Engineer / Senior Engineer - Operational Technology (Energy domain)

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) is seeking an Engineer/Senior Engineer in Operational Technology for the energy sector. This permanent full-time role, based in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, or Perth, involves supporting and maintaining SCADA and Power Systems Applications, enhancing operational technology systems, and ensuring reliable real-time systems. Candidates should have relevant utility industry experience and technical skills in software development and electrical engineering.
This is a Permanent Full-Time position based in Mel/Syd/Brisbane/Adelaide/Perth.

AEMO at the Heart of Energy

We are the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), committed to designing and operating a sustainable energy system that delivers safe, reliable, and affordable electricity and gas. Our mission includes facilitating the transition to a net-zero energy system by 2050, working collaboratively with industry partners to achieve 100% renewable generation capability by 2025. We have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to co-design the future of our energy systems, and our core values revolve around Character, Commitment, and Connection.

Join us, as we contribute to this significant mission in the energy sector!

About The Team & The Position

Our Grid System Engineers are responsible for delivering and supporting exceptionally reliable real-time systems to enable 24/7 monitoring and control operation of the AEMO electrical power and gas systems and markets.

The team combines knowledge and skills in electrical power systems engineering and information technology to support and enhance operational technology systems used for power systems and gas operation, analysis, planning, simulation, and training. The team, working with the software vendor, performs operational technology upgrades, replacements, and enhancements to meet operational business needs.

Position Responsibilities
• Perform support(includingrostered24/7on-call) and maintenance of SCADA and Power Systems Applications required to ensure system service levels are achieved.
• Provide detailed advice and recommendations for designs and architecture of EMS (Energy Management Systems) system developments.
• Analyze, design, develop and test software enhancements and in-house applications for the SCADA/EMS, Operator training simulator (DTS)and Historian OSIsoft PI systems.
• Provide detailed advice to design and architecture for Grid Systems technology enhancements to ensure they remain current.
• Provide detailed advice and recommendations for the identification and management of risks to ensure required Grid Systems development service levels are achieved.

Position Requirements

Skills & Experience:
• Utility industry experience or similar systems, with an understanding of GE Platform AEMS or other SCADA Systems.
• Administration and development on AVEVA OSIsoft PI or other operational historian systems.
• PSSE, PSCAD or other Power System analysis tools.
• High availability applications development, preferably in C/C++ or C#.
• DevOps using Jenkins, Ansible, Azure DevOps.
• Automation using Perl, Python, PowerShell, Window batch scripting or other scripting devops.
• Electrical power systems, modelling, and analysis.
• Power System applications like Automatic Generation Control (AGC), State Estimation and Contingency Analysis.
• Administration and supporting highly available and secure real-time IT systems using Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Desktop and VMware Virtualisation technologies.

Education/ Certificates
• Tertiary qualifications in Electrical Engineering, Science and/or Information Technology

In Return Some Of Our Benefits To You
• Flexible working: work from home, part time, job share, hybrid options, and additional leave options
• Professional development via projects, industry networks, job rotation, study assistance and more.
• Give back with up to 4 days of volunteering leave per year.
• Embrace a healthier you with our wellness program, discounted health insurance, gym perks and our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Our Process

AEMO values diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, welcoming applications from all backgrounds without regard to age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race, or religion.

If you would like to know more about working at AEMO, please check out our careers page for more information.