System Administrator (Control Systems) – L3

This position requires a resource with at least 8 years of experience in the given technology areas. The key competencies include subject matter expertise and system administrator experience with Control System / Operations Technologies as well as their underlying infrastructure. This role will provide configuration support, troubleshooting, technical subject matter expertise, and best practices for the ongoing support of Oncor’s Control System environment(s). The candidate should also be able to quickly understand and resolve issues, mitigate risks and analyze dependencies.   Finally, this role must adhere to utility industry regulatory requirements and best practices, and guidelines to ensure real-time operation of Oncor’s Control Systems environments remains available 24/7.

Essential Skills and Competencies:

• Support overall maintenance activities associated with as well as manage the effective implementation of Control System application upgrades, patches, etc.
• Support the development of test strategies and assist in developing and testing code updates prior to implementation on the production system
• Review risks and impacts of system changes and communicate this information to various stakeholders
• Support the coordination of outages due to maintenance, upgrades, and implementations
• Work with Oncor’s Control System / OT vendors and stakeholders to create, update and resolve problem tickets
  Understand Windows (2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025) and Linux (RHEL 7.X, 8.X and 9.X) operating systems and associated server administration tasks (e.g., virtualization, provision, maintenance, security, etc.)
• Maintain security baseline compliance via configuration, implementation, and remediation activities, report on compliance via routine compliance and audit tasks
• Monitor application and infrastructure environment health status, service performance, and utilization, report on trends and anomalies
• Implement and maintain continuous compliance to information security policies, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), and technical standards; report and provide remediation around non-compliance
• Provide tier-3 engineering support as well as business continuity support for control system applications
  Collaborate with infrastructure, network, security and functional teams that support Control System environments and tools
• Participates in on call Control System support rotation cycle

Technical Skill Requirement

• Core experience in managing and maintaining Control System / OT applications
• Good understanding of Windows (Server and Workstation), Linux, Active Directory, Utility Communication Protocols (ICCP, DNP3, OPC), and Data Networks
• Good understanding of Virtualization technology (Nutanix, Hyper-V and VMware)
• Good hands-on experience in diagnostics and troubleshooting of above-mentioned technologies
• Good understanding of patching and maintenance best practices in highly available and disaster recovery environments
• Ability to configure and maintain SSL/TLS encrypted communications between EMS components, control center applications, and external systems
• Proficiency in python, powerShell, bash/shell scripting, CALC development, JSON and XML data structures, batch scripting and version control systems (Git)
• Overall knowledge and understanding of data center environments, physical hardware placements, racking, cabling, etc.
• Good at dealing with vendors for support and troubleshooting purpose for hardware break fix and large platform/server upgrades/migration is required
• Good at dealing and coordinating with multiple teams and stakeholders within the support structure, in order to run daily operations smoothly
• Should have knowledge of backup products and command line utilities
• Should have worked with remote connectivity tools
• Proficiency in system fault tolerance design, business continuity and disaster recovery planning
• Prior experience working in Operations Technology or Control System environments is preferred

Team Culture 
Our team is fast paced, highly energetic, motivated and hardworking. We expect our candidates to be integrated into our results-driven and solution-oriented culture from the get-go. Our team attains high-quality results on challenging projects; the belief that outcomes are linked to one's effort rather than chance and the tendency to personally set challenging yet realistic goals.