HYDRA SCADA System Manager I
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About The Position
The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) is seeking a Manager I to lead the Data Acquisition and Notification Services (DANS) team, which is part of the Technical Services Group. This team is responsible for the development, operations, implementation, maintenance, and data delivery of the Hydrological Data Retrieval and Alarm (HYDRA) System. The HYDRA System is a complex Operational Technology (OT) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system that integrates with other OT systems on the bureau's automation network. It consists of monitoring sites, communications systems, and data centers that generate and transmit operational, emergency, and environmental information for notification, regulatory compliance, management, and modeling of the City's wastewater and stormwater collection and pumping systems. As the DANS Manager, you will lead a team of professionals to deliver reliable conveyance system, pump station, and rain gauge data and notifications to customers throughout the bureau, to other City agencies, and to regional public organizations. This position involves overseeing all operations of the team and the HYDRA system assets, aligning levels of service to customer objectives, making strategic and fiscal decisions regarding personnel and equipment, setting data standards and business processes to meet program and bureau data management goals, and ensuring that employees are provided with an equitable, safe, and productive work environment. The DANS Manager is a leadership position that collaborates with managers, clients, and employees within and outside of BES to meet performance goals. Major job duties include managing the generation and delivery of high-quality, defensible, secure, timely, and cost-effective HYDRA SCADA system data and notifications to internal and external customers, leading strategic planning and program implementation, supervising and mentoring staff, and collaborating with senior technical staff to design and implement capital improvement projects and cybersecurity strategies. The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to navigate a program through a period of change and possess effective communication, analytic, and problem-solving skills.
