SCADA Analyst

GIS Recruiter Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

SCADA/EMS Analysts are sought to support a utility transformation programme within the Energy/Smart Grid sector. You will undertake detailed analysis and requirements definition for SCADA, EMS and related operational applications in the EMS/LSAT workstream.

You will translate operational needs into clear, testable requirements while working with control room users, power system specialists and delivery partners to improve systems monitoring, management and analysis of electricity network

Qualifications

• Proven experience analysing requirements for SCADA, EMS or comparable electricity network control systems.
• Experience working with electricity utility operations, control room users or OT teams.
• Understanding of SCADA concepts: telemetry, alarms, events, supervisory control and HMI.
• Ability to translate operational needs into detailed, clear and testable system requirements.
• Experience documenting processes, use cases, data requirements and system interfaces.
• Understanding of operational data quality and its impact on monitoring and decision-making.
• Experience supporting testing, defect investigation and requirements validation.
• Ability to assess dependencies and the operational impact of proposed system changes.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with operational users and technical stakeholders to capture and validate system requirements.
• Analyse existing SCADA / EMS functionality, operational workflows and system interfaces.
• Document current and future processes, identifying gaps, constraints and improvement opportunities.
• Produce detailed functional requirements, use cases, business rules and acceptance criteria.
• Capture requirements for telemetry, alarms, events, network visualisation and supervisory control, where applicable.
• Work with power system specialists to define requirements for network models and EMS analysis functions.
• Analyse data requirements covering measurements, status indications, timestamps, quality flags and asset identifiers.
• Define interface requirements with integration, data and architecture teams
• Capture non functional requirements covering availability, performance, resilience, recovery and auditability.
• Maintain requirements traceability and assess the impact of changes across connected systems and operational processes.
• Review supplier specifications and proposed functionality against agreed requirements.
• Support system, integration and user acceptance testing through test scenarios and requirements-based validation.
• Investigate discrepancies and defects with operational users, suppliers and technical teams.
• Support operational readiness, procedure updates and transition into live service.

Skills

Requirements analysis

SCADA/EMS knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation

Test scenarios

Operational technology

Data quality awareness

Job description

We are recruiting SCADA / EMS Analysts to support a utility transformation programme within the Energy / Smart Grid sector. You will undertake detailed analysis and requirements definition for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Energy Management System (EMS) and associated operational applications within the EMS / LSAT workstream. Working with control room users, power system specialists, technical teams and delivery partners, you will translate operational needs into clear, testable requirements. The role will support improvements to the systems used to monitor, manage and analyse electricity network operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead workshops with operational users and technical stakeholders to capture and validate system requirements.
• Analyse existing SCADA / EMS functionality, operational workflows and system interfaces.
• Document current and future processes, identifying gaps, constraints and improvement opportunities.
• Produce detailed functional requirements, use cases, business rules and acceptance criteria.
• Capture requirements for telemetry, alarms, events, network visualisation and supervisory control, where applicable.
• Work with power system specialists to define requirements for network models and EMS analysis functions.
• Analyse data requirements covering measurements, status indications, timestamps, quality flags and asset identifiers.
• Define interface requirements with integration, data and architecture teams
• Capture non functional requirements covering availability, performance, resilience, recovery and auditability.
• Maintain requirements traceability and assess the impact of changes across connected systems and operational processes.
• Review supplier specifications and proposed functionality against agreed requirements.
• Support system, integration and user acceptance testing through test scenarios and requirements-based validation.
• Investigate discrepancies and defects with operational users, suppliers and technical teams.
• Support operational readiness, procedure updates and transition into live service.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience analysing requirements for SCADA, EMS or comparable electricity network control systems.
• Experience working with electricity utility operations, control room users or operational technology teams.
• Understanding of SCADA concepts, including telemetry, alarms, events, supervisory control and human-machine interfaces.
• Ability to translate operational needs into detailed, clear and testable system requirements.
• Experience documenting processes, use cases, data requirements and system interfaces.
• Understanding of operational data quality and its impact on monitoring and decision-making.
• Experience supporting testing, defect investigation and requirements validation.
• Ability to assess dependencies and the operational impact of proposed system changes.
• Strong analytical, documentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• An appreciation of the availability, reliability and safety considerations associated with operational electricity systems