EMS Senior Advisor

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an EMS Senior Advisor at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll oversee the architecture, development and deployment of Power System Applications for Grid Operations.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a strong background in power systems who also enjoys working with information technologies.

As an EMS Senior Advisor, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Oversees Grid Application related activities such as operation and maintenance of systems and sub-systems and interfaces with internal and external systems, system enhancements, updating databases and displays, and other activities required to ensure high availability.
• Optimizes algorithms, prediction models and an interface with grid equipment
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex systems issues either independently or collaboratively with the team, and with vendor engagement, as needed.
• Collaborates directly with IT team maintaining, improving, and implementing communications, hardware, and software infrastructure
• Interprets and implements various supervisory control and data acquisition protocol communications on remote devices and control centers
• Configures and modifies Grid Application databases and ensures that all telemetry and controls are available and accurate
• Performs complex technical analysis to define customer requirements, identify risks, design new solutions, and improve existing solutions
• Maintains and supports reporting, analytical, and historian systems
• Understands and implements various ISO (Independent System Operator) telemetry requirements to support various energy management needs of the customers and maintains grid operator reliability and compliance
• Writes and reviews documentation to describe configuration processes, logic, and test plans. Writes and reviews manuals for users
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

• Ten or more years of experience architecting, designing, implementing, or supporting technology solutions for mission critical systems
• Experience with Transmission and Distribution networks, SCADA and control systems

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related STEM major.
• Experience in performing balanced and unbalanced three-phase power flow analysis.
• Experience in programming with C, C++, Java, Python, or PowerShell.
• Strong communication, ethics, negotiation, teamwork and optimally handle multiple assignments at once.

• This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• The primary work location for this position is Santa Ana, CA. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time at Alhmabra, CA.
• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.
• This position has an option for a 9/80 Alternate Work Schedule or 40hrs/5 days a week.
• In this role you will be required to support 24x7 on call duty rotations.
• Relocation may apply to this position.