SCADA OT Administrator

Starting hiring salary - $42.59 to $45.15 hourly

The SCADA / OT Administrator will be the primary point of ownership and accountability for all SCADA/OT technologies and systems. The SCADA/OT Administrator is responsible for configuring, troubleshooting, optimizing, securing, and maintaining the City’s isolated Utilities Operational Technology network and SCADA system environment. This includes, but is not limited to, Windows and SCADA servers, VMWare virtual machines, HMI workstations, historian SQL database systems, alarm notification systems, PLC communication networks, industrial switches, firewalls, remote access systems, backups, software updates, and related OT infrastructure.

The position provides technical expertise to support day-to-day SCADA and OT network operations, including efforts to design, maintain, monitor, document, and audit OT infrastructure that supports water treatment operations. The role serves as a technical coordinator between Utilities operations, City IT, engineering consultants, system integrators, contractors, and vendors. This position must work well independently and with teams made up of employees from other divisions.

This position requires Colorado residency, and the work is primarily performed on-premises at City of Brighton facilities. City of Brighton is dedicated to being an employer of choice for staff and supports staff working with their supervisor for flexible schedules, work-from-home (WFH) opportunities, and Target
36 (Targeted 36-hour work week).

The position reports to the Water Treatment Plant Manager and works in close coordination with the IT Infrastructure Manager. This position does not supervise others. The position is required to possess the ability to work independently without supervision and to exercise critical decision-making capabilities that align with the direction of the Plant Manager.

• Communicate effectively with operators, mechanics, engineers, IT staff, consultants, contractors, and vendors.
• Translate operational needs into technical requirements and technical risks into user-friendly language.
• Present technical ideas in clear, practical, and understandable terms.
• Install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Microsoft Windows servers, OT/SCADA servers, VMWare virtual machines, HMI workstations, historian systems, reporting systems, alarm notification systems, and related OT applications/devices.
• Manage Microsoft Windows Active Directory user access, roles, permissions, authentication methods, and account reviews for SCADA and OT systems in coordination with City IT policies and operational security needs.
• Maintain TCP/IP protocols, IPv4, DHCP, DNS, NAT, VPNs, and related network services.
• Maintain PLC communication and common industrial protocols such as Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP, OPC UA, and other SCADA communication methods.
• Manage and maintain Microsoft SQL database systems that provide SCADA historian reporting functions.
• Administer and maintain the water treatment OT network, including industrial switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, fiber and copper connections, remote access systems, and communication paths between PLCs, remote sites, servers, operator workstations, and City IT systems.
• Support SCADA software platforms, including HMI screens, tags, alarms, trends, historian connections, reporting functions, user access, licensing, updates, and vendor-supported modules.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks, such as patch coordination, software updates, firmware planning, server maintenance, workstation maintenance, endpoint protection coordination, and backup verification.
• Troubleshoot SCADA and OT communication issues involving PLCs, remote I/O, instrumentation networks, servers, workstations, switches, firewalls, fiber, radios, cellular routers, and vendor-managed equipment.
• Maintain Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching technologies, including VLANs, trunking, spanning tree, QoS, LLDP, and related network configuration concepts.
• Research and recommend technology upgrades, security improvements, lifecycle…