What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Power Systems Engineer - GMS/SCADA (Monarch Support) position at American Electric Power?
Job Posting End Date
11-03-2025
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
Part of a larger team delivering high quality technology solutions to the business. Design, develop and install software solutions. Build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with internal architecture, development & design standards & best practices. Design, modify, develop, write, implement and troubleshoot software programming applications. Support and/or install software applications. Participate in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Works within a Waterfall or Agile methodology/framework based team. Collaborates heavily with Project Management, Business Analyst and Infrastructure Job Families.
Job Description
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Works independently.
Responsibilities include one or more of the following for medium to large projects: Develops advanced solutions to resolve customer and prospective customer issues in a logical, creative and structured manner.
Align the client’s goals, needs and objectives to the solutions. Communicate issues and status in a clear, timely manner. Interpret specifications and build solutions to those specifications. Generate infrastructure support documentation. Evaluate and propose process improvements.
Build and maintain a high level of knowledge about the company's software/hardware products.
May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.
Support OSII-Monarch's Power System Applications including Automatic Generation Control (AGC)
Supports and troubleshoots the operational SCADA environment as well as insuring optimized monitoring and system reliability reporting.
Maintains Monarch custom DB configurations.
RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) support.
Able to provide on rotation, after hours (24 x 7) on-call support.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Solution Engineer Sr (SG 7):
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
Solution Engineer Prin (SG 8):
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
Experience: 7 years relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
ADDITIONAL PREFERED REQUIREMENTS:
Understanding of NERC CIP security principals.
Understanding of WAN and VPN concepts
Basic understanding of C programming language
Knowledge of Communication Protocols (DNP3, Modbus, ICCP)
Understanding of Ladder Logic desired
Knowledge of RTU (Remote Terminal Units)
WHAT YOU WILL GET:
Solution Engineer Sr (SG7): $85,081- $106,353
Solution Engineer Prin (SG8): $96,110 - $124,940
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade:
SP20-007
Compensation Range:
$85,081.00-106,352.50 USD
The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.
11-03-2025
Please note the job posting will close on the day before the posting end date.
Job Summary
Part of a larger team delivering high quality technology solutions to the business. Design, develop and install software solutions. Build high-quality, innovative and fully performing software in compliance with internal architecture, development & design standards & best practices. Design, modify, develop, write, implement and troubleshoot software programming applications. Support and/or install software applications. Participate in the testing process through test review and analysis, test witnessing and certification of software. Works within a Waterfall or Agile methodology/framework based team. Collaborates heavily with Project Management, Business Analyst and Infrastructure Job Families.
Job Description
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Works independently.
Responsibilities include one or more of the following for medium to large projects: Develops advanced solutions to resolve customer and prospective customer issues in a logical, creative and structured manner.
Align the client’s goals, needs and objectives to the solutions. Communicate issues and status in a clear, timely manner. Interpret specifications and build solutions to those specifications. Generate infrastructure support documentation. Evaluate and propose process improvements.
Build and maintain a high level of knowledge about the company's software/hardware products.
May provide training and mentoring, as well as work direction, to others on the team.
Support OSII-Monarch's Power System Applications including Automatic Generation Control (AGC)
Supports and troubleshoots the operational SCADA environment as well as insuring optimized monitoring and system reliability reporting.
Maintains Monarch custom DB configurations.
RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) support.
Able to provide on rotation, after hours (24 x 7) on-call support.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
Solution Engineer Sr (SG 7):
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
Experience: 5 years of relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
Solution Engineer Prin (SG 8):
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field is required.
Experience: 7 years relevant work experience is required. An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.
ADDITIONAL PREFERED REQUIREMENTS:
Understanding of NERC CIP security principals.
Understanding of WAN and VPN concepts
Basic understanding of C programming language
Knowledge of Communication Protocols (DNP3, Modbus, ICCP)
Understanding of Ladder Logic desired
Knowledge of RTU (Remote Terminal Units)
WHAT YOU WILL GET:
Solution Engineer Sr (SG7): $85,081- $106,353
Solution Engineer Prin (SG8): $96,110 - $124,940
Compensation Data
Compensation Grade:
SP20-007
Compensation Range:
$85,081.00-106,352.50 USD
The Physical Demand Level for this job is: S – Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (Occasionally: activity or condition exists up to 1/3 of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently. (Frequently: activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
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It is hereby reaffirmed that it is the policy of American Electric Power (AEP) to provide Equal Employment Opportunity in all respects of the employer-employee relationship including recruiting, hiring, upgrading and promotion, conditions and privileges of employment, company sponsored training programs, educational assistance, social and recreational programs, compensation, benefits, transfers, discipline, layoffs and termination of employment to all employees and applicants without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, veteran or military status, disability, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. When required by law, we might record certain information or applicants for employment may be invited to voluntarily disclose protected characteristics.
Salary : $85,081 - $106,353
