Systems Administrator - Distribution Systems - imported

FirstEnergy

FirstEnergy at a Glance

We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger.

FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, FirstEnergy includes one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, more than 24,500 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of 3,780 megawatts.

About the Opportunity

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Co., a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. [SC00]

Candidates must reside within 60 miles of reporting company locations in Akron, OH; Greensburg, PA; Erie, PA; or Holdmel, NJ.

Members of the Dx SCADA Systems team manage the application software to support FirstEnergy's Distribution (Dx) SCADA (a component of the DMS) environment. The team focuses on ensuring a world class SCADA system for use by Distribution Operations. This position is focused on the administration and development of the Dx SCADA platform, LiveData interfaces, Oracle NMS interfaces, eterraSource interfaces, and related systems administration, scripting, and development to ensure a cohesive DMS system built with components from various vendors.

System Administrators have a fundamental responsibility to ensure the computing health of the overall Dx SCADA system. Members of the team must ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities Include:
COMMUNICATIONS:
- Support GE (legacy Alstom) eterra Control module running on the EMS Front End Processors (FEP)
- Support real-time Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) via Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) communications to FEPs
- Work with EMS communications hardware and FirstEnergy's IT Network groups to ensure robust, redundant and real-time system and data collection architectures
- Develop and execute SCADA system standardizations that reduce time to delivery, efficiency and agility to deploy Distribution SCADA enabled technologies

SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT:
- Manage third-party vendor and internal custom software on FirstEnergy's standard infrastructure and network platforms. Manage integrations between software components.
- Manage the testing and deployment of patches and software upgrades
- Support real-time SCADA software and database configurations in Habitat
- Maintain interfaces between FirstEnergy IT systems, including LiveData RTI platform and integrations to the Oracle NMS platform
- Perform system security administration tasks

DATA MANAGEMENT:
- Support GE (legacy Alstom) eterra Habitat database platform, eterraArchive based Oracle platform, PI Historian and/or LiveData RTI interfaces.
- Support data extraction and transformation through the GE (legacy Alstom) eterra provided tool set as well as PERL scripts.
- Develop scripts to perform complex data analysis and increase productivity of the Dx SCADA Modeling team.
- Develop data queries and reporting solutions to meet customer requirements both internal and external to the team.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Ensures high level of reliability and availability of the Dx SCADA systems.
- Installs, Manages and Tunes a mission-critical real-time architecture that supports distribution operations 24x7x365 with zero downtime - utilizing real-time databases, software and networking technologies.
- Manages the testing and deployment of patches and software upgrades.
- Performs system security administration tasks.
- Solves complex problems and troubleshoot functionality for issue identification (including debugging); work in conjunction with other IT personnel.
- Develops and maintains integration scripting, code or interface APIs.
- Creates and maintains system documentation and procedures to ensure governance and standards.
- Utilizes version control in configuration and/or development activities to ensure tracking during development.
- Utilizes available technologies to administer, automate, test and deliver systems and tools for use by the Dx SCADA Modeling and Design team.
- Passionately pursues configurations that increase the productivity of the team, and improve the user experience of the Dx SCADA system.
- Actively engages in complex technical, standardization and procedural discussions to advance Dx SCADA platforms and ensure they remain highly available, redundant and performant.
- Clearly communicates in both written and oral mediums to peers on the team and department leadership.
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