SCADA Systems Administrator, Sr

About Us

The City of Glendale's Water Services Department provides over 250,000 residents with safe, reliable, and high-quality water and wastewater services. Glendale Water Services promotes industry best practices, leadership, and innovation to ensure our employees put public health and the vitality of our community first!

This position will be open until filled; applicants will be reviewed as they are received. The Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System Administrator, Sr. provides senior level technical support for the Water Services Department's SCADA systems. In this role you will contribute to the planning, purchase, installation, update, and support of the Water Services Department SCADA infrastructure. Preference will be given to candidates who are proficient in programming software such as Unity, Concept, and Pro Works;

and languages such as FBD, Ladder Logic, VBA, .NET, Python and SQL.

Salary

• FLSA Exempt, and will be paid a salary regardless of hours worked per week.
• A Grade 416 with an annual salary between $ - $.

Hiring Bonus

This position also offers a $5,000 Hiring Bonus, paid as follows:

• $1,000 after 30 days of employment
• $2,000 after 6 months of employment
• $2,000 after completion of 1 year probation

* Note:

You must be an active employee at the time the hiring bonus is scheduled to be paid in order to receive the bonus. Current City of Glendale employees are not eligible for hiring bonuses.

The City of Glendale offers a generous benefits package with competitive rates that become effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment.

Benefit resources for review:

• 2025 - 2026 Benefits Guide
• City of Glendale Benefits Presentation
• City of Glendale’s Benefits Page

Regular status positions offer:

• The City of Glendale observes 10.5 holidays per year, and full-time employees are also granted an additional 12 hours of holiday special leave to celebrate their cultural or religious holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Vacation leave accrues at:
• 5.33 hours per pay period (138 hours/17.25 days per year)
• Increases to 6.12 hours after 5 years
• Then caps out at 7.6 hours after 10 years of service
• Sick leave accrues at 4.4 hours per pay period (114 hours/14.25 days per year)
• Days per year estimates are based on an 8-hour work day.

This position participates in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

• Contribution is mandatory, and deducted every pay period
• The current contribution rate is 12.00%

The City of Glendale is the West Valley’s entertainment nexus; whether it’s attending a world-class sporting event at State Farm Stadium, enjoying a concert at Desert Diamond Arena, or shopping and dining at the Westgate Entertainment District, as a City of Glendale employee, you ll be right in the middle of it all! Glendale is centrally located within the west valley and has convenient access to the 101, 303, US 60, and I-10 freeways.

With development happening all around the city, you will notice new homes and businesses being constructed frequently. At the City of Glendale you ll have the opportunity to interact with a highly diverse, dedicated, and skilled group of professionals. It is one of the best places to work, to grow your career, skills, and advance your future.

• Acts as a lead in the installation, programming, implementation, and startup of SCADA equipment at treatment plants, well sites, lift stations, and other Water Services related sites.
• Works with Information Technology staff to devise strategic and tactical solutions required to meet overall business objectives of the Water Services Department.
• Recommends and develops SCADA technology security solutions considering budget, business need, internal capabilities and strategic direction.
• Develops project schedules, prioritizes tasks, and meets project schedule requirements for all phases of SCADA system upgrades for water and wastewater treatment and conveyance systems.
• Troubleshoots and repairs plant-wide control systems.
• Reverse engineers existing Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) code and updates to current standards in Function Block…