Energy Management Systems Analyst

October 11

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Utility EMS Consulting • SCADA Consulting • Energy Market System Consulting • Utility Resourcing

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Description

• JOB-1960 • Remote • Duration: 12 months • The Energy Management Systems Analyst provides technical support and performs system administration and maintenance activities to support the EMS and its ancillary systems and applications. • They will participate in planning and evaluating the impact of system modifications and maintenance activities to grid operations. • They will maximize EMS uptime and mitigate system failures. • They will analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve EMS. • 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 internal development teams to reproduce defects and test the fixes. • Works closely with the EMS Applications Engineering teams to get the defect fixes, releases installed across various testing environments. • 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.

Requirements

• 5+ years of work experience in system administration on Linux/Windows Operating systems and working experience with RDBMS (Oracle/SQL DB) • Preferred system administration experience in GE e-terra EMS Suite. If not, other EMS vendor experience such as Hitachi/ABB, Siemens, OSI, GE PowerOn Reliance. • Experience with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)/Inter Control-Center Communication Protocol (ICCP)

Benefits

• MWResource offers medical, dental and vision coverage through Capital Blue Cross • short- and long-term disability coverage • employer paid life insurance • participation in the MWResource 401K plan for US based consultants. • MWResource does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or anything else that makes you part of any group. • Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. • Candidates will be required to pass a background check and drug screening. • Please note we are not open to outsourcing our recruitment needs.