IT Energy Systems Application Engineer Analyst II-III

Tucson Electric Power • Tucson, AZ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The IT Energy Systems (ITES) Application Engineer works directly with the Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) and Energy Management Systems (EMS) applications for real-time electric grid operations. The ITES Application Engineer Analyst supports, configures, and maintains critical power control systems to keep them reliable, available, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements. You will work with a team dedicated to supporting these 24x7 primary and redundant systems and the electric system operators that use them to control and monitor the electric grid.

Requirements

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Understanding of computer architecture, networking, databases and operating systems
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service
• Excellent organization, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to travel, as required, and support the 24x7 real-time control & monitoring systems and business clients
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, or Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related disciplines or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience with demonstrated abilities in project management and business requirements definition (for Level II)
• Ability to exercise flexibility, initiative, good judgment and discretion
• Good organizational, time management, customer service and problem-solving skills and the ability to work accurately and meet deadlines with frequent interruptions
• Minimum 7 years of demonstrated experience in application development, requirements definition, program development and systems design (for Level III)
• Demonstrated ability to envision new software solutions
• Demonstrated ability to make presentations to customers or professional peers

Nice To Haves

• 2 years’ experience with products and functionality in power control systems applications or similar discipline (for Level II)
• Demonstrated aptitude for client needs assessment and requirements definition (for Level II)
• 5 years’ experience with products and functionality in power control systems applications and business processes (for Level III)
• Demonstrated aptitude for team leadership and project management techniques (for Level III)

Responsibilities

• Performing hardware, software and system installation, integration and testing for power systems applications and projects.
• Supporting integrated power control system applications and databases using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) for remote control & monitoring, historian archives, advanced electrical modeling applications.
• Demonstrating strong IT system administration and cyber security best practice skills.
• Managing stringent uptime requirements by coordinating between users, redundant systems, sites, and processes.
• Planning, integrating, testing and commissioning schematics, databases, UI’s and displays to support grid operations processes.
• Developing and maintaining power system application models, interfaces, processes, reports, and documentation.
• Providing client support and assistance as needed and during a shared on-call rotation.
• Creating training materials and project documentation as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees