Manager AMI Administration & Application Support, Hays
Job in
Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, 67601, USA
Listing for:
Midwest Energy, Inc.
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
-
IT/Tech
Systems Administrator, IT Project Manager, IT Consultant, Cybersecurity
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 80000 USD Yearly
USD
60000.00
80000.00
YEAR
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Job Summary (Overall Purpose of the Position)
The purpose of the Manager AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Administration & Application Support is to manage, architect, lead and oversee the selection, design, development, implementation, on-going support, and administration of technology associated to AMI related systems, the Flex Net Communication Network, corporate software applications and Technology Roadmap initiatives. The position ensures that IT Enterprise Software, AMI systems and Flex Net related improvement opportunities are vetted, coordinated, and successfully implemented.
The manager will ensure technology solutions are on the current release or version, operable, effective, efficient and adhere to best practice cyber security standards.
Job Duties - Responsibilities – Tasks Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Flex Net Communication Network Architect and Administration
Provide strategic oversight and direction of the technical review and acceptance testing for software and firmware upgrades for the AMI system and associated tools and equipment.Monitor and manage all AMI and Flex Net Communication Network functions between Flex Net devices (meters, modules, gateways, sensors, etc.) and base radios and the headend system. Identify and triage communication failures impacting meter reads and data collection. Monitor and manage AMI and Flex Net data gathering hierarchy, data transmit settings, buddying settings, interval read settings, base station reporting, network saturation, communication statistics and message volume and optimize configurations as necessary.Oversee, monitor and triage AMI and Flex Net Communication Network Alerts and Alarms related to communication issues and settings, system health and the health of endpoint devices (meters, modules, gateways, sensors, etc.).Ensure register and interval read data is being collected accurately and in a timely fashion. Oversee, monitor, and triage AMI orphans, stales and no-read reports.Manage the day-to-day AMI system health issues and activities including querying data from the AMI Head-End and Meter Data Management system to identify and mitigate issues.Architect, design, manage, and monitor all system integrations facilitating data exchange with the AMI system and other related systems. Triage all problems and issues associated to integration and data exchange.Provide functional expertise and training to the end user on AMI related software applications as directed.Software Application Support and Maintenance Tasks
Manage the development, installation, testing and maintenance of IT Enterprise Software Assets as directed.Assess, evaluate, and manage updates, patches and associated documentation for IT Enterprise Software Assets.Manage and facilitate the installation, testing and deployment of software upgrades and patches as directed.Oversee, architect, design, manage, and monitor all system integrations facilitating data exchange between related systems.Manage the supported software solutions to ensure daily processing schedules are run. Manage the day-to-day system health issues and activities including querying data from the various software systems to identify and mitigate issues.Administer and manage user access privileges and security settings associated to corporate software applications and the AMI system including menu access, available functions and features.Provide functional expertise and training to the end user on software applications as directed.Leadership
Lead and champion the Technology Roadmap initiatives assigned to the AMI Administrators and Application Support Analysts. Act as a project lead, core team member and/or subject matter expert as assigned. Assist in the evaluation and definition of new Technology Roadmap initiatives.Maintain costs and forecast budgets relating to the AMI system and Application Support functions.Cyber Security
In coordination with the IT Security Administrator, ensure that software systems are deployed with best practice cybersecurity standards utilizing the Critical Security Controls framework developed by the Center for Internet Security.Oversee and perform the centralized management by the IT Department of user access and security settings associated to all corporate software applications (on-premises, cloud based, etc.) and the AMI system including menu access, available functions and features.Employee DevelopmentInterviews, selects and terminates reporting personnel in accordance with approved organization plan and corporate policies subject to the approval of the Vice President Information Technology and Vice President Human Resources.Periodically reviews performance of employees and recommends changes in salary and/or status in accordance with approved wage and salary plan.Counsels and…
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