Portland General Electric · 10 hours ago
Staff/Senior Grid Operations Systems Analyst
Tualatin, Oregon
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$100K/yr - $197K/yr
5+ years expPortland General Electric is a company focused on advancing innovative clean energy solutions. They are seeking a Staff/Senior Grid Operations Systems Analyst to troubleshoot and maintain critical applications and systems within the Control Center, ensuring high availability and reliability of grid operations while supporting compliance and regulatory activities.
Electrical DistributionEnergyRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Troubleshoots and maintains applications and systems used within the Control Center
Designs, implements and maintains multiple applications and systems
Maintains high availability of critical systems in the department
Supports integration efforts between systems
Reviews operational processes, complex operational plans, procedures and documentation to support operations
Supports development and modification of real-time procedures and processes
Maintains the associated documentation
Provides support for reliability and cybersecurity compliance-related activities of the Grid Operations Center
Participates in regulatory audits, spot checks and other processes as a subject matter expert
Provides input, upon request, as a contributor to demonstrate compliance with regulatory standards
Recommends and implements compliance documentation enhancements that improve operating efficiencies
Participates in projects developing systems and applications used in the Control Center, including identifying requirements and user acceptance criteria
Provides technical assistance and training to other analysts and to those outside of the department
Communicates with others regarding system activities within the department
Conducts root-cause analysis and develops overall remediation plan for identified risks
Leads or supports development and modification of real-time procedures and processes
Develops and/or maintains the associated documentation and leads department efforts to implement improvements
Proactively identifies and mitigates compliance risks
Leads or participates in projects developing systems and applications used in the Control Center, including identifying overall business objectives, business requirements and user acceptance criteria
Serves as a department subject matter expert
Qualification
Required
Requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, information systems or relevant field of study or equivalent experience
Typically, five or more years of experience supporting a Control Center in daily operations of transmission, generation, and distribution systems or equivalent combination of utility operations and IT experience
Typically, eight or more years of experience supporting the Control Center in daily operations of transmission generation and distribution systems
Professional Engineering (PE) designation a plus; IT certification a plus
Advanced knowledge of systems used in grid operations
Advanced knowledge of systems administration principles
Working/Basic knowledge of coding and programming languages (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate knowledge of laws and regulations related to department operations (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate knowledge of security protocols related to grid operations
Advanced/Intermediate skills in technical writing (Senior/Staff)
Intermediate skills in process improvement
Intermediate/Working skills in project management (Senior/Staff)
Intermediate/Working skills in reporting and analytics (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate skills in analytical thinking (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate skills in consulting (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate skills in business acumen (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate skills in conflict management (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate skills in prioritization and organization (Senior/Staff)
Advanced/Intermediate interpersonal skills (Senior/Staff)
Intermediate skills in influence without authority
Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
Ability to follow accuracy standards
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
Demonstrates sound memory
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
Ability to work a variable schedule
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance
Ability to work shift schedule [occasionally during outages]
Ability to work on-call schedule [occasionally during outages]
Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Occasionally (one to two times a month or less)
Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
Office work environment
Benefits
Performance based incentive bonus
Total rewards package
Company
Portland General Electric
Portland General Electric (PGE) is a vertically integrated electric utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$379.5MKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2023-05-10Grant· $4.5M
2022-10-25Post Ipo Equity· $375M
2006-04-03IPO
Leadership Team
Maria Pope
President and Chief Executive Officer
Joseph Trpik
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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