Scada Engineer

Asterism IT Solutions LLC; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Asterism IT Solutions LLC seeks an experienced SCADA Engineer to support SCADA/GMS/EMS systems for a major client in the utilities sector. Strong experience with Hitachi Energy Network Manager is required and knowledge of DNP3, IEC 61850, and Modbus is essential.

The role demands hands-on testing, integration, and regression planning in lab and field environments, plus the ability to interpret control narratives and coordinate with technical teams to resolve defects and risks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience configuring, testing, or supporting SCADA, GMS, or EMS systems.
• Utilities domain experience is required.
• Hands-on experience with Hitachi Energy Network Manager is strongly required.
• Experience developing and executing integration and regression test plans in laboratory and field environments.

Responsibilities

• Configure, test, and support SCADA/GMS/EMS systems for clients.
• Document test results, manage defects, and verify operational acceptance.
• Create or maintain HMI displays, one-line diagrams, alarms, thresholds, and historian feeds.
• Demonstrate root-cause analysis and corrective actions across databases and interfaces.

Skills

SCADA Engineering

Communication skills

Troubleshooting

Site configuration management

Tools

Hitachi Energy Network Manager

Database modeling

DNP3

IEC 61850

Modbus

ICCP/TASE.2

Job description

We are seeking an experienced SCADA Engineer with strong utilities-domain experience to support SCADA/GMS/EMS systems for a major client.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience configuring, testing, or supporting SCADA, GMS, or EMS systems.
• Utilities domain experience is required.
• Hands-on experience with Hitachi Energy Network Manager (formerly ABB Network Manager) is strongly required.
• Experience with SCADA/GMS database modeling, including:
• Point creation
• Equipment templates
• Communications
• Calculations
• Alarms
• Displays
• Database promotion through controlled environments
• Working knowledge of:
• DNP3
• ICCP/TASE.2
• IEC 61850
• Modbus
• Utility telemetry concepts
• Understanding of addressing, polling, scan rates, data quality, timestamps, scaling, latency, and failover.
• Experience developing and executing integration and regression test plans in laboratory and field environments.
• Experience documenting test results, managing defects, and verifying operational acceptance.
• Experience creating or maintaining HMI displays, one-line diagrams, tabular displays, alarms, thresholds, deadbands, calculated points, historian feeds, and external telemetry interfaces.
• Strong troubleshooting experience across databases, communications, telemetry, displays, alarms, calculations, and interfaces.
• Experience with root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Knowledge of naming standards, units-of-measure conventions, quality coding, configuration control, access controls, change management, backups, rollback procedures, and audit documentation.
• Ability to interpret control narratives, point lists, communications drawings, one-line diagrams, interface requirements, and vendor technical documentation.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple site configurations.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate across technical and operational teams and communicate defects, risks, status, and recommendations.

Location

Candidates should be able to work from a client office convenient to them in the Palm Beach, FL area.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate has hands-on utility control-center experience, particularly with Hitachi Energy Network Manager / ABB Network Manager, and can demonstrate production experience configuring, testing, troubleshooting, and supporting SCADA/GMS/EMS environments.