Energy Management Systems Technical Administrator

City of Seattle•Various - Seattle area, WA

1d•$50 - $59•Hybrid

About The Position

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship. System Reliability, transit electrification, and grid modernization initiatives within City Light require an expanding footprint of Operational Technology (OT) Systems and qualified personnel to support them. This position offers an opportunity to engage with a diverse base of technologies to solve problems and design systems that steer City Light towards its Energy Future. The position of Energy Management Systems Technical Administrator will engage in day-to-day operations and maintenance of the SCL Energy Management System (EMS), as well as participate in project work to implement strategic computer technologies that will help modernize the SCL power grid operations with enhanced intelligence, automation, and decision making. This position will report to the Supervisor of Energy Delivery Systems of the Power System Automation (PSA) Unit in the System Operations Center.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Computer Science or related field and two years of experience in systems software, hardware, system analysis, design, programming or network (voice/data) implementation (or a combination of education, training and/or experience that provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class).
General understanding of IT applications, infrastructure and integration supporting SCADA/EMS systems.
Working knowledge of Linux and Windows environments.
Command line proficiency and general troubleshooting skills.
Ability to plan, manage and execute multiple tasks and projects within defined timelines.
Strong understanding of Operational Technology trends, risks and security methods.
Strong understanding of cyber security best practices for electric utilities.
Excellent analytical ability, problem solving and collaboration skills.
Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
Excellent troubleshooting abilities.
Programming, scripting, workflow, and automation technologies (C, Python, SQL, PowerShell, and web technologies).
Creating reports from large amounts of data.
NERC CIP or other cyber security regulatory compliance.
Electric utility SCADA or other utility/industrial control systems.
Understanding of high availability 24x7 computing environments.
IT Infrastructure with network, servers and workstations.
Relational databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, etc.).
Operational technology communications networks.
Communication protocols (e.g., DNP3, Modbus, LG8979, SDI12, IEC60870).
RTU / SCADA equipment vendors (e.g., SEL RTAC RTU).
Application of cyber security and compliance best practices for OT/SCADA systems.
Coordination of activities that impact engineering, field crews and operations personnel.

Nice To Haves

Skills related to change management in mission critical environments.
Organization and planning skills to manage competing priorities.
Personal initiative to deliver high quality and continuous improvement results.
Flexibility to work independently or in teams that include users, peers, vendor and consultant resources.
Knowledge of network and operating system hardening techniques.
Knowledge of basic cyber operations activity concepts (e.g., footprinting, scanning and enumeration, penetration testing, white/black listing, etc.).
Willingness to learn and accept responsibility, comply with safety rules and regulations, work efficiently, effectively and independently.
Ability to work in a fast-paced government technology environment; to work as a productive member of a professional team, as well as initiative to be a self starter; ability to work under pressure, multitask and rapidly changing priorities.
Solid understanding of operational technology for the power grid and the electric utility is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the development of high-quality design standards and support processes for: High availability, redundancy and operational continuity.
Quality assurance to ensure that as-built changes meet design standards.
Ensuring compliance with NERC CIP regulatory standards.
Interface with OT infrastructure stakeholders, users, and partner teams to ensure: Monitoring, logging, notifying and reporting on reliable system operations and problem resolution.
Preparation and execution of test procedures in accordance with change management processes.
Maintaining system documentation, performance metrics and reports.
Maintaining compliance with NERC CIP regulatory standards.
Liaison with other operational technology providers (e.g. power plants, substations, data network communications, regulatory compliance, Seattle IT, industry vendors and consultants).
Contribute to the development and deployment of system changes that include: OT infrastructure, operating system, and application patches and upgrades.
Configure, test and deployment to servers and workstations.
Hardware, software and data recovery
System interfaces, performance and reports with vendor supported software.