SCADA OT Systems Engineer or Senior Engineer

JOB LOCATION

Aurora, Colorado 80016-2946

City of Aurora, Colorado

It is an exciting time to work for the City of Aurora, we're growing and looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals to join our team of talented and valued employees. Excellent organizations have a set of principles, or core values, that are used to implement their mission and vision. Those values represent the touchstone for the organization, guiding the decisions of the individuals and the organization. At the City of Aurora, we demonstrate our excellence by modeling the CORE 4 Values of: Integrity, Respect, Professionalism, and Customer Service, and we welcome all who share these values to apply.
 
Why Work for Aurora?

• Make a difference in the lives of real people every day
• Diverse community
• Competitive total compensation package
• Well-Funded General Employees Retirement Plan
• Light rail station minutes away
• On-site fitness center and overall employee well-being programs Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
• Access to innovation workspaces

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Hiring Ranges:

SCADA OT Systems Engineer: $72,883 - $91,104/year

Senior SCADA OT Systems Engineer: $88,375 - $110,469/year

**This job announcement is for collecting candidate applications for current and future Senior SCADA OT systems Engineers. Applicants will be contacted only when a position need is identified, and qualifications match the needs of the position. **

OVERVIEW OF POSITION / DEPARTMENT

Aurora Water is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the drinking water, sanitary sewer and storm drainage systems, treatment of drinking water and non-potable reclaimed wastewater for irrigation, billing and collection, public outreach and water conservation, acquisition and development of future water rights, major capital projects programs, and quality control for regulatory compliance and public health.

The SCADA OT Systems Network Engineer for Aurora’s water and wastewater operations division manages the daily operations of the organization’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems. The engineer leads, develops, and implements Operational Technology (OT) initiatives that enable the division to meet its short-term and long-term goals and objectives. The role ensures that the division's OT infrastructure is effectively engineered to maintain a stable environment by identifying needs and providing appropriate training and support for all users. Additionally, the engineer develops OT policies and procedures to ensure standardized consistency throughout its infrastructure and common systems. This position requires experience in managing change processes while maintaining a stable environment.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advanced administration and optimization of hosts and servers to maintain high availability and effective resource management for daily system administration within Windows Server environments

• Plans, designs, implements, and administers the SCADA network, including but not limited to, automation control, communication, servers, virtualization, domain controllers, active directory, and network support systems

• Researches and evaluates new and existing approved operational methods, software, techniques and equipment, and recommends their application in existing SCADA systems

• Obtains both software and hardware for control systems, and resolves issues related to hardware, application software, and SCADA systems

• Performs SCADA related work with consultants, integrators, and contractors

• Installs, configures, upgrades and manages systems, creates and adheres to policies and industry standards; Acquires computer hardware and software

• · Analyzes performance of the environment and provide recommendations for improvement; Conduct high-level root-cause analysis of service interruptions and establish preventative measures

• Responsible for preventive maintenance programs, evaluation, troubleshooting, configuration, installation, development, programming, updates, and modifications to the OT infrastructure

• Responsible for guidance, reviews and approval of SCADA systems changes, design reviews and new SCADA project and reporting construction as part of collaborative Aurora Water Operational Maintenance and/or Planning & Engineering Capital Projects<