Senior SCADA Engineer

Aypa Power, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a leading developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale energy storage and hybrid renewable projects that power our communities and cities. Our mission is to responsibly decarbonize the grid and make North American energy markets more affordable, sustainable, and efficient.

About the role

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. As a senior member of the operations team, you will serve as a primary technical point of contact for assigned sites or regions, leading incident response and problem management, driving root-cause analysis for recurring issues, and improving monitoring, alerting, documentation, and support workflows. You will also mentor junior engineers and help standardize OT practices across the fleet.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Excellent health care, dental, and vision coverage;
• 401k matching;
• Unlimited vacation;
• Paid parental leave;
• Other health and wellness benefits.

Pay

Base salary commensurate with experience. An annual bonus will be awarded based on individual performance and the overall success of the business.

Location

Remote (USA). The ability to work in the United States is a requirement.