Control Systems Engineer III - V; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Focus

Control Systems Engineer III - V (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Focus)

Job Category
:
Engineering

Requisition Number
: CONTR
002403

Posted :
December 9, 2025

Full-Time

Showing 1 location

30 C St SW
Ephrata, WA 98823, USA

Closing Date to Apply: Open Until Filled

Number of Positions: 1

Typically, selected candidates are hired at a salary rate between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

Benefits
:
This link below will provide you with Grant PUD’s benefit that may be available if hired, different employee types are eligible for different benefits.

Grant County PUD will administer a background check and reference check as part of the hiring process, if selected for this position.

Be part of the Control Systems Engineering team responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and securing the infrastructure and tools that support Grant County PUD’s operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES). This role will primarily focus on securing and managing the firewalls, switches, servers, storage arrays, and workstations. The control systems department is also responsible for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), energy management (EMS), Energy Accounting Systems (EAS), custom application & interface software, and databases.

• Demonstrated commitment to Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and Grant PUD / IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence.
• Understand and adhere to compliance requirements, including laws, regulations, security guidelines, and Grant PUD policies & Procedures.
• Participate in all aspects of the safety program, following policies, reporting incidents, and providing feedback.
• Support onboarding, mentoring, and training for less experienced team members.
• Interact with, configure and maintain firewalls, virtual machine platforms, network switches, protocol converters, servers, workstations, and storage.
• Maintain infrastructure and security software including IDS, Active Directory, DNS, anti-virus, malware detection, vulnerability scanners, baseline management, backup and recovery, remote access, and multi-factor authentication.
• Implement and maintain Grant PUD’s monitoring, alerting, and reporting tools.
• Maintain and operate cyber systems to identify, detect, protect, respond, and recover from cyber threats and incidents.
• Ensure technologies and procedures comply with Grant PUD's internal computing control requirements, cyber related legislations, industry regulation and guidance (NERC CIP, FERC) and all other Federal, State, and Local regulations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain automated cyber security controls; develop scripts, cookbooks, checklists, and other tools to automate tasks.
• Diagnose and resolve communications and data issues related to application communication, telemetry and infrastructure, capturing and analyzing network traffic with Wireshark.
• Collect, store, and report on data required to prove compliance, complete CIP and other reporting requirements, including generating change control documentation, patch management, firmware upgrades, and testing configuration changes.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including troubleshooting guides, SOPs, and best practices.
• Support procurement and contract management processes to obtain hardware, software, and contract labor support.
• Lead and direct capital improvement projects related to EMS/GMS infrastructure and cyber security systems, ensuring alignment with goals and regulations.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to engineering teams, reviewing work for accuracy and setting technical direction.
• Provide expert review and configuration of EMS data center infrastructure, GMS infrastructure, and substation engineering interfaces.
• Serve as a technical advisor across departments on EMS, substation engineering, compliance and system optimization initiatives.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, or 2 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Three to Six years of experience in maintaining infrastructure (hardware and management applications) providing 24/7 support of critical operations.
• Six or more years of…