Job Title: Operational Technology Cyber Security Analyst 2
Department: Research and Development - Grid Visualization and Analytics Innovation Center
Work Location: Alabama Power Company (APC) HQ, 600 N 18th St, Birmingham, AL 35203 (Hybrid)
Schedule: Hybrid (2-3 days in office per week)
Estimated Duration: 5 years Research & Development Cybersecurity Engineer 2 Job Description- This position supports the Schatz Grid Visualization and Analytics Center (SGVAC) within Southern Company's Research & Development department.
- The SGVAC is an innovation center that facilitates the research, pre-operational development and assessment and demonstration of situational awareness technologies for Transmission and Distribution.
- Areas of focus include synchrophasor technology, next generation control center functionalities, cyber security testing, new visualization approaches, DERMS platform evaluation, data analytics, as well as modeling and simulation, including via a Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) with hardware-in-the-loop testing capability.
Position Overview: - This position provides support to the Grid Operations and Planning Research area within Southern Company's Research & Development (R&D).
- The Engineer will support projects and, in time, lead efforts to deploy and evaluate the performance of emerging technologies in this arena.
- The position is focused on cyber-physical security research for Transmission and Distribution. The Engineer will support cyber-physical security projects with power system and cyber modeling, simulation, and analyses to identify and characterize threats and vulnerabilities and develop mitigation approaches.
- Data from various sources and analytics tools will be leveraged to develop models to characterize normal power system and cyber data to facilitate the identification of anomalous events.
Job Duties: - Develop research plan to evaluate new technology.
- Manage multiple tasks at one time.
- Provide documentation of study assumptions and methods used to arrive at results.
- Provide informative reports and presentations on projects.
Qualifications: - Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering / EE, Computer Science, or other related fields strongly preferred.
- Experience in cybersecurity, including cyber security modeling and simulation.
- Experience in power system modeling and simulation.
- Experience with computer programming (Python, C#, SQL) desired.
Other Skills & Abilities: - Must demonstrate good communication skills, both internal and external to the company.
- Must have excellent organizational skills.
- Must possess analytical skills as well as the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Must work well in a team environment.
- Must have the ability to manage your own work schedule and work with limited direction.
- Must have strong initiative – a self-starter.
- Must be great at problem solving.
Work Location / Arrangement: - Primary work location is in the Alabama Power Company (APC) Headquarters Building, 600 North 18th Street, Birmingham, AL, 35203.
- Candidate will work in a hybrid work arrangement reporting in-person/in-office at least 3 days per week (12 days a month).
Hybrid - Greater Birmingham, AL Area