Dominion Energy · 9 hours ago
Engineer - Automation and Event Analysis
Glen Allen, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expDominion Energy is committed to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers every day. The selected candidate will work on the Automation and Event Analysis team performing electric power system protection analysis and supporting regulatory compliance within Electric Transmission.
Utilities
Responsibilities
Read communication functional drawings to identify relays the team communicates with
Using control drawing updates, identify network communication changes at substations that impact connections and require reconfiguration
Create necessary AFT files for new substations
Make updates to relay types, IP addresses, and other changes to ensure continued AFT operations
Communicate upcoming access changes to System or Regional Operations in advance of relay alarms
Ability to be on call to respond after hours, holidays, and on weekends is a requirement of this role
Demonstrated experience in system protection engineering, design, and/or control operations is highly preferred
Knowledge of automation tools, databases, and software development is preferred
Proficient at analyzing three-phase AC power flow
Ability to interpret industry codes, regulations, and practices
Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems
Planning, organizational, and project management skills
Must possess good written and verbal communication skills
Must be dedicated to continuous improvement and identifying best practice opportunities
Must be able to work well independently as well as in a team environment
Looking for 2+ years of experience with data base administration and server migration expertise
Tech stack: Windows server 2019/2022, MS SQL 2017 & above, familiarity w/Azure Cloud Services, MS Office suite, UNIX
Hands on experience with database administration tasks as needed for SPAA owned dbs
Identify improvements for dbs/servers and work with team to implement them
Design, deploy and support databases changes/updates/enhancements
Experience with prod and non-prod environment standards when deploying changes to respective environments
Managing the database availability and performance, including incident and problem management
Administering database objects to achieve optimum utilization
Defining and implementing event triggers that will alert on potential database performance or integrity issues
Performing database housekeeping, such as tuning, indexing, etc
Monitoring usage, transaction volumes, response times, concurrency levels, etc
Identifying reporting, and managing database security issues, audit trails, and forensics
Designing database backup, archiving, patching and storage strategy
Monitoring Scheduled Database Tasks
Performing routine maintenance tasks such as installing software updates and patches as per DE enterprise standards
Monitoring server performance and resource utilization and troubleshooting issues to ensure servers operate efficiently and reliably
Support server upgrades, server migrations as per team needs
Qualification
Required
Ability to be on call to respond after hours, holidays, and on weekends is a requirement of this role
Demonstrated experience in system protection engineering, design, and/or control operations is highly preferred
Knowledge of automation tools, databases, and software development is preferred
Proficient at analyzing three-phase AC power flow
Ability to interpret industry codes, regulations, and practices
Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems
Planning, organizational, and project management skills
Must possess good written and verbal communication skills
Must be dedicated to continuous improvement and identifying best practice opportunities
Must be able to work well independently as well as in a team environment
Looking for 2+ years of experience with data base administration and server migration expertise
Tech stack: Windows server 2019/2022, MS SQL 2017 & above, familiarity w/Azure Cloud Services, MS Office suite, UNIX
Hands on experience with database administration tasks as needed for SPAA owned dbs
Identify improvements for dbs/servers and work with team to implement them
Design, deploy and support databases changes/updates/enhancements
Experience with prod and non-prod environment standards when deploying changes to respective environments
Managing the database availability and performance, including incident and problem management
Administering database objects to achieve optimum utilization
Defining and implementing event triggers that will alert on potential database performance or integrity issues
Performing database housekeeping, such as tuning, indexing, etc
Monitoring usage, transaction volumes, response times, concurrency levels, etc
Identifying reporting, and managing database security issues, audit trails, and forensics
Designing database backup, archiving, patching and storage strategy
Monitoring Scheduled Database Tasks
Performing routine maintenance tasks such as installing software updates and patches as per DE enterprise standards
Monitoring server performance and resource utilization and troubleshooting issues to ensure servers operate efficiently and reliably
Support server upgrades, server migrations as per team needs
Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an ABET accredited Engineering program based on the year that the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or
Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an institution outside of the U.S. which is accredited through the country's own Engineering accrediting body under the Washington Accord as a full signatory, and is a degree that was recognized by the country's accrediting body on or after the date that full signatory status was achieved, or
Possess a 4-year degree in Engineering (non-ABET accredited), Physics, Chemistry, Math or Engineering Technology and a post-graduate Engineering degree from an institution where the undergraduate degree in the same Engineering discipline is ABET-accredited based on the year the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or
Holds or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license
Bachelor's In Engineering
Preferred
Demonstrated experience in system protection engineering, design, and/or control operations is highly preferred
Knowledge of automation tools, databases, and software development is preferred
Preferred Discipline(s): Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
Other disciplines may be substituted for the preferred discipline(s) listed above
Benefits
Health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners
Vacation
Retirement plans
Paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Company
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy is committed to safely providing reliable, affordable and sustainable energy and to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.
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