GSW Solution Designer Power System Applications EMS SCADA Systems

Industry

• Power & Utility
  

Must Have Technical / Functional Skills

• The Solution Designer should have experience with power system applications and/or SCADA systems
  

• Exposure to one or more EMS applications such as:
  

  • Power Flow
    

  • State Estimation
    

  • Contingency Analysis (including N-1 concepts)
    

  • Generation Control / Automatic Generation Control (AGC)
    

  • Alarms and calculations
    

• Understanding of how SCADA data quality affects EMS performance
  

• Alternatively experience with SCADA systems and high-availability control room applications
  

• Hands-on expertise preferably on:
  

  • GE PowerOn Reliance (XA21)
    

  • AEMS Platform
    

  • GE eTerra
    

  • PowerOn Advantage Software
    

  • SCADA / DMS / EMS platforms from Siemens OSI ABB Schneider etc.
    

• Display & Visualization
  

  • SLD creation
    

  • HMI development
    

  • Real-time dashboards
    

  • Operator displays and reports
    

• Programming / Scripting
  

  • C C PERL Java or equivalent for application interfacing and scripting
    

• Data Handling
  

  • Real-time data acquisition
    

  • Historian integration
    

  • Data replication and logging
    

• Performance Tuning & Monitoring
  

  • Query optimization
    

  • Indexing
    

  • Database health monitoring
    

Roles & Responsibilities

• Responsible for integrating configuring and validating EMS/SCADA solutions for electric utility TSO and ISO customers with a primary focus on end-to-end solution integration rather than pure product development
  

• Work with utilities and grid operators to understand functional and integration requirements for EMS SCADA and advanced power system applications such as:
  

  • State Estimation
    

  • Power Flow
    

  • Contingency Analysis
    

  • Automatic Generation Control (AGC)
    

  • Alarms and calculations
    

• Configure and integrate EMS/SCADA applications with:
  

  • Field devices
    

  • Telemetry and RTUs
    

  • Front-end processors
    

  • Adjacent enterprise systems
    

• Perform data modelling configuration and interface mapping including measurements controls alarms and topology
  

• Develop and execute integration and system test plans including regression and performance testing and support test automation where applicable
  

• Investigate and resolve defects and integration issues by analyzing logs configuration and protocol traces
  

• Participate in deployments commissioning and cutovers including off-hours or on-site support as required
  

• Contribute to technical documentation including designs configuration guides test reports and runbooks
  

• Support continuous improvement of integration methods and standards
  

Resume Keywords

• SCADA / EMS / DMS Developer
  

• Database Design
  

• Data Modeling
  

• Historian Integration
  

• Oracle
  

• SQL Server
  

• PostgreSQL
  

• SLD
  

• Display
  

Generic Managerial Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  

• Effective communication and collaboration
  

• Experience in incident management root-cause analysis and troubleshooting production issues
  

Experience

• Approximately 35 years of experience with electric utility practices in transmission and/or generation operations
  

Domain Knowledge

• Understanding of grid topology substations lines voltage levels and reliability concepts
  

• Awareness of control center processes such as:
  

  • SCADA monitoring
    

  • Alarm handling
    

  • Outage coordination
    

  • Switching
    

• Ability to translate operational requirements into technical specifications and test conditions
  

Required Skills

• Experience: 815 years (minimum 8 years)
  

• Education: BS and/or MS in IT / Computer Science / Electrical Engineering