SCADA Lead

Delta Utilities; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Delta Utilities seeks a SCADA Lead to serve as technical authority for the enterprise SCADA environment, ensuring reliability, security, and availability for natural gas operations across transmission, distribution, storage, measurement, and field activities.

You will architect, administer, and drive lifecycle management, disaster recovery, and continuous improvement, while leading modernization initiatives and acting as the principal liaison with software vendors, system integrators, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 10+ years supporting industrial control systems or utility SCADA.
• 5+ years administering enterprise SCADA platforms.
• Experience with mission-critical high-availability systems.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, virtualization, networking, and OT infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical owner of the enterprise SCADA platform.
• Develop and maintain the technical roadmap for the SCADA environment.
• Lead platform modernization, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Establish engineering standards, configuration management, and documentation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements.
• Ensure 24x7 availability and reliability of the SCADA platform.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for critical incidents.
• Coordinate restoration efforts during outages.
• Develop High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.
• Maintain DR documentation and procedures.
• Oversee SCADA database administration and RTU/PLC communications.
• Promote cybersecurity and secure communications.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Strategic planning

Vendor management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Computer Science/IT

Tools

AspenTech OSI

SQL Server

PowerShell

Python

Dynatrace

MQTT

Job description

Position Summary

The SCADA Lead serves as the technical authority for Delta Utilities' Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) environment, ensuring the reliability, security, availability, and long-term sustainability of the enterprise SCADA platform. This individual is responsible for the architecture, administration, lifecycle management, disaster recovery, operational support, and continuous improvement of the SCADA environment supporting natural gas transmission, distribution, storage, measurement, and field operations. The SCADA Lead provides technical leadership for the SCADA platform, establishes engineering standards, leads modernization initiatives, and serves as the primary technical liaison with software vendors, system integrators, and internal stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities

SCADA Platform Leadership

• Serve as the technical owner of the enterprise SCADA platform.
• Develop and maintain the technical roadmap for the SCADA environment.
• Lead platform modernization, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Establish engineering standards, configuration management, and documentation.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements.
• Ensure adherence to industry standards and best practices.

System Reliability & Operations

• Ensure 24x7 availability and reliability of the SCADA platform.
• Monitor system health, performance, and capacity.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis for critical incidents.
• Coordinate restoration efforts during outages.
• Implement proactive maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Establish operational support procedures and performance metrics.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

• Develop and maintain High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies.
• Execute disaster recovery and failover testing.
• Maintain recovery documentation and procedures.
• Improve system resiliency and recovery capabilities.
• Support emergency response and business continuity planning.

SCADA Engineering

• SCADA platform and database administration
• RTU and PLC communications
• Industrial communication protocols (DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, ICCP, MQTT)
• Alarm management
• SCADA display development
• Tag and point database administration
• Calculation development
• Communications troubleshooting
• System performance tuning
• Configuration management

Cybersecurity

• Maintain secure SCADA architectures.
• Support network segmentation and secure communications.
• Coordinate vulnerability management and patching.
• Support identity and access management.
• Assist with security monitoring and incident response.
• Promote compliance with NIST CSF and ISA/IEC 62443.

Infrastructure Coordination

• Windows Server
• VMware
• Linux
• Enterprise storage
• Backup and recovery
• Networking
• Firewalls
• Load balancing
• Enterprise monitoring
• Cloud readiness

Vendor Management

• Primary liaison with AspenTech and key technology vendors.
• Manage support cases, licensing, escalations, roadmaps, and professional services.

Leadership

• Mentor SCADA engineers and technical staff.
• Develop engineering standards and best practices.
• Lead technical reviews and change management.
• Promote documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Support strategic planning and operational improvements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field.
• 10+ years supporting industrial control systems or utility SCADA.
• 5+ years administering enterprise SCADA platforms.
• Experience with mission-critical high-availability systems.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning.
• Strong knowledge of Windows Server, virtualization, networking, and OT infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Natural gas utility experience.
• Experience with AspenTech OSI.
• Knowledge of DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT, ICCP.
• SQL Server, PowerShell, and Python.
• Dynatrace familiarity.
• Industrial cybersecurity knowledge.

Success Measures

• Improve platform availability and reliability.
• Execute successful DR testing.
• Establish SCADA engineering standards.
• Improve monitoring and operational support.
• Strengthen cybersecurity posture.
• Develop a multi-year modernization roadmap.

Why Join Delta Utilities?

Lead the modernization of mission-critical Operational Technology systems supporting one of the fastest-growing natural gas utilities in the United States while shaping the future of enterprise SCADA.