Operational Technical Engineer

🔥 19 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $52.5k - $81.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🟠 Senior

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Empower AI

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1989

🎖️ Defense

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Defense • Healthcare • Logistics

Empower AI, formerly known as NCI, is a company that enhances the capabilities of public sector teams through advanced artificial intelligence solutions. With a focus on federal agencies, Empower AI leverages its extensive technical expertise to address complex challenges in both Civilian and Defense missions, enabling government leaders to boost workforce productivity and make informed decisions quickly. The company's offerings encompass a range of specialties, including AI, cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration, aimed at facilitating meaningful transformation within government operations.

📋 Description

• Provide engineering, integration, modernization, sustainment, and cybersecurity support for Army FRCS, ICS, UMCS, SCADA, BAS, DDC, and utility metering infrastructures • Plan, design, install, test, and deploy OT solutions improving facility operations, energy management, infrastructure resilience, and mission assurance • Conduct site surveys, requirements analysis, stakeholder interviews, infrastructure assessments, and data collection • Develop Site Survey Reports, COAs, technical recommendations, cost estimates, BOMs, and modernization roadmaps • Design, engineer, install, integrate, configure, and test OT solutions for Army facilities and utility infrastructures • Install, replace, repair, modify, and upgrade meters, sensors, actuators, controllers, PLCs, RTUs, gateways, and communications equipment • Support deployment and sustainment of SCADA, FRCS, BAS, DDC, UMCS, utility metering, and centralized management systems • Develop SDPs, EIPs, network diagrams, wiring packages, migration plans, test plans, and as-built documentation • Design and integrate OT communications networks using BACnet, Modbus, LonWorks, IP-based, serial, and vendor-specific protocols • Validate interoperability among control systems, enterprise platforms, cybersecurity solutions, and OT devices • Perform FAT, SAT, system validation, troubleshooting, and turnover activities • Support OT modernization, technology refresh, and lifecycle replacement projects • Troubleshoot hardware, software, networking, controller, communications, and integration issues • Coordinate installations with facility personnel, Government Project Leads, Technical Monitors, vendors, and subcontractors • Maintain compliance with UFC, UFGS, Army regulations, FRCS standards, and OT implementation guidance • Support RMF, STIG compliance, vulnerability remediation, and secure system integration • Provide operator familiarization, technical training, system turnover support, and sustainment guidance • Develop and maintain project documentation, engineering packages, test reports, training materials, lessons learned, and operational procedures

🎯 Requirements

• Current/active Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain one • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operational Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline; equivalent experience may be substituted for education • CompTIA Security+ certification required • Minimum five (5) years of experience supporting OT, ICS, SCADA, BAS, FRCS, UMCS, utility metering, or industrial automation environments • Experience installing, integrating, configuring, and supporting PLCs, RTUs, metering systems, SCADA platforms, BAS solutions, and OT networks • Experience conducting site surveys, infrastructure assessments, requirements analysis, and engineering documentation development • Experience developing engineering drawings, network diagrams, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, and installation packages • Experience supporting field deployments and working directly with customers, facility personnel, vendors, and project stakeholders • Knowledge of OT networking, communications protocols, and system integration methodologies • Ability to travel frequently throughout CONUS and OCONUS locations • Sitting for extended periods • Standing and walking throughout industrial, utility, and facility environments • Ability to lift and carry equipment up to 40 pounds • Ability to climb ladders and access rooftops, utility spaces, mechanical rooms, and control facilities • Ability to work in data centers, utility plants, industrial facilities, and operational environments • Desired: Army Metering Programs, FRCS modernization, Installation Energy Programs, Utility Monitoring Programs, or similar Army OT initiatives • Desired: Niagara Framework, WebCTRL, Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric EcoStruxure, Siemens Desigo, Tridium, Honeywell, or similar OT platforms • Desired: enterprise OT architectures and centralized management platforms • Desired: NIST SP 800-82, RMF, STIG, Zero Trust, and OT cybersecurity best practices • Desired: cybersecurity assessments, security controls, and ATO activities • Desired: migration plans and large-scale OT modernization and technology refresh initiatives • Desired: cloud-hosted OT architectures, enterprise data repositories, analytics platforms, and centralized monitoring solutions • Desired: utility metering and electrical, gas, water, steam, and thermal energy monitoring integration • Desired: energy management systems, smart building technologies, and facility automation concepts • Desired certifications: PMP, CompTIA SecurityX or CISSP, GICSP, CSSA, ISA/IEC 62443, NCP, vendor-specific BAS/SCADA/PLC/OT certifications, or Microsoft/Cisco/industrial networking certifications

🏖️ Benefits

• 2024 Military Friendly Employer recognition and support for active-duty and veteran employees • Travel by land and air transportation up to 50% as required for the role