What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operational Technology / SCADA Engineer position at Jacobs?
We're looking for an Operational Technology / SCADA Engineer for our East Central Market to execute exciting and challenging projects. Bring your curiosity, talent for multi-tasking and collaboration, and extreme organizational skills and we’ll help you grow, pursue, and fulfill what drives you - so we can make big impacts on the world, together.
As an Operational Technology / SCADA Engineer in the municipal market, you will play an important part of our SCADA team as you complete a variety of technical tasks in the design, commissioning, and operation of SCADA systems for water / wastewater treatment facilities supporting our clients in both our local offices and client sites. You will work alongside project teams and under the direction of an I&C / SCADA Group Leader to perform the following tasks :
Provide engineering and programming support for water, wastewater, municipal, and industrial clients in our local office and at client sites.
Utilize Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software, Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) systems, Relational Databases, Network / Networking Technology, and Cybersecurity practices to effectively design, implement, and consult on SCADA systems.
Utilize familiarity with IT applications including event logging, domain controllers, network behavior anomaly detection systems, virtualized, hyper-converged and traditional servers, group policy, patching schedules, and anti-virus software to effectively configure, modify, and consult on OT systems.
Conduct site visits and testing and make recommendations for SCADA and OT systems improvements and designs.
Develop design reports, specifications, plans, documentation for application software, and associated client deliverables for SCADA systems.
Develop new and modify existing application programming in HMIs (human machine interfaces), virtualized OT environments, databases, networks and associated components.
Interact with clients to gain an understanding of their systems.
Collaborate and develop solutions with multi-discipline senior level leaders
Participate in consulting, design, construction, planning, commissioning / start-up, training, and close-out phase activities.
Work with contractors, and sub-contractors to resolve issues during, construction and commissioning / start-up.
Display strong communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work in a fast-paced consulting environment with multiple deadlines.
Drive ownership of health & safety in all aspects of project execution, office and personal environments.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
Experience with designing and securing OT / IT hardware, software, applications, and systems.
Experience with deploying and maintaining OT / IT hardware, software, applications, and systems : Dell servers / workstations, Microsoft Operating Systems, Microsoft SQL, VMWare, Fortinet, Cisco.
Experience with SCADA software : Rockwell Software (Factory Talk View ME / SE, Components, Historian), Wonderware (InTouch, System Platform, Historian), etc.
Ideally, you’ll also have :
Experience in water or wastewater treatment SCADA systems
Experience with industrial networking : EtherNet / IP, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP / IP etc.
Experience with Internet-of-Things (IoT) and / or Industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT)
Data science, Data modelling, Artificial Intelligence development, mathematical expertise
- Cybersecurity certification : CompTIA Security , Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
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