matter expertise by standardizing configurations, authoring technical guidelines, and training engineering/O&M users to ensure consistent monitoring practices across facilities.
• Support delivery of operational insights through analytics visualization (e.g., Qlik Sense) by defining KPI requirements, validating data sources, and presenting asset performance trends for engineering and O&M decision-making.
• Troubleshoot complex performance monitoring and SCADA data issues (signal quality, communications, historian alignment) and provide technical recommendations that improve plant operability, reliability, and data-driven maintenance decisions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level