Description
Job Description
WGL - Sr ICS Systems Engineer
Position Summary
Senior ICS Systems Engineer is responsible for safe and reliable delivery of natural gas by engineering, developing, and securing hardware and software automation and control solutions for Gas Control, Operations Dispatch and field locations, including plants and gate stations. This position will use in-depth knowledge of ICS environment to determine and minimize risks and suggest solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Evaluates and implements technologies and system architectures to maintain and enhance the cyber security and reliability of the ICS environment, including the review, testing, analysis, and development of threat prevention measures to ensure the cyber security of the ICS environment.
- Uses in-depth knowledge of process control systems, communication infrastructure and information systems to evaluate system vulnerabilities within the ICS environment, determines the relative risk, and implements mitigation measures.
- Develops and maintains an accurate software and firmware management database of the ICS environment to minimize cyber risk
- Determines what software updates and firmware updates are required and appropriate through testing and documented analysis
- Develops, validates, and documents procedures for testing and applying software and firmware updates
- Analyzes ICS networks to determine cyber risks and provide solutions to mitigate vulnerabilities and improve cyber security posture
- Troubleshoots ICS networks to resolve communications problems
- Troubleshoots SCADA applications and PLC programs to resolve operational problems
- Tests and evaluates cyber security vulnerabilities within SCADA applications, PLCs, and RTUs
- Programs PLCs and RTUs using vendor specific industrial programming languages for automation of Gate Station control and monitoring of flow, pressure, temperature, and odorization of natural gas, as well as Plant; controlling and monitoring of compressors, boilers, pumps, valves, for peak shaving operations.
- Programs SCADA applications and HMIs using vendor specific programming languages to provide a graphical interface to the gas distribution system
Qualifications, Skills and Abilities
- Bachelor's Degree Engineering preferred
- 5+ Years related experience with industrial control systems. required
- Extensive knowledge of SCADA applications, PLC hardware, and PLC programming required
- Extensive knowledge of process control and measurement theory, electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical instrumentation systems required.
- Proven capability to troubleshoot complex ICS equipment and processes required
- Proven capability to communicate ICS operational functional requirements and operation to internal and external stakeholders required
- Working knowledge of control systems in natural gas and propane processing, storage and handling facilities preferred
- Experience with network technologies, cyber security, Windows Servers, relational databases preferred
- Must be available to serve on-call on a rotating schedule.
Contact
WGL Energy
Washington États-Unis
www.wgl.com/
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