[Hiring] Senior SCADA Engineer @Aypa Power

Role Description

The Senior SCADA Engineer (Operations) provides advanced technical leadership and hands-on support for SCADA, controls, and OT (Operational Technology) systems across a fleet of utility-scale Battery Energy Storage (BESS) sites and Solar sites. This role is a key operational partner to site operations, performance engineering, and network/IT teams—ensuring high availability, safe remote operability, accurate telemetry, and reliable integration with EMS/AGC and market interfaces.

• Serve as support for SCADA and controls incidents impacting BESS site availability, dispatchability, and telemetry quality
• Lead real-time troubleshooting of SCADA servers, gateways, historians, alarms, site controllers, BMS interfaces, PLC/RTU/IED communications, and OT networking components
• Own incident coordination with internal operations, performance, IT, and cybersecurity teams, as well as external OEMs and integrators
• Ensure reliable telemetry and control required for utility and ISO operations, including MW/MWh, state of charge, availability, breaker status, alarms, and limits
• Maintain accurate point lists, scaling, timestamps, and naming conventions
• Resolve data quality issues such as stale values, incorrect scaling, and inconsistent calculations
• Develop and maintain dashboards, alerts, and KPIs to improve fleet reliability and reduce mean time to resolution
• Lead root cause analysis for recurring failures and track corrective actions with vendors and internal teams
• Maintain site documentation, including as-builts, tag databases, and recovery procedures
• Review and support OT changes with clear rollout and rollback plans
• Drive fleet standardization and best practices across OEMs and integrators
• Review design and implementation of new project sites coming online
• Other duties as required or assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in SCADA, controls, or OT operations, preferably in power generation, renewables, or BESS
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed OT systems and industrial networks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with BESS controllers, inverters, BMS, and plant controllers
• Strong knowledge of industrial communication protocols such as DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT, SQL
• Experience with platforms such as Ignition, SEL RTAC, or N3uron
• Scripting or automation experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• Experience working with different ISOs such as CAISO, ERCOT, MISO, etc.

Compensation and Location

• Salary: A base salary commensurate with experience
• Bonus: An annual bonus will be awarded based on individual performance and the overall success of the business
• Benefits: Aypa offers an attractive benefits package with excellent health care/dental/vision, 401k matching, unlimited vacation, paid parental leave, and other health/wellness benefits
• Location: Remote (USA). The ability to work in the United States is a requirement
• Travel: <20%