Systems Administrator – Operational Technology

Systems Administrator – Operational Technology

Requirements

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent
• 3+ years demonstrated systems administration experience
• Proficiency with structured query languages (SQL, PostgreSQL) is required
• Demonstrated experience working with stakeholders to understand and develop software requirements
• Abides by an automation-first philosophy
• Ability to work on tasks and teams that require a multi-disciplinary approach
• Proven team player with excellent verbal, written communication/presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with highly collaborative team
• Ability to work alone on assigned work projects
• Prioritizes and ensures safety of one self and others
• Ability to proactively collect, manage and transfer knowledge
• Ability to seek different and novel ways to create efficiencies when working on problems, challenges and issues
• Excited to work on advanced nuclear and contribute to Kairos’ mission

Responsibilities

• Manage software platforms for SCADA/HMI, Electronic Procedures, Operations Management, Control System programming, Simulator Platform, AWS servers, and more
• Configure platforms to match team needs
• Seize opportunities for modularization and containerization to rapidly deploy solutions on new systems
• Identify, prioritize, and schedule patches and updates for critical vulnerabilities, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption
• Train users on access and use of OT platforms
• Assume primary responsibility for organizing and maintaining data assets produced by OT software platforms
• Develop data management processes and procedures
• Integrate processes across various software and hardware systems
• Integrate realtime and batch data across multiple software platforms, including electronic data management systems by leveraging APIs, ETL, and scripting/light coding
• Create custom queries and guide others in using query tools
• Work on cross-cutting projects with controls engineers, operations, IT, and mechanical designers
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience includes but not limited to Inductive Automation Ignition, Epsilon3, Rockwell Automation Network Suite, Apros, AWS, VMWare, Docker, SCADA, HMI, ERP, Electronic Procedures, Plant Simulators, Control System programming is preferred
• Experience with virtual environments is preferred
• Programming proficiency (Python, C++, C#) is a plus
• Web development experience (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) is a plus
• Background knowledge in user experience design, human factors, and industrial automation design is desired