Scada Ot Systems Specialist

7 months ago


Yellowknife, Canada NORTHWEST TERRITORIES POWER CORPORATION Full time

Overview:
The SCADA Operational Technology (OT) team provides technical support for managing key OT infrastructure systems to promote reliable power generations across NWT communities. The SCADA OT Specialist role at NTPC provides senior level experience and leadership in the administration, planning and development of various enterprise and plant level SCADA OT systems. This role builds upon and supports numerous supervisory systems with the emphasis of maintaining high availability, continued operational improvements, and supporting best practices in security compliance.

**Responsibilities**:

- Primary role is supporting various OT SCADA systems at the enterprise level that interface with plant control systems.
- Responsible and accountable for supporting and improving operational systems while ensuring high standards of availability, integrity, functionality, and security of the OT systems.
- OT SCADA administration tasks include the development, configuration, commissioning, documentation of various enterprise OT SCADA systems in conjunction with field supervisory equipment and personnel.
- SCADA OT administrator roles include supporting all functions of various enterprise OT SCADA systems and leading the development, configuration, and commissioning aspects of the hosting systems and in conjunction with teams leads that manage field supervisory equipment. Administration support roles include managing data historians, developing solutions for data exchange of operational data, and integration of third-party systems that relate to Power Generation and Energy Management - SmartMetering (SMET2), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Operator Training Simulator (OTS) and Outage Management Systems (OMS).
- Effectively contributes to the collaboration process with internal IT Infrastructure partners in the role of administration, implementation of core infrastructure services used with OT systems such as Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, and Server and Application Administration configuration, maintenance and focus on defining business and operational needs within the context of cybersecurity requirements.
- Participates in a team environment with the role to mitigate IT/OT security risks effectively across the Corporation’s Hydro and Thermal generation systems throughout the Northwest Territories service area in the continued measures and alignment of security industry standards such as NIST, NERC CIP, ICS.
- Effectively manages the collaboration process with internal OT and IT Infrastructure partners in the administration, implementation of core infrastructure services used with OT systems such as Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, DHCP, and Server and Application Administration configuration, maintenance, and support with additional focus on defining business and operational requirements in cybersecurity.
- Demonstrates strong familiarity with specific industrial protocols DNP, IEC, Modbus, Allen Bradley with ability to review network traffic for analysis and troubleshooting with network tools.
- Support operations to improve OT systems in terms of reliability, safety and cost-effective monitoring of its core assets.
- Provide advanced support of man machine interfaces (HMI) at generation facilities, substation automation equipment and data concentrators. To be able to support basic administration functions relating to the supervisory field equipment such as remote terminal units (RTU), programmable logic controllers (PLC), intelligent electronic devices (IED) in the field.
- Works with the members of the SAO Team and other sections to do preliminary designs, proposals and budgetary costs for new and additions to existing SCADA/telecontrol projects to enhance control and operation of the regional systems and satellite plants.
- Carries out evaluation and acceptance tests on new SCADA/host systems and associated equipment.
- Implement changes for improvement to support the 24-hour Supervisory Central Control Room and backup centers.
- Administers and monitor contractors performing Automation/SCADA and telecontrol contract work. Assists with the preparation of contractors and suppliers progress and final payment claims.
- Provide training to and receive training from co-workers, as well as perform other responsibilities in applicable areas within your work unit as assigned by the Manager.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Sciences, or other related disciplines with 10 years of utility experience in Operational Technology field.
- Senior SCADA Specialist with direct related enterprise OT level supervisory systems experience, preferably with an electric utility with hands experience in SCADA System hosting environments from enterprise level to plant level HMI/automation software, development of database/graphics and commissioning changes.
- Is fluent or has experience in executing projects in the design, implementation, and auditing of SCADA security standards



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