Senior Power Systems Automation Engineer (SCADA)

MARA

United States

On-site

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

MARA is seeking a Senior Power Systems Automation Engineer to design, implement, commission, and maintain power automation and SCADA systems across data center, mining, generation, and utility-interconnected sites. You will architect site-level power automation, select hardware, and coordinate installation and commissioning for reliable operations.

The role requires hands-on experience with substations, relays, RTACs/RTUs, PLCs, and energy management integrations, along with strong

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Power Systems, Controls Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
6+ years of experience designing, implementing, commissioning, or maintaining SCADA, automation, controls, telemetry, or power monitoring systems in generation, utility, substation, data center, industrial, or large electrical infrastructure environments.
Hands-on experience with power generation, substations, switchgear, protective relays, meters, PLCs, RTUs, RTACs, communication gateways, or intelligent electronic devices.
Strong understanding of electrical power systems, including utility interconnections, generation assets, distribution equipment, telemetry, alarms, controls, and operational safety considerations.
Experience implementing industrial communication protocols such as Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, IEC 61850, OPC UA, MQTT, or similar technologies.
Experience configuring point databases, tag mappings, protocol servers, communication gateways, device settings, and control system interfaces.
Ability to assess site requirements and translate them into practical automation designs, implementation plans, and commissioning steps.
Experience coordinating field installation, vendor / contractor work, commissioning activities, and operational handoff.
Strong troubleshooting skills across electrical devices, controls hardware, SCADA systems, industrial networks, protocols, and data flows.
Familiarity with control system cybersecurity, network segmentation, remote access controls, and OT security practices.
Ability to work independently on complex technical problems while collaborating effectively across engineering, operations, networking, security, vendor, and site teams.
Strong documentation, communication, and project execution skills.
Willingness to travel to data center, mining, generation, substation, and utility-interconnected sites as required.

Responsibilities

Assess data center, mining, generation, and utility interconnection requirements to determine appropriate SCADA, automation, telemetry, and control solutions.
Design site-level power automation architectures for monitoring, control, dispatch, curtailment, generation coordination, alarm management, and operational visibility.
Develop designs that account for site electrical topology, utility requirements, generation assets, substations, switchgear, meters, relays, RTACs, PLCs, communication networks, and operator workflows.
Define device lists, point lists, control narratives, communication paths, failure modes, integration requirements, and commissioning criteria.
Evaluate tradeoffs across safety, reliability, maintainability, cost, vendor support, cybersecurity, field complexity, and long-term operability.
Collaborate with systems engineers, solution architects, electrical engineers, software engineers, and operations teams to align site designs with broader energy management and operational goals.