Control Systems Engineer III - V; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Focus

Closing Date to Apply: Open Until Filled

Engineer III: $91,811.20 - $

Engineer IV: $ - $

Engineer V: $ - $

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

Grant PUD’s benefit may be available if hired; different employee types are eligible for different benefits.

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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.

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer.

Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Demonstrated commitment to Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and Grant PUD / IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence. The incumbent should be familiar with these organizational priorities and behave in a way that aligns with these expectations.
• Understand and adhere to compliance requirements for this position that may include laws, regulations, security guidelines, Grant PUD policies & Procedures.
• In this position, if needed to operate a GPUD vehicle for business purposes, please refer to the Vehicle/Asset Usage Policy, IS-TA-POL-001.
• Actively participate in all aspects of our safety program, including but not limited to:
  • Following all safety policies and procedures.
  • Alerting supervisors and coworkers to unsafe or hazardous working conditions.
  • Reporting any safety incidents or close calls within 24 hours to your supervisor.
  • Accepting feedback from supervisors and coworkers regarding your own safety performance.
  • Support onboarding, mentoring, and training for less experienced team members
  • Perform related duties as required or assigned.

• 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.
• Support and ensure technologies and procedures comply with all 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, maintain, automated cyber security controls. Implement ideas to improve processes based on lessons learned over time in performing assigned duties.
• Develop and employ scripts, cookbooks, checklists, and other tools/methods to automate tasks and enable efficient and repeatable outcomes of operational security controls.
• Become familiar with the applications supported by GMS, EMS and EAS team members.
• Work with other team members to diagnose and resolve communications and data issues related to application communication, telemetry and…