Senior SCADA Systems Engineer – On-Call & Travel

Southern Company Gas; Glen Ellyn (IL); On-site; USD 67,159 - 139,621; Full time

Job summary

Southern Company Gas seeks a SCADA/Engineering professional to research, design, and support SCADA architectures and related hardware/software implementations. You will coordinate technology acquisitions, monitor systems to reduce outages, and perform root-cause analysis across multiple technologies.

The role requires knowledge of SCADA field devices, networking, and domain administration with an ability to communicate across all levels of the organization. On-call systems support is required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of SCADA technologies and industry best practices.
• Technical proficiency in SCADA system and operating software and administration.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with all levels in the organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of field SCADA hardware and ability to provide technical support.
• Must possess working knowledge of multiple complex SCADA field device protocols (BSAP, ROC, etc.)
• Working knowledge of communications / systems networking.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage business applications for competitive advantage.
• MS Word - intermediate proficiency
• MS Excel - intermediate proficiency
• MS Visio - intermediate proficiency
• MS PowerPoint - intermediate proficiency
• Preferred: Working knowledge of domain administration, network security and windows platform best practices.

Responsibilities

• Research architecture standards based on industry best practices while adhering to corporate security policies and meeting business requirements.
• Subject matter expert in technologies in multi-platform enterprise information systems.
• Assist design and implementation of major SCADA systems related hardware/software implementations and upgrades.
• Aids in research, recommend and coordinate acquisitions of technologies.
• Proactively monitor solutions to reduce outages and minimize outage length.
• Provide root cause analysis for incidents and troubleshoot complex technical issues across multiple technologies.
• Assist in development and maintenance of standardized code for communications between RTUs and SCADA hosts.
• Implement recommendations for complex infrastructure capacity planning.

Skills

SCADA technologies

SCADA hardware knowledge

field device protocols

communications / networking

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS PowerPoint

Education

Two years college in technology

BA/BS in Engineering/IT or equivalent

Tools

SCADA system software

Job description

Southern Company Gas seeks a SCADA/Engineering professional to research, design, and support SCADA architectures and related hardware/software implementations. You will coordinate technology acquisitions, monitor systems to reduce outages, and perform root-cause analysis across multiple technologies.

The role requires knowledge of SCADA field devices, networking, and domain administration with an ability to communicate across all levels of the organization. On-call systems support is required.