Job Description

Under the general direction of the Manager, is responsible for activities related to development, maintenance and enhancements of supported business applications. Assignments typically include applications analysis, design, development, integration, unit testing, and implementation activities in compliance with established department and corporate policies, procedures and methods. Works with vendors and service providers to insure stability and reliability of associated systems.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Develops and maintains application systems to ensure timely access to accurate, real-time data. 
• Maintains enterprise application programs for internal and external ISO workflow and control functions.
• Develops and implements unit tests and code review processes related to all supported applications.
• Creates and maintains documentation and procedures related to the maintenance and operation of application systems.
• Develops specifications and procures new applications that support ISO internal and external users.
• Coordinates with various departments to support changes or additions to applications in accordance with ISO Change Management policies and procedures. 
• Interacts with vendor staff in the implementation of new systems and modifications to existing business applications.
• Analyzes, supports, and resolves real-time computer hardware, software and database issues in a time sensitive -environment. 

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.

Amount of Experience:

Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience:

Experienced in all areas of software engineering including design, development, analysis and data modeling.

Experience implementing Java/J2EE Technologies.

Experience with SQL, PL/SQL and Oracle technologies.

Experience with Source Control Systems ( bitbucket/Git), automated tests and continuous integration & Deployment (CI & CD)

Design techniques such as Domain-Driven Design, Design by Contract, and Domain Specific Languages. Designing object-oriented components and coding algorithms.

Familiarity with waterfall, Agile methodologies.

Development and production implementation experience with spring, Kafka and/or Active MQ highly desired.

Experience in any of the following development technologies is strongly desired:

• Java frameworks (Hibernate, spring)
• Web Application Servers (JBoss, Spring boot)
• SOA (ESB, Web Services) and Application/Web Services Security Design Patterns
• Testing Tools (SOAP UI)
• Testing Frameworks (JUnit, jMock, Selenium)

Additional Skills and Abilities:

Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member.  Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail.  Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills.  Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential.  Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations.  Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority. 

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Under the general direction of the Director, provides technical and strategic expertise on development of market structure and design, makes internal process recommendations for addressing market design flaws, and shapes market design that meets the challenges of the grid today and for the future. Performs complex analyses of industry trends and serves as an economic advisor to department and ISO leadership. Prepares and makes presentations to department and ISO leadership. May advise and present to the CAISO Board of Governors, Market Surveillance Committee, EIM Governing Body, Body of State Regulators, Regional Issues Forum, CAISO Enterprise Board, and other ISO governance forums as requested and/or required.  

What you will be doing:

• Provides technical and strategic expertise on continual development of market structure and design thereby shaping wholesale electricity market design that meets challenges associated with the grid today and for the future. Contributes to regulatory filings.
• Performs complex analyses of industry trends and contributes to a state of the regional energy markets report. Serves as an economic advisor to department and ISO leadership. May advise the Board of Governors, EIM Governing Body, and other ISO governing bodies as required on economic and market issues affecting the performance, market design, and viability of the ISO markets and potential impacts on regional reliability.
• Evaluates the design and operations of other restructured electricity markets and the applicability to the CAISO markets.  Recommends internal process changes and enhancements for addressing potential market design flaws.
• Prepares and makes presentations to department and ISO Leadership. May present to the EIM Governing Body, CAISO Enterprise Board and stakeholders as required.  Builds, maintains and leverages relationships with peers of customers.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Economics or related technical field. Ph.D. preferred.

Amount of Experience:

• Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) or more years related experience.

Certifications:

• None

Type of Experience:

• Energy industry experience, particularly with restructured electricity markets strongly preferred.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member.
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail.  Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential. 
• Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations. 
• Self-motivated, problem-solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority. 

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PRIMARY PURPOSE:

Under the general direction of the Manager, drives positive change across the organization, delivering enterprise processes, standards, tools and training to enable process innovation. As a process design expert, ensures processes and tools are lightweight, reusable and accessible creating an organization that is efficient, flexible, and agile, and designs enterprise-wide quality improvement programs and designs measures for key results throughout the business to distinguish the California ISO as an industry leader. Leads the development and rollout of enterprise process training for organization wide change management and ensures compliance with policies and recommends policy and process changes to foster innovation while maintaining regulatory compliance and quality.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Owns the Continuous Improvement (CI) framework, leads prioritization activities for process changes and multi-faceted projects for CIs based on strategic value and business case. Leads cross-departmental efforts to ensure the planning, monitoring and timely completion of CIs and related milestones to deliver organizational quality improvements. Provides technical and analytical guidance to project teams, adequacy/sufficiency of controls and adherence to quality standards and review of project deliverables. Define requirements and lead configuration for MS Project, schedule templates, SharePoint structure, tracking metadata, and other Portfolio and Project Management tools.                       
• Responsible for the Software Development LifeCycle (SDLC) and Project LifeCycle (PLC) methodologies, processes and procedures, introducing efficiencies for the effective delivery of ISO projects, and stakeholder engagement for modernizing the implementation, and maintenance of the SDLC/PLC methodology. Responsible for establishing a blend of Waterfall, Agile and other SDLC methodologies for the different types of project scope. Defines documentation and guidelines for technical and other ISO support staff for the use and maintenance of Project Server, including reports and troubleshooting. Ensures support and training materials are available for all levels of Microsoft Project users. Proactively communicates and provides feedback, recommendations, project data, and data analysis to decision makers to support portfolio planning and prioritization.        
   
• Leads the development and modernization of business process and Continuous Improvement (CI) programs.  Drives positive change across the organization to ensure alignment between process owners and document processes and serves as a change agent to effect the ISO’s commitment to excellence in execution. Responsible for robust stakeholder analysis, change management and communication of CI changes to affected teams. Prepares relevant role-driven Computer-Based-Training content for effective adoption of organizational process improvements. Provides business process planning and design expertise as part of the PLC by collaborating with project teams from initial impact assessment through production readiness assessment. Proactively assesses the sufficiency of business process controls and performance measures.
   
• As an expert in SDLC, leads the Project Process Quality Assurance program, ensuring projects adhere to ISO project lifecycle standards and creating management awareness for any deviations. Owns corporate policy management and maintenance, leading timely review cycles and assuring progress reporting for management. Oversees enterprise-wide Business Process models and process structure in related tools. Manages the process repository including diagrams, documents, other files, and all related metadata.
   
• Provides guidance, sets daily work assignment priorities for staff as needed.  Identifies staffing needs and mentors, coaches and trains staff to optimize the team.  Provides feedback to management regarding staff performance in support of the performance evaluation process.  May participate in department hiring activities such as interviewing and providing feedback on candidates' technical qualifications.
   
• May function as a Department Manager and is accountable to Manager for actions taken in Manager's absence. May be granted additional supervisory authority based on department needs and/or consistent with departmental succession planning.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering, Computer Science, Project or Program Management or related field. Master Degree preferred.

Amount of Experience:

Equivalent years of education and training, plus six (6) or more years related experience.

Certifications:

Project Management or Agile certifications desirable

Type of Experience:

Proven experience in

1. Defining, implementing and maintaining Project Management and Software Development processes and procedures for delivery of complex systems.
2. Managing delivery in various software development lifecycle methodologies (waterfall, agile, etc.).
3. Maintaining Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint.
4. Defining resource forecasting models and Project Server reports.
5. Process modeling, metric development, and process improvement methodologies.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

Demonstrates fundamental leadership skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment as a leader, facilitator and team member.  Ability to provide practical and feasible solutions to problems, keeping multiple conflicting considerations into account. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills required. Excellent analytical skills are required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical materials and concepts in a non-technical manner.  Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work independently. Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite , Microsoft Project Server and Program Office processes. Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.

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Under the general direction of the Director, manages the day-to-day operations and staff responsible for company-wide infrastructure operations and risk management related to information security operations. Manages activities aimed at safeguarding the organization's information assets and ensuring the alignment of security measures with overarching business objectives and regulatory standards. Ensures adherence to NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements no. 18 (SSAE18), and related regulatory standards and frameworks. Responsible for maintaining the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of critical infrastructure and information systems. Oversees the planning and implementation of the enterprise IT systems, business operations and IT related facility defenses against security breaches and vulnerability issues and manages the administration of security policies, standards, and activities. Aligns strategies with operations-related business areas for the delivery and support of critical business solutions, balancing business needs and cost of ownership, while achieving customer satisfaction.  Ensures business solution roadmaps and IT activities achieve short and long-term ISO security objectives. Delivers feasible business solution roadmaps and proactive system management, oversees strategic software vendor relationships related to security, and guides the implementation and continuous improvement of our security posture. Responsible for the overall success of Information Security Operations and related business solutions.

What You Will Be Doing: 

• Manages the day-to-day for the information security operations and staff.  Responsible for providing broad direction and guidance, identifies training needs, coaches and gives feedback on employee performance, develops staff performance plans, makes recommendations with respect to the hiring, firing, advancement, promotion or any other change in the status of direct reports, and performs related activities as appropriate.
• Provides expert consultation on IT risks and compliance standards. Reviews existing security risks and challenges, implements and enforces risk management processes and common control frameworks, and executes incident management processes. Develops a proactive threat intelligence strategy and oversees the incident response process. Collaborates with cybersecurity organizations globally and conducts regular threat assessments. Participates in the development, maintenance and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans, procedures, audits and ongoing enhancements. Acts a liaison with business partners to ensure interfaces between entities are secured and managed consistent with applicable laws, policies, standards, guidelines and best practices.
• Manages strategic customer relationships and collaborates on strategic planning of service level agreements. Identify opportunities for process improvement, innovations and technology solutions to advance business capabilities. Creates, implements, and ensures compliance with policies and frameworks for the overall monitoring and management of staff, processes, and system performance to meet department and CAISO objectives. Provides leadership and removes obstacles to achieve successful planning and delivery of quality, cost-effective business solutions and innovations. Fosters and oversees strategic relationships with internal and external partners, including government agencies, business vendors, and partner organizations, for the effective implementation of security and privacy policies.
• Develops and implements short and long-term strategies and objectives ensuring alignment with the objectives of the ISO in comprehensive cybersecurity operations and intelligence management. Leads strategic security planning, prioritizes defense initiatives, coordinates the management of current and future security technologies and communicates enterprise-level security strategies and plans across all levels of the organization.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining a comprehensive Identity Management (IDM) framework, ensuring access is aligned with roles and responsibilities. Develops policies for identity verification, access granting, and monitoring. Oversees continuous monitoring for security breaches or anomalies using advanced SIEM tools and develops an Information Security Operations Center (ISOC) for 24/7 surveillance and response. Monitors and assesses security vulnerabilities and configurations of cyber assets and conducts in-depth security analyses, stays informed on cybersecurity trends, and prepares security reports for executive management. Maintains knowledge of Federal and State laws, regulations, and industry best practices in information security. Oversees and provides direction for proactive critical system management and monitoring to ensure secure, reliable, available, and high performing systems.  

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering, Computer Science or related field. Master’s degree preferred.

Amount of Experience:

Equivalent years of education and training, plus ten (10) or more years related experience, including five (5) or more as a lead or equivalent.

Certifications:

ITIL technical certifications desired. CISA, CISM, CISSP or CIPP desired.

Type of Experience:

Management experience desired.  Experience with one or more of the following: IT strategic planning and management, system management of real-time systems, system development, business management, customer relationship management, vendor management.  Thorough knowledge of ISO operations and systems.  Experience working within NERC / CIP, NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and related standards and frameworks as they apply to information security.  Knowledge of U.S. Federal Laws and regulations.  Experience in field of Information Assurance Information Security.  Thorough knowledge of software development life cycle methodologies related to information security.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

Ability to think strategically and devise solutions to problems in keeping with multiple considerations. Excellent leadership and management abilities with experience coaching and developing others. Must demonstrate sound judgment and critical thinking when making decisions.  Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as team leader, facilitator and team member.  Strong analytical and quantitative skills required.  Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex materials and concepts. Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work well independently. 

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Under the general direction of the Manager, works on moderately complex engineering projects and provides engineering support to real-time grid operations and market operations for the California ISO.  Primarily responsible for establishing and updating the operating limits to the Grid, documenting the associated operating procedures to support the safe and reliable operation of the system and modeling the market impacts of transmission constraints.  Participates in the development of ISO policies and methodologies associated with the reliable operation of the transmission grid and the efficient operation of the ISO market.  

What's In it for You

Our purpose is to lead the way to tomorrow's energy network. Make a difference and impact millions of people who depend on electricity in their everyday lives.

• You get to work on interesting and challenging assignments that will help grow your skill set.
• You will work in an extremely collaborative environment inside our LEED certified Folsom, California campus.
• You will be challenged, be a part of a winning team, and your contributions will be rewarded and recognized.

What You Will Be Doing

• Supports and assists in the development and documentation of operating requirements and instructions in the outage plans and operating procedures to adhere to the NERC Reliability Standards, other requirements in accordance with pre-established guidelines and system's physical limitations, as well as pre-existing policies, practices and procedures. Prepares and conducts operating studies and contingency analyses, including power flow, short circuit, stability, and post-transient analyses, to maintain reliable operation of the grid.  Ensures compliance with internal procedures and government regulations.
• Acts as a point of contact for Operations Engineering, providing direct feedback to daily operational matters.  Attends operations planning meetings to communicate current day plan and the next day plan as required. 
• Models transmission constraints in the ISO market to ensure efficient market operations as well as reliable grip operations. Provides engineering support on model validation and abnormal market price investigations.
• Provides operations engineering support to ISO Divisions, and Departments as appropriate.  Provides specific and essential details relating to the ISO controlled grid and the control area to ISO management.
• May represent ISO Operations Engineering interests in applicable WECC and related committees, work groups, and other industry and/or public forums as assigned.  Compiles, analyzes, and submits data and reports in compliance with external standards and requirements.
• Assists in developing, implementing and documenting automated computer programs, and other advanced analysis methods, to allow for comprehensive monitoring of operational performance of the transmission system and detection of transmission system problems.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline

• A Bachelor's degree (BA,BS) in Electrical Engineering with a curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering.

Amount of Experience

• Equivalent years of education and training, plus two (2) years or more of related experience.

Certifications

• NERC Reliability Authority (or System Operator) Certification desired. Professional Engineer License desired.

Type of Experience

• Experience conducting simulation and analytical studies of electric power systems including harmonic, transient, stability, and load flow analysis required. 
• Knowledgeable with simulation programs such as EMTP, PSCAD/EMTDC, PSS/E, GE PSLF, and SuperHarm desired.  
• Familiarity with California Electric System or other portions of the WECC system desired.

Electric utility industry experience including emphasis in any combination of the following required: 

• Operations
• Planning
• Electricity Market
• Renewable Integration
• Smart Grid
• Design
• Maintenance
• Construction
• Protection Relays
• Energy Management Systems
• Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Systems

Additional skills and abilities

• Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail.
• Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgement and decision-making skills
• Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential.
• Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations
• Problem solving skills with the ability to influence others without direct authority
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member.
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including Project, Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

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PRIMARY PURPOSE:

Under the general direction of the Manager, acts as a primary point of contact for transactional issues between the ISO and its Stakeholders/Customers addressing issues that may range from real time operational issues to settlement and dispute inquiries.  Initiates and coordinates resolution to business issues related to business operations, market transactions, ISO contracts, scheduling, real time operations, metering, settlements, ISO Tariff compliance, and information technology.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Serves as a primary point of contact for transactional issues between the ISO and its customers and stakeholders.  Provides customer care through phone support, issue management (CIDI), email, web inquiries and the Customer Support Desk/Real Time Operations.  Seeks to continuously improve customer phone management, CIDI management, self-help capability and communications including external change management communications and quality.  Supports the corporate strategic plan objectives of enhanced pro-active monitoring, improved responsiveness and quality of issue resolution, and identification and elimination of root causes of incoming issues.  Researches, analyzes, and coordinates resolution of customer’s market, business and operations issues with a focus on quality timely resolution.  Builds internal expertise on business processes and solutions and engages with SME’s as necessary.
   
• Provides support and continuously evolves and develops assigned areas of expertise.   Creates documentation, such as knowledge articles, for self-help capability and education of customers and stakeholders.  Responsible for overseeing the maintenance of issue management and knowledge management tools.  Accurately captures detailed subject matter expertise within assigned areasto provide customers with responses to complex questions and enable them to perform their business in accordance with ISO Tariff and Operating Procedures.  Proactively develops relationships and maintains a high standard of excellence in external and internal customer care.
   
• Develops and supports the evolution of the customer support model in collaboration with Account Managers.  Coordinates proactive outreach efforts, communications and issue resolution with Account Managers as required.  Monitors and refines Customer Service, Scheduling Coordinator and internal ISO business work flow and processes as they pertain to the business unit, to improve and enhance process efficiency.  Ensures department processes and procedures are accurately captured and followed.  Gathers information pertaining to issues and presents solutions to management to mitigate and maintain positive client relationships.
   
• Develops goals and action plans aligned to strategic initiatives to promote customer care within the company.  Oversees the activities of entry level Client Representatives and may direct the work of team members.  Participates in needs assessments, development and distribution of market notices to ensure accurate messaging and content. 

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in  Business, Engineering, Political Science or related field.

Amount of Experience:

Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience:

Client representative and customer service experience required.  In-depth knowledge of one of the following ISO/RTO areas required:  Market Design, Settlements, Grid Operations, Compliance or Metering.  Familiarity with ISO/RTO Operations, Settlements Policies and Procedures.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member.  Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail.  Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills.  Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential.  Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations.  Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.  Proficiency in computer applications such as MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).  Ability to effectively use databases.  Ability to quickly assimilate new information and grasp complex market interactions and interdependencies.  

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Under the general direction of the Manager of Transmission Assets, works on complex engineering assignments provides expertise in support of Transmission Asset activities.  Ensures the ISO is in compliance with the Transmission Control Agreement (TCA) and is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the ISO Transmission Maintenance Standards with respect to transmission facility (stations and associated equipment) maintenance.  Partners with the lead engineer to administer the Transmission Register and works with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the TR data is accurate.  Supports the ISO planning process phase three competitive solicitation process.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the ISO Transmission Maintenance Standards.  Conducts maintenance reviews of each PTO’s maintenance records and facilities.  Analyzes results from the annual maintenance reviews, standard maintenance reporting system, and availability measures to identify any positive or negative trending, and makes appropriate recommendations to the ISO and PTOs that will result in overall improvements to grid reliability.
• Provides the primary administrative functions for the Transmission Register (TR) for internal and external stakeholders. 
• Provides transmission line expertise and joint oversight in implementing the CAISO Transmission Planning Process Phase III competitive solicitation process. 
• Partners with and supports the Regional Transmission Engineering, Grid Operations, and others within the ISO to understand and resolve identified transmission facility related issues.  Trains and mentors others concerning transmission facilities and their function.  Resolves transmission facility maintenance related stakeholder issues.
• In partnership with the lead transmission assets engineers, identifies areas to improve the functionality of the group and the overall department.  Actively participates in staff meetings, and identifies improvements to department practices, policies and processes. 
• Ensures compliance with FERC, NERC and other regulatory requirements relating to transmission maintenance.  Responsible for transmission facility compliance reporting requirements.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) required in Engineering. Focus on electrical power systems preferred. 

Amount of Experience:

•  Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience:

• Experience in high voltage Transmission Facility Equipment and Transmission Facility Maintenance or directly related experience. 
• Experience with California or other WECC transmission grid desired.  
• Experience in evaluating and reviewing technical proposals. 
• Must be proficient in standard office computer applications including MS Word, MS Access and MS Excel. 
• Experience or ability to learn and use other software applications including GIS mapping software applications desired

Additional Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the Transmission Control Agreement, ISO Tariff, and policy issues concerning transmission facility maintenance. 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to perform effectively in high-pressure situations while maintaining focus and calmness.
• Ability to provide timely professional assessments with limited information and/or assumptions, and to confidently act on decisions. 
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as a facilitator and team member. 
• Excellent analytical, presentation, written, and verbal communications skills required. 
• Must be able to explain technical information to non-technical audiences. 
• Ability to understand diverse interests and negotiate with interested stakeholders to meet corporate objectives is also required. 
• Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work well independently.

Typical Working Conditions:

• The position requires travel within the ISO’s footprint 5 to 7 times a year to inspect transmission lines and associated equipment.

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Under the general direction of the Manager, Transmission Assets, works on complex engineering assignments and provides expertise in support of Transmission Asset activities.  Ensures the ISO is in compliance with the Transmission Control Agreement (TCA) and is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the ISO Transmission Maintenance Standards with respect to transmission facility (stations and associated equipment) maintenance.  Partners with lead engineer to administer the Transmission Register and works with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the TR data is accurate.  Supports the ISO planning process phase three competitive solicitation process.

What's In It For You?

• An opportunity to work on interesting and challenging assignments involving the operations, maintenance, and planning of the California ISO controlled transmission system.
• You will play a key role in the strategic vision of the California ISO.
• Join an innovative organization that is working hard at keeping its reputation as a leader in the energy industry!

Your Work Would Consist Of:

• Responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the ISO Transmission Maintenance Standards.  Conducts maintenance reviews of each PTO’s maintenance records and facilities.  Analyzes results from the annual maintenance reviews, standard maintenance reporting system, and availability measures to identify any positive or negative trending, and makes appropriate recommendations to the ISO and PTOs that will result in overall improvements to grid reliability.
• Reviews and approves equipment rating entries for the Transmission Register (TR) for internal and external stakeholders. 
• Provides substation expertise and joint oversight in implementing the ISO Transmission Planning Process Phase III competitive solicitation process. 
• Partners with and supports the Regional Transmission Engineering, Grid Operations, and others within the ISO to understand and resolve identified transmission facility related issues.  Trains and mentors others concerning transmission facilities and their function.  Resolves transmission facility maintenance related stakeholder issues.
• In partnership with the lead transmission assets engineers, identifies areas to improve the functionality of the group and the overall department.  Actively participates in staff meetings, and identifies improvements to department practices, policies and processes.
• Ensures compliance with FERC, NERC and other regulatory requirements relating to transmission maintenance.  Responsible for transmission facility compliance reporting requirements.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) required in Engineering. Focus on Electrical Power Systems preferred. 

Amount of Experience:

• Five (5) or more years related experience.

Certifications:

•     California Professional Engineering license preferred.

Type of Experience

• Experience in high voltage Transmission Facility Equipment and Transmission Facility Maintenance or directly related experience. 
• Experience with California or other WECC transmission grid highly desired.  
• Experience in evaluating and reviewing technical proposals. 
• Must be proficient in standard office computer applications including MS Word, MS Access and MS Excel. 
• Experience or ability to learn and use other software applications including GIS mapping software applications desired

Additional skills and abilities:

• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the Transmission Control Agreement, ISO Tariff, and policy issues concerning transmission facility maintenance. 
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to perform effectively in high-pressure situations while maintaining focus and calmness.
• Ability to provide timely professional assessments with limited information and/or assumptions, and to confidently act on decisions. 
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as a facilitator and team member. 
• Excellent analytical, presentation, written, and verbal communications skills required. 
• Must be able to explain technical information to non-technical audiences. 
• Ability to understand diverse interests and negotiate with interested stakeholders to meet corporate objectives is also required. 
• Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work well independently.

Typical Working Conditions:

• The position requires travel within the ISO’s footprint 3 to 7 times a year to inspect substation and high voltage equipment. 

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Under the general direction of the Executive Director, acts as a technical expert responsible for developing business requirements for planned market design changes. Leads the business impact assessment of multi-disciplinary and cross-departmental initiatives. Reviews market designs to ensure they are consistent with business unit needs.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Acts as a technical expert to develop business requirements across the entire market timeline by translating market design elements into business requirements for software development. Applies expert-level understanding of west-wide energy markets, the ISO tariff, ISO market policy, energy software systems, and ISO business practice manuals.
• Utilizes power systems expertise to represent the complex needs of the ISO business and translates those into functional requirements and technical specifications.
• Participates in core design team efforts with other ISO senior staff for new initiatives. Reviews and provides feedback on initial designs to solve complex market problems.
• Provides technical leadership and mentors other staff members to share knowledge, skills, subject matter expertise, and broad experience.
• Represents the ISO at various industry and stakeholder events. Leads discussions and trains others on systems that support market design.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) required in Engineering, Economics or closely related technical field. Advanced degree preferred.

Amount of Experience:

Ten (10) or more years related experience, including five (5) or more as a lead or equivalent.

Type of Experience:

Experience developing business requirements for regional electrical markets, power flow analysis, power system operations, advanced network applications, and mathematical optimization methods to solve power systems problems is preferred.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

Ability to think strategically and devise solutions to problems in keeping with multiple considerations. Excellent leadership abilities with experience coaching and developing others. Must demonstrate sound judgment and critical thinking when making decisions. Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as team leader, facilitator and team member.  Strong analytical and quantitative skills required. Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex materials and concepts. Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work well independently. 

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Under the general direction of the Manager, the market monitor conducts applied economic analysis and reporting on overall market performance and efficiency, the impact of proposed revisions to market rules, and market participant behavior. Develops and evaluates appropriate options for preventing or resolving potential market design problems, inefficiencies, gaming, market manipulation or non-compliance with market rules.    

What You Will Be Doing:

• Monitors and analyzes market performance, market participant behavior and compliance with market rules.
• Designs and calculates indices for monitoring market performance and market participant behavior.
• Assists in the design, development and management of surveillance and monitoring systems used in identifying, analyzing and investigating market performance, efficiency, participant behavior and compliance with market rules.
• Conducts economic analysis related to market design issues.
• Investigates market performance, behavior and design issues and creates special analytical reports as needed.
• Reviews and analyzes variable, fixed, and opportunity costs of electric generation resources.
• Reviews proposed tariff provisions and other market design elements with a focus on improving market design, enhancing market efficiency, and preventing opportunities for market gaming and abusive market behavior.
• Investigates potential instances of market gaming, or non-compliance with the ISO tariff, regulatory contracts, and other market rules.
• Prepares and analyzes data queries, reports, charts and slide presentations to support special studies, investigations, board meetings, and regulatory filings and proceedings.
• Provides guidance and expertise to other staff within the department.
• Maintains a highly secure and protected market investigation process.
• Attends business meetings, and collaborates with colleagues to develop “best practices", and to identify and resolve issues to help create a flexible and efficient organization.
• Performs related duties and activities as appropriate.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Economics, Operations Research, Business, or related technical field. Master’s (MS, MA, or MBA) or Ph.D. degree highly preferred.

Amount of Experience

Equivalent years of education and training, plus two (2) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience

Experience in one or more of the following areas: applied economic analysis, statistical analysis, industrial organization, market performance monitoring, utility operations and planning, energy trading, regulatory or policy analysis. Experience with data verification, large data sets, computer modeling, programming techniques and analysis of electricity and fuel market performance is helpful. Demonstrated skills directly related to or transferable to market monitoring. Familiarity with the analysis of electric market operations and performance, and/or design and operation of California or other Western energy markets desirable. Working knowledge of SAS and SQL queries and SQL database formats, Python, as well as other analytical computer skills (e.g. Excel).

Other

Motivated intellectually curious team player with a growth mindset.  Effective communicator of complex ideas and analysis verbally, in documented form (Word) and presentation form (Power Point).

Strong quantitative skills with a strong emphasis on statistical analysis.  Experience or familiarity in working with and analyzing large data sets. Ability to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member.  Must have excellent multi-tasking, critical thinking, decision-making, and interpersonal skills.  Excellent written and verbal communication and analytical skills required.

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Job Description

The person in this position serves as subject matter expert and technical lead within the PSTD department. Supports highly complex power system analytical assignments, leads technical discussions and implementation of software developments based on the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology, including development/reviewing/approving functional and non-functional business requirements, software design, test plans, and integration plans for both electricity market systems and advanced power systems applications. Ensures test cases for software changes are consistent with intended business requirements to minimize exposure to any unintended business consequences. Acts as project lead to implement policy changes and Operational enhancements initiatives. Maintain good relationships with other internal departments and with associated software vendors as appropriate to implement software changes in efficient and team spirit manner. Leads analysis of highly complex technical issues and business rules and presents results to other ISO's departments and external market participants in conferences, workshops, market simulations calls, and other internal and external stakeholder meetings as required to implement new market design policies, and new market and advanced power systems applications enhancements.

What's In it for You

Our purpose is to lead the way to tomorrow's energy network. Make a difference and impact millions of people who depend on electricity in their everyday lives.

• You get to work on interesting and challenging assignments that will help grow your skill set.
• You will work in an extremely collaborative environment inside our LEED certified Folsom, California campus.
• You will be challenged, be a part of a winning team, and your contributions will be rewarded and recognized.

 What You Will Be Doing

• Leads project implementation teams to enable successful implementation of key projects and initiatives from inception to production delivery. Partners with project teams including project management office, policy, legal, and other ISO's operations business units, ensuring software development lifecycle of complex power systems software applications are successfully implemented based on industry best practices and SDLC methodology.
• Performs and leads teams performing complex mathematical and engineering analysis of market software and advanced power systems applications results to determine optimality of solutions with respect to incurred cost and impact on reliability of the power system grid.
• Performs and leads duties needed to supplement designing, testing, documenting, user training or other such activities associated with market applications, power system advanced applications, and other support legacy applications, including coordination with external market participants during market simulations, and responding to market participants disputes or inquiries when necessary.
• Ensures complete and accurate documentation of implemented application or modification is developed and maintained to provide permanent records or system component and backup material with focus on adherence to requirements and compatibility of all segments of the project including the quality of work done by others.
• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of policy issues and related matters, and works under minimum supervision. Anticipates, identifies and resolves implementation, design and integration-related problems or potential problems within assigned areas, and may propose solutions to such issues. May propose solutions to issues and problems outside of assigned areas of responsibility.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering with Power Systems emphasis or Economics with Energy Market focus.
• Master's Degree strongly preferred
• PhD preferred

Amount of Experience

• Equivalent years of education and training, plus six (6) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience

Level of Education

A Bachelor's degree required. Master's degree or PhD preferred

Discipline

Engineering, specifically in power systems.

Amount of Experience

Six (6) or more years experience.

Type of Experience

• Experience in optimization.
• Requires subject matter experience in three or more of the following areas: 
  • knowledge of power system industry structure and electric utility operations, preferably in a similar ISO with market design or operation background
  • computer techniques for power systems analysis
  • power system operations, control, and planning, real-time power systems applications
  • advanced network applications such as voltage and dynamic stability analysis applications of mathematical optimization methods to solve power systems problems
  • common information model (CIM) and extension to market data
  • relational database and SQL language
  • software tools and programming concepts
  • In addition, knowledge of regulatory and economic analyses is preferred.

Additional skills and abilities

• Demonstrates fundamental leadership skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment as team leader, facilitator and team member.  
• Ability to think technically and provide practical and feasible solutions to problems, keeping multiple conflicting considerations into account. 
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills required. 
• Excellent analytical skills are required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical materials and concepts. 
• Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work independently with minimal supervision. 
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite. 
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.  
• Must be able to lead technical discussions.

Additional details

Excellent mathematical analytical skills are required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical materials and concepts. Ability to think technically and practically to develop feasible solutions to problems keeping multiple conflicting considerations into account.

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Under the general direction of the Manager, supports the power system forecast development for California ISO and EIM system loads, renewable resource forecasting, distributed resources, uncertainty requirements, and ancillary services. Analyzes Numerical Weather Prediction Models and translates forecasted information to daily ISO/EIM needs for renewable and load forecasting. Provides input to enhance and support required data and neural network modeling to continuously improve forecasting at the ISO.  Tracks, evaluates, and registers new variable energy resources to ensure the onboarding process for new variable energy resources is robust and efficient.  Acts as project coordinator in the design, analysis, and testing of forecast accuracy.

What You Will Be Doing: 

• Uses statistical methods to collect and organize load, weather, and renewable resource data. Gathers and interprets various meteorological data to formulate short and medium-range forecasts critical to the Bulk Electric System for the ISO and EIM entities. Validates and improves the accuracy of daily load (including weather inputs affecting load), wind, solar, distributed resources, and uncertainty requirement forecasts. Provides meteorological insight and forecasting support to CAISO and WEIM BAA Operators and other internal groups as necessary. Identifies and alerts Operations division to meteorological events capable of jeopardizing system reliability.
• Monitors, analyzes, and reports on forecasting results, including performance, quality, efficiency, and effectiveness. Monitors and detects emerging forecasting trends. Participates in identifying root causes of forecast design gaps leading to inefficiency. Provides technical, analytical, and reporting services to internal business units and external entities. Works to improve streamlining and automating the forecasting monitoring and reporting processes.
• Improves methods and procedures for collecting and processing demand, energy, weather, and economic data by analyzing historical and forecasted electric demand, generation, and energy trends and related data. Creates, maintains, and analyzes databases housing historic real-time, hourly, and daily loads, weather, renewable resources, renewable generator outages, economic, demographic, and other pertinent data. Evaluates potential inefficiencies in current procedures and recommends improvements.
• Partners with senior staff to develop hypotheses to improve forecasting accuracy for load, renewables, and uncertainty products. Uses software to retrain the neural network model and/or other modeling methods to prove or disprove forecast hypotheses and analyzes the results. In conjunction with peers, researches, develops, and creates plans to enhance short term load forecast, wind forecast, solar forecast, uncertainty requirements, and other energy models through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques. Develops and works with senior staff to implement new forecasting tools and interfaces using computer programming.
• Provides technical analysis and coordination on all aspects of onboarding and validating variable energy resources to ensure timely, accurate and consistent detailed short-term wind and solar forecasts are used in the real-time and day-ahead markets. Provides technical analysis and coordination on all aspects of uncertainty requirements to ensure timely, accurate, and consistent requirements are available to operations and used in the real-time and day-ahead markets.
• Assists with policy issues and related matters. May propose solutions to issues and problems within assigned areas of responsibility. Acts as a project coordinator in the design, definition, testing, documentation, implementation and support of forecast applications. Coordinates project efforts of ISO business units, vendors, market participants, and others as appropriate.

Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Atmospheric Science/Meteorology, Statistics, Math, Computer Science, Economics, Data Science, Engineering or closely related field. An advanced degree (MS or PhD) is preferred.

Amount of Experience:

• Equivalent years of education and training, plus two (2) or more years related experience.

Type of Experience:

• Experience in short or long term (load, wind, and/or solar generation) forecasting utilizing neural networks, and model optimization techniques (electric industry experience with utilities or ISO preferred).
• Experience with meteorological forecasting for the Western United States, numerical weather prediction models, analyzing uncertainty within weather conditions, and communicating uncertainty.
• Experience using neural network, analytical, and/or optimization techniques from one of the following disciplines: statistics, probabilities, economics, or decision analysis.
• Experience with data management, data warehousing, data querying, and use of databases (SQL, MS-Access, MS-Excel, etc.) required.
• Experience with the application of statistics, advanced mathematics, simulation, software development, and data modeling to integrate and clean data, recognize patterns, address uncertainty, pose questions, and make discoveries.
• Experience with statistics, economic and demographic impacts on loads, energy management, and generator operation/characteristics desired.
• Knowledge of Balancing Authority operational requirements (i.e., operating reserve requirements) desired.
• Knowledge of EMS and SCADA data acquisition functions and PI Historian archiving processes desired.
• Experience with software or hardware systems a plus.  

One or a combination of the following is required: 

• Forecasting Weather, Load and/or Renewable Resources
• Power systems
• PI Historian real-time systems
• Market operations
• Web services
• Experience in one or more of the following programming languages is desired: SQL/Oracle, R-Studio, Python, VBA, or similar.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

• Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail.  Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgment and decision-making skills.  Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills are also essential.  Must be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations.  Problem solving skills with the ability to influence others without direct authority. Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member.  Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.  Strong skills in the application of mathematics, statistics, and probabilities, with the ability to factor human behaviors into forecasts

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