EMS Engineer With Scada

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EMS Engineer

100% Remote

Long Term Contract

• Primarily responsible for support, system administration, and maintenance of the EMS upgrade systems through the various testing cycles.
• Responsible for the integration of various EMS applications, monitoring, and regular maintenance.
• Performs various kinds of structured/unstructured testing and logs defects in the defect tracking tool.
• Works closely with the business lead, project manager and technical lead by providing timely updates and feedback.
• Works closely with the EMS vendor and ERCOT GMS development teams to reproduce defects and test the fixes.
• Works closely with the GMS Applications Engineering teams to get the defect fixes, releases installed across various testing environments.

• Routinely monitors EMS systems and applications, as well as regular maintenance activities
• Coordinates and performs Database updates and upgrades in the EMS environments
• Assist Operations Engineer, Market Operations, and other business units during EMS acceptance testing of new and/or enhanced applications
• Supports effective EMS use and administration by preparing and reviewing technical documentation
• Performs code build, patch implementation and migrations in the EMS systems
• Performs system setup and testing with Market Participants as appropriate
• Responds to system failures and operator questions on a 24/7 basis
• Works with market participants to resolve problems and implement changes
• Performs emergency recovery and troubleshooting of EMS system and applications
• Maintains real-time data collection to support EMS functions
• Maintains, troubleshoots, and repairs the EMS systems, applications, and interfaces
• Proactively identifies design problems and drives resolution
• Participates in EMS Disaster Recovery Drills
• Tests, certifies, and implements changes to the EMS Production and Test
• Performs systems maintenance and improvement activities to support the effectiveness of the EMS
• Participates in planning and evaluating the impact of system modifications and maintenance activities

• For Senior: 5+ years of work experience in system administration on Linux/Windows Operating systems and working experience with RDBMS (Oracle/SQL DB)
• Preferred system administration experience in GE EMS Suite. If not, other EMS vendor experience such as Hitachi/ABB, Siemens, OSI, GE PowerOn Reliance.
• Experience with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)/Inter Control-Center Communication Protocol (ICCP)

• Bachelor's Degree: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Required)
• Master's Degree: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (Preferred)
• or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required