EMS Systems Engineers/Analysts (Energy Management System)

Motion Recruitment; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking EMS Systems Engineers/Analysts for remote, long-term support of the Energy Management System (EMS) and related applications. You will provide system administration, upgrades testing, and uptime optimization to ensure grid reliability.

The role requires 5+ years in Linux/Windows admin and experience with SCADA/ICCP and Oracle/SQL DB, with GE EMS Suite preferred. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and EMS vendors to test fixes and deploy changes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Linux/Windows system administration experience.
• Experience with Oracle or SQL DBs.
• Experience with SCADA/ICCP interfaces.
• GE EMS Suite experience preferred; other EMS vendors accepted.

Responsibilities

• Provide EMS system admin and maintenance across upgrade cycles.
• Coordinate EMS integration, monitoring, and maintenance.
• Log defects and track through defect tool.
• Collaborate with business leads, PM, and technical leads.
• Work with EMS vendor and ERCOT GMS teams to test fixes.
• Support 24/7 responses to EMS issues.

Skills

Linux/Windows admin

RDBMS (Oracle/SQL)

SCADA/ICCP

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Master's Degree preferred

Tools

GE EMS Suite

Job description

Looking for EMS Systems Engineers / Analysts (Energy Management System) – Remote Roles

Duration: 24+ months with possibility of longer term extensions

Pay Rate: $65 - $70/hr on W2

NO C2C/1099 – No H1B or 3rd party resumes - Must be able to work on our W2 with no 3rd party involved

JOB SUMMARY

Provides technical support and performs system administration and maintenance activities to support the Energy Management System (EMS) and its ancillary systems and applications. Participates in planning and evaluating the impact of system modifications and maintenance activities to the grid operations. Maximizes EMS uptime and mitigates system failures. Analyzes user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve EMS. This position will report to the Supervisor of Grid & Market Solutions (GMS) Systems Support Team.

JOB DUTIES

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.

ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES MAY INCLUDE

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

EXPERIENCE

5+ years of work experience in system administration on Linux/Windows Operating systems and working experience with RDBMS (Oracle/SQL DB) (Required)

Preferred system administration experience in GE EMS Suite. If not, other EMS vendor experience such as Hitachi/ABB, Siemens, OSI, GE PowerOn Reliance. (Required)

Experience with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)/Inter Control-Center Communication Protocol (ICCP) (Required)

EDUCATION

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)