OT Systems Integrator

Position Description

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation's largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

System Reliability, transit electrification, and grid modernization initiatives within City Light require an expanding footprint of Operational Technology (OT) systems and qualified personnel to support them. This position offers an opportunity to engage with a diverse base of technologies to solve problems and design systems that steer City Light towards its Energy Future.

The position of OT System Integrator will engage in day‑to‑day operations and maintenance of the SCL Energy Management System (EMS) as well as participate in project work to implement strategic computer technologies that will help modernize the SCL power grid operations with enhanced intelligence, automation, and decision making. This position will report to the IT Manager for the Power System Automation (PSA) Unit in the System Operations Center.

The PSA Energy Delivery Technology Application team provides technical application and infrastructure support for the SCL Energy Management System (EMS) and supporting technology. The EMS is a highly available and secure computer system that allows for remote monitoring and control of SCL power generation, transmission and distribution systems. The candidate will frequently collaborate with members of the greater PSA team, System Operations, Engineers, and Communications Electricians to solve emergent issues and complete project work.

• OSII Monarch SCADA/EMS/GMS(AGC)
• ICCP
• RTU Communication protocols: DNP3, Telegyr 8979, Modbus
• SEL RTAC
• EIDE
• C Programming Language
• Linux (command line)
• OSISoft PI
• Postgres
  
  QL and Oracle DB
• Network model, state estimator, contingency analysis
• Energy accounting
• Map board controller, GPS clock
• Future Seattle Electrification Strategy include:
  Advanced Distribution Management System. DERMS, Distribution Automation

The job responsibilities outlined below are aligned with the traditional system development life cycle procedures and workflow for asset management, information protection, change management, cyber security protection and NERC CIP standards.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field. Alternatively, candidates with a combination of education and relevant work experience will be considered.

Experience:

Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience working in an Energy Management System, Operational Technology, or SCADA environment, preferably in an electric utility. Recent college graduates will be considered who have a career interest in electric utility operation and have examples of completing automation type projects using Linux based platforms / Microcontrollers, communication protocols, telemetry, databases, and/or data visualization.

• General understanding of IT applications, infrastructure, and integration supporting SCADA/EMS systems
• Technical experience in Linux and Windows environments
• Command line proficiency and general troubleshooting skills
• Excellent troubleshooting abilities
• A proficiency in programming, scripting, workflow, and automation technologies
• C, Python, SQL, Powershell, and web technologies.
• Experience creating reports from large amounts of data
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, writing, communications, and…