Overview: Tekwissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is an American organization that operates Texass electrical grid the Texas Interconnection which supplies power to more than 25 million Texas customers and represents 90 percent of the states electric load. Our client is the first independent system operator (ISO) in the United States and one of nine ISOs in North America. Our client works with the Texas Reliability Entity (TRE) one of eight regional entities within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) that coordinate to improve reliability of the bulk power grid. Our client is a membershipbased 501(c) nonprofit corporation and its members include consumers electric cooperatives generators power marketers retail electric providers investorowned electric utilities (transmission and distribution providers) and municipally owned electric utilities.
Job Title: GMS Systems Analyst (II/III/Senior/Lead) Location: Taylor TX 76574 Duration: 19 Months Job Type: Contract Work Type: Remote Job Description: Provides technical support and performs system administration and maintenance activities to support the Energy Management System (EMS) and its ancillary systems and applications.
Participates in planning and evaluating the impact of system modifications and maintenance activities to client grid operations.
Maximizes EMS uptime and mitigates system failures.
Analyses user requirements procedures and problems to automate or improve EMS.
This position will report to the Supervisor of Grid & Market Solutions (GMS) Systems Support Team.
JOB DUTIES 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 client GMS development teams to reproduce defects and test the fixes.
Works closely with the GMS Applications Engineering teams to get the defect fixes releases installed across various testing environments.
ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES MAY INCLUDE 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 realtime 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
EXPERIENCE 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 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 ControlCenter Communication Protocol (ICCP)
EDUCATION Bachelors Degree: Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field (Required)
Masters Degree: Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or related field (Preferred)
or a combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge to a major in such fields is required
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
