ABOUT US

UNS Energy Corporation, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, is a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., the largest investor-owned electric and gas distribution utility in Canada. Our public utility subsidiaries, Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Inc. and UNS Gas, Inc., power our economy by providing electric and gas service to nearly 700,000 customers in Arizona.
We embrace a spirit of giving, dedicated to improving quality of life in the communities we have served for generations, and in TEP’s case, since the 1890s. We’re building a cleaner, greener grid, with more wind and solar power than ever before, while maintaining safe, reliable, and affordable service.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The IT Energy Systems (ITES) Application Engineer works directly with the Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) and Energy Management Systems (EMS) applications for real-time electric grid operations.

The ITES Application Engineer Analyst supports, configures, and maintains critical power control systems to keep them reliable, available, secure, and compliant with regulatory requirements. You will work with a team dedicated to supporting these 24x7 primary and redundant systems and the electric system operators that use them to control and monitor the electric grid. Position responsibilities are:

• Performing hardware, software and system installation, integration and testing for power systems applications and projects.
• Supporting integrated power control system applications and databases using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) for remote control & monitoring, historian archives, advanced electrical modeling applications,
• Demonstrating strong IT system administration and cyber security best practice skills.
• Managing stringent uptime requirements by coordinating between users, redundant systems, sites, and processes.
• Planning, integrating, testing and commissioning schematics, databases, UI’s and displays to support grid operations processes.
• Developing and maintaining power system application models, interfaces, processes, reports, and documentation.
• Providing client support and assistance as needed and during a shared on-call rotation.
• Creating training materials and project documentation as needed.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Understanding of computer architecture, networking, databases and operating systems
• Strong commitment to providing superior customer service
• Excellent organization, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to travel, as required, and support the 24x7 real-time control & monitoring systems and business clients

• Performing hardware, software and system installation, integration and testing for power systems applications and projects.
• Supporting integrated power control system applications and databases using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) for remote control & monitoring, historian archives, advanced electrical modeling applications,
• Demonstrating strong IT system administration and cyber security best practice skills.
• Managing stringent uptime requirements by coordinating between users, redundant systems, sites, and processes.
• Planning, integrating, testing and commissioning schematics, databases, UI’s and displays to support grid operations processes.
• Developing and maintaining power system application models, interfaces, processes, reports, and documentation.
• Providing client support and assistance as needed and during a shared on-call rotation.
• Creating training materials and project documentation as needed