The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the independent grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others.  In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of  its  employees, and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

Relocation Assistance is available.

We are seeking a regulatory attorney for a Counsel or Senior Counsel position (depending on experience), to represent the California ISO in regulatory and legal proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state public utilities commissions, federal and state courts, and other agencies.  The Regulatory Counsel/Senior Counsel provides legal advice to business units regarding compliance with the ISO tariff, federal and state regulations and laws, and reliability standards.  This position supports work to shape the future of the electrical energy industry and includes advising internal clients to further the ISO’s strategic objectives, including:

• Enhance the wholesale electricity markets to support reliable grid operations in a rapidly changing environment 
• Promote policies and planning rules to provide for the efficient development, retention, and dispatch of an optimal fleet of transmission and distribution connected resources
• Undertake transmission planning and support infrastructure development
• Develop resource adequacy strategies and enhancements 
• Enable new resource technologies and distributed energy resources to participate effectively in the ISO markets
• Decarbonize the electricity and transportation sectors
• Pursue operational, environmental, and cost benefits from a larger regional electric grid
• Accommodate new technologies that allow customers to  manage energy use efficiently

The Regulatory Counsel/Senior Counsel partners directly with internal clients, industry participants, and other stakeholders and manages the legal and administrative process to seek regulatory approval for ISO proposals and positions.

Why the ISO?

Each day we make a difference as we fulfill our critical mission to keep the lights on for millions of people, all the while leading the way to a decarbonized, reliable, and efficient grid. 

• You get to work on cutting edge  complex issues, interfacing with leaders throughout the industry through our open stakeholder process and regulatory proceedings
• You will work in an extremely collaborative environment with world-class industry leaders
• You will be challenged, be part of a winning team, and your contributions will be rewarded and recognized

 What You Will Be Doing

• Represent the ISO at various external groups and industry forums to promote policy consistent with the ISO's responsibilities and objectives
• Actively participate in internal policy development teams developing and evaluating proposals and providing regulatory guidance
• Evaluate and provide counsel regarding enhancements to the ISO’s markets to ensure efficient market operations, grid reliability, and achievement of corporate goals
• Identify technical and regulatory barriers and create solutions to integrate new resources and technologies into the ISO markets
•  Review FERC and public utility commission orders, prepare responsive documents, and implement plans to comply with regulatory rules and applicable laws
• Advise internal clients on tariff, FERC, Federal Power Act, and state regulatory issues
• Develop pleadings in various proceedings, including FERC and public utility commissions , tariff amendments, rulemakings, and other matters
• Represent the ISO in hearings, including public utility commission hearings, and other forum.
• Coordinate work assignments with outside counsel as appropriate
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop "best practices" policies and procedures, and to identify and resolve issues to help create a flexible and efficient organization
• Support transmission planning, generator interconnection, and resource adequacy efforts
• Advise on ratemaking issues
• Support tariff compliance

Level of Education

•  A Juris Doctorate degree (J.D.) is required.

Amount of Experience 

• Five (5) or more years related experience.

Certifications

• Must be a California licensed attorney in good standing, or able to register as in-house counsel in California.

Type of Experience 

• Energy regulatory experience, in particular experience with state public utility commissions and FERC
• Experience with ISO/RTO markets and tariffs, transmission planning, generator interconnection, ratemaking, and resource adequacy.
• Litigation and/or administrative hearing experience

Location

• Flexible Work Policy
• You will have the choice to work at our Folsom campus (1 or more days per week) or full-time remote work.
• Some travel will be required, as necessary, including at times to our headquarters in Folsom (if remote), Washington D.C., the California Public Utilities Commission, and other state agency offices.

 Other

• 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. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees, and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a remote work capacity, but requires the ability to commute in as needed.

Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, coordinates operations implementation of Bulk Electric System (BES) projects for the CAISO Transmission Operator (TOP), Balancing Authority (BA) and Reliability Coordinator (RC) areas.  Responsible for coordinating implementation plans from initial impact analysis through project implementation.  Responsible for ensuring Real Time Operations is situationally aware and prepared for impacts related to permanent changes to the BES.  Ensures BES project implementation is consistent with contractual obligations and ensures operations compliance with applicable mandatory reliability standards and Tariff requirements    

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

• Responsible for ensuring Real Time Operations readiness for BES project implementation in the CAISO TOP, BA and RC areas.  Collaborates closely with internal departments and external entities to identify project requirements and ensure potential impacts to Market and Real Time
• Leads the impact analysis with Market Operations, Real Time Operations, Operations Engineering and other subject matter experts.  Designs effective implementation plans, ensuring the operational needs are met.  Applies Operations subject matter expertise to ensure plans consider requirements for operator displays, procedures, training, and other system and tool updates which fall outside of the normal network model maintenance process.  Provides guidance and oversight of Real Time Operations and Operations Engineering User Acceptance Testing and Training.  
• Monitors BES project implementation process to ensure operations implementation is consistent with contractual obligations and applicable regulatory requirements.  Proactively identifies and escalates potential issues for resolution and develops post implementation corrective action plans and reports.  As needed, coordinates with others to develop and distribute release notes for Market Operators, Real Time Operators and Engineering to ensure situational awareness related to permanent changes to the BES.  Develops and maintains reports as needed.
• Advises other business units on the integration of complex projects, including but not limited to, new CAISO Balancing Authority PTOs, BA area, TOP area and RC area boundary changes, and new resource integration. Represents the ISO and presents information to external entities, provides subject matter expertise on ISO processes to customers.
• Supports operations NERC Self Certifications and Audits. Oversees Tariff controls development, review and maturity efforts.  Advises other Operations business units to develop processes, procedures and operational controls.   

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Operations Management, Engineering, Economics, Business, Project Management or related technical field. 
• Master Degree preferred.

Amount of Experience:

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

Type of Experience

• Experience with project coordination, creating plans, assimilating complex information from multiple sources and designing solutions.  
• Experience working in a matrixed role which routinely works across organizational boundaries.
• Practical knowledge of business process and procedure development and maintenance.
• Utility industry experience desirable.
• General knowledge of BES project processes to implement resources and transmission facilities.  
• General knowledge of Reliability Standards and Tariff.

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.
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

Relocation Assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, participates in developing programs to track, evaluate, implement, and promote forecasting model evolution including production modeling on Short Term Forecasting using Big Data, Machine Learning, Numerical Weather Prediction Models, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Networks.  Develops and enhances energy efficiency models, demand response models, and other energy models and incorporates their impacts to the Short Term Load Forecast.

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:

• Participates in the research, development, and implementation of new forecasting tools and interfaces. Assists with integrating and preparing large, varied datasets, specialized databases and computing environments, and communicating results. Collaborates on the enhancement of current or development of new tools using computer programming languages such as VBA, Python, Perl, etc. Evaluates potential inefficiencies in current procedures and proposes improvements.
• Develops and enhances energy efficiency models, demand response models, short term load forecast, wind forecast, solar forecast, and other energy models (i.e., plug in electric vehicles, distributive generation models) through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques.
• Coordinates and participates in Short Term Forecasting projects to implement new or enhanced features to production environments and/or applications.  
• Conducts post-analysis to evaluate forecast accuracy. Stays abreast of forecasting developments within the research community as it pertains to energy demand, uncertainty, weather, and renewable forecasting.

Level of Education and Discipline

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

Amount of Experience

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

Type of Experience

• Experience in Short or Long Term (Load, Wind, and/or Solar generation)forecasting using artificial neural network (ANN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), machine learning, and/or regression forecasting techniques.
• Open source project experiences that demonstrate programming, advanced mathematical, and machine learning abilities and interest.
• Experience showing 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 in data management and scientific application processing, including data warehousing, workflow development, and automation. 
• Research experience in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Neural Networks (e.g. links to open-source work or link to novel learning algorithms) preferred.
• Knowledge and experience in electricity market designs and power system operations desired.
• Experience in forecast model technique, tuning, and demonstrated model improvements desired.
• Familiarity with Numerical Weather Prediction Models and aptitude for working with the statistical analysis of data and gridded atmospheric data sets.
• Familiarity with ITRON forecast model is preferred.

Desired programming languages 

• SQL
• UNIX
• C
• C#
• Python
• NCL
• PERL
• Gempack
• R
• VBA

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. 

**We will also consider applicants for an Senior Power Systems Forecaster Specialist position. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Meteorology, Economics, or a closely related field and five (5) years of experience.. Master's degree preferred**

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

Relocation Assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Director, is responsible for identifying, assessing and analyzing the impacts of existing and planned market design changes. Performs detailed economic and engineering evaluations including pricing, adequacy and network simulation studies, and detailed engineering review of optimization and algorithm methods. Responsibilities include the analysis of market outcomes to ensure results are consistent with an efficient and effective market design.

What's In It For You?

• An opportunity to work on interesting and challenging assignments involving the mathematical and economic analysis of the California ISO markets.
• 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 detailed economic and engineering analysis of existing and future market design rules. Responsible for analyzing market results to ensure pricing and market outcomes are consistent with economic optimality object of the market design.
• Assesses market problems and decides on the analytical approach necessary to estimate the market impact of the problem. Uses economic and engineering models to market impacts and presents results in detailed reports subject to industry, regulatory and/or peer review.
• Provides technical and analytical expertise to the ISO and may provide expert witness testimony on subject matter.
• Develop methods, reports and automation of analysis where appropriate to streamline the production of important market metrics.
• Participates in market design and development efforts to identify new measures necessary to validate market results and finds opportunities to incorporate features to improve market performance. Develops business procedures as needed.

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering, Economics or related field.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Amount of Experience:

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

Certifications

• PE license preferred.

Type of Experience

• Experience required in a combination of the following:
  • utility/power industry or regulatory, preferably in a similar ISO
  • experience in system analysis and expansion
  • regulatory, economic analysis, and data analysis experience
  • experience with real-time applications. 
• Experience with economics, market design, finance, or programming concepts desirable. 
• Experience with advanced power system operations and principles, stability analysis, optimization techniques, California power transmission networks, or network modeling is desirable. 
• Experience leading large analytical or economic projects involving various groups of specialists.

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. 
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems in the electric utility industry and ability to identify solutions to complex engineering or economic problems.

**We will also consider applicants for an Engineering Specialist position. This position requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering, Economics or related field and two (2) years of experience. Master’s degree preferred.**

**We will also consider applicants for an Associate Engineering Specialist position. This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics or related field. Master’s degree preferred. This is an entry level postion**

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

Relocation Assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, works on complex mathematical and market analytical assignments. Provides technical expertise to other departments and external entities related to price validation, electricity market applications, and power systems operations. Supports the department to ensure software business rules comply with the ISO Tariff and FERC requirements. 

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

• Performs mathematical and economics analysis of market software and power systems applications results to determine validity of prices and congestion, and optimality of solutions with respect to the market model, incurred cost and impact on reliability of the power system grid.
• Supports the validation and testing of market outcomes to address market participant’s disputes or inquiries, assists in the evaluation of problems and their alternative courses of action.
• Performs duties needed to supplement the design of market operations software, processes, and policies, provides technical expertise related to cost optimization technologies, market clearing economic principles, transmission system,  resource operating characteristics, and price analysis.
• Assists in identifying and resolving implementation, design and integration-related problems or potential problems within assigned areas, and may propose solutions to such issues.  Demonstrates an understanding of policy issues and related matters.
• May participate in market design and development efforts to identify new measures necessary to validate market results and leverage opportunity for incorporating features that will improve market solution quality.  May develop business procedures and methods as needed.

Level of Education and Discipline

• Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering with a Power Systems focus, Operation Research, Economics, Finance, or related field.  Master Degree preferred

Amount of Experience

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

Type of Experience

• A combination of experience in any of the following disciplines required: 
  • utility/power industry
  • preferably in a similar ISO
  • system analysis
  • operations research
  • regulatory and/or economic analysis
  • data analysis 
  • real-time applications development. 
• Experience in the design, development or implementation of computational methods of market models.  
• Exposure and experience with applied optimization principles and techniques, power system operations and market design.

Additional skills and abilities

• Ability to think technically and provide practical and feasible solutions to problems keeping multiple conflicting considerations into account. 
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member. 
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and writing skills. 
• Strong mathematical analytical skills are required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex technical and mathematical materials and concepts. 
• Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work independently with minimal supervision.

**We will also consider applicants for a Sr Market Validation and Quality Analyst position. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering with a Power Systems focus, Operation Research, Economics, Finance, or related field and two (2) years of experience.**

**We will also consider applicants for an Associate Market Validation and Quality Analyst position. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) in Engineering with a Power Systems focus, Operation Research, Economics, Finance, or related field​​​​​​​. This is an entry-level position, no experience required.
Related internship or project experience strongly preferred.**

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees, and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a remote work capacity, but requires the ability to commute in as needed.

Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, provides engineering support to Reliability Coordination as well as Real-Time Grid Operations and Market Operations.  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:

• Responsible for developing 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 systems’ physical limitations, as well as pre-existing policies, practices and procedures.
• Prepares and conducts operating studies including power flow, contingency, short circuit, stability, and post-transient analyses, to maintain reliable operation of the grid for both Day Ahead and Real Time as needed.
• Provides back office support to Control Room shifted Reliability and Market Operations Engineers (RMOE) on day-to-day core job responsibilities such as; performing operating studies and coordinating outages with entities to develop Operating Plans prior to D+3, Operations Planning Analysis  and creating/enforcing/validating the transmission constraints for the ISO Day Ahead Market to ensure efficient market operations as well as RC West area reliable grid operations.
• Partners and provides RMOE perspective in assisting with Full Network Model (FNM) promotion process with Operations – Planning. Ensures the streamlined inclusion of requests from RMOEs into the FNM process deadlines then provides feedback to department engineers. 
• Assists in the onboarding of new team members. Provides detailed training on tools and processes to new engineers in order to prepare them for different assignments.
• Provides Engineering support and on technology enhancement projects requested by RMOE team, performs UAT, and acts as the liaison for RMOE team interfacing with internal Technology teams and external vendors. Tracks and follows up on enhancements as necessary.
• Serves as Operations Engineering expertise and support to other ISO Divisions and Departments as appropriate. Provides specific feedback and essential details relating to the ISO/RC West controlled grid and control area to ISO management.
• May represent ISO Operations Engineering interest in applicable WECC and other industry meetings as assigned.
• Develops, implements, and documents automated computer programs/tools, and other advanced analysis methods, to allow for comprehensive monitoring of operational performance of the transmission system and detection of transmission system problems.
• Solicits, collects, and analyzes issues reported by Control Room shifted RMOEs to provide support to OES Leadership team, as well as other Departments within the organization, in solving System Operations related issues.
• Maintains Control Room Shift RMOE Qualifications. May provide Control Room RMOE Day shift coverage on rare occasion if business needs arise.

Level of Education and Discipline

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Electrical Engineering; concentration in Power preferred.  
• Master’s degree and/or Ph.D. preferred.

Certifications

• NERC Reliability Authority (or System Operator) Certification required or must be able to obtain NERC Certification within six months of employment.

Amount of Experience

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

Type of Experience

• Experience conducting simulation and analytical studies of electric power systems including transient stability and load flow analysis. 
• Knowledge or experience with simulation programs such as PSS/E, PSLF, PowerWorld, VSAT, TSAT or EMS system desired. 
• Familiarity with California Electric System and Market
• Electric utility industry experience including emphasis in any combination of the following: 
  • Operations Planning
  • Real Time Operations
  • Transmission Planning
  • Electricity Markets
  • Renewable Integration
  • Protection relays
  • EMS

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.  

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

Under the general direction of the Director, Audit and Advisory Services, plans and executes internal audits of information technology areas and supporting infrastructures.   These audits include, but are not limited to, testing internal controls, evaluating processes against applicable regulations, company policies, procedures and accepted professional standards and industry best practices.   Prepares comprehensive well-written audit reports summarizing the audit scope, results of test work, findings and recommended corrective actions. Supports other audit staff with testing the technical components of operational reviews.  Performs follow-up reviews on items identified in issued audits to ensure corrective actions have been implemented.

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

• Participates in the development of the annual internal audit risk assessment and audit plan.
• Lead, prepare and perform assigned audits: For each assigned audit, develop an audit kickoff memorandum; prepare an engagement planning memo that defines the preliminary audit objectives, scope and key risks; develop a risk and control matrix that defines the controls that appear to be in place to mitigate the risks and audit programs that define procedures that will be performed to test the controls; develop engagement working papers that provide clear evidence and support for audit conclusions reached, and prepare a well-written audit report that provides an overview of the area audited and clearly summarizes the results of the audit.
• Executes audit test work, which may include utilizing data analysis software to test large populations of data.
• Conducts follow-up audits to ensure audit recommendations have been implemented and prepares memos summarizing the results of activities.
• Performs special reviews and investigations as requested by ISO Executive Management or the Audit Committee.
• Provides consulting services, as requested, to assist management in meeting its objectives while maintaining independence and objectivity.  Supports business units in identifying and evaluating process controls and advocates for sound process controls.
• Adheres to the corporate records management policies, procedures and guidelines, including the approved records retention schedule. Maintains records using approved corporate tools, and stays abreast with required training.
• Continually evaluates and enhances the internal audit framework and processes.

Level of Education and Discipline

• Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) in Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Accounting or related field or equivalent education, training and experience.

Amount of Experience

• Six or more years of related experience.

Certifications

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) required.  Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation preferred.

Type of Experience

• Solid understanding of information technology, security and governance best practices such as NIST, ISO, 27000, ITIL and internal auditing standards promulgated by the Institute of Internal Auditors.
• Experience conducting audits in technical areas such as application controls, information security, change management, business continuity and incident management. 
• Working knowledge of NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability standards preferred.
• Familiar with the electric industry and CAISO processes and systems a plus.
• Hands on experience with data analysis tools such as SAS or ACL and continuous monitoring. 
• Experience in sensitive investigations experience, fraud identification, and problem-solving skills are desired.
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as leader, facilitator and team member.
• Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, multiple assignments, and work well independently and with others.
• Excellent analytical, logical, verbal and written communication skills required.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by "keeping the lights on" 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees, and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a remote work capacity, but requires the ability to commute in as needed.

Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, develops, integrates, customizes, tests and administers servers, databases and other supported systems across highly complex environments and redundant sites. Monitors, maintains and upgrades servers and other supported systems to ensure the highest level of availability. Provides system testing and may oversee test lab configuration and participate in vendor management tasks. Develops and manages automation of build and deployment tools.

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:

• Develops, customizes, integrates, installs, configures and administers UNIX servers, databases and infrastructure supporting systems to ensure highest level of availability, performance and security for specific project initiatives. In response to incidents, exercising their independent judgement to create an effective solution, workaround, and strategies to quickly resolve the issue to minimize the impact to the reliability to the power grid and market. With minimum supervision, participates and lead technical teams, acting on own authority, establishing the working groups, to establish the short and long term solutions and plans, to prevent impacts to services, needed to run power grid reliability
• Develops and manages automation and deployment of source code from the development team.  Create documentation and procedures, coaches and mentors team members to develop/enhance their skills and growing their abilities. Maintains a release repository which includes build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists. Measures and monitors progress to ensure releases are delivered on time and meet the acceptance criteria.
• Collects and distributes data for supported systems capacity planning and performance management. Proactively identify issues, create workable solutions and provide recommendation to management, Uses data replication and other appropriate systems to ensure data integrity and to provide for superior uptime and accurate data collection. Provides daily maintenance and technical support to project teams on the development of application systems and coordinates and deploys approved production-ready applications into multiple environments. Participates and provides UNIX administrative support, develop strategies and architecture artifacts to project teams for server/software installation and configuration, for both purchased and internally developed, during various phases of implementation or testing, to meet the requirements of new functionality which is vital to the success and growth of the organization Coordinates associated vendor activities and ensures compliance with contracts and with ISO standards.
• Collaborates with team members to analyze and resolve complex technical issues related to integrated hardware, servers, software and other supported systems. Works with representatives from various ISO business units, project teams and Architectures to design technology solutions and strategies that meet business requirements.

Level of Education and Discipline

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management of Information Systems, Engineering or related technical field. 
• Advanced degree preferred.

Amount of Experience

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

Type of Experience

• Experience working in a Corporate information technology, LINUX/UNIX engineering and administration environment.
• IT LINUX/UNIX development, security and administration required.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot errors and determine their sources (OS, hardware, software, etc). Experience with UNIX/LINUX Operating System Server, Virtualized systems, LDAP, Networking, SPLUNK, Apache,F5 Enterprise Backup and hardware – RHEL .
• Experience in Puppet, Ansible, Jenkins, Atlassian Bamboo, Apache Maven or other DevOps related tools.
• Client server computer systems operations, functionality, backup & recovery to include coordination of disaster recovery preparedness planning required.
• Experience in common build tools and integration tools. Experience in LAN protocols, Storage implementation and Security.

Additional skills and abilities

• Extensive systems knowledge working in a highly advanced and highly complex environment so as to be able to make recommendations on the evolution of technology within a 1 to 3 year time horizon.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant commonly-used concepts, best practices and procedures strongly desired.
• 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. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

Under the general direction of the Manager, supports the information security compliance requirements and company risk tolerance to ensure a culture of information security compliance. Supports the security, controls and lifecycle process to ensure alignment and compliance with security policy and regulatory compliance requirements. Assists in security compliance programs, creating assessments, and tracks risk mitigation and remediation activities.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Maintains IT governance, risk and compliance (GRC) tool that cross references standards against CAISO policies, procedures and controls. Identifies gaps and helps develop CAISO specific policies, procedures and controls that meet external requirements and CAISO information security needs.
• Assists in the evaluation of compliance of all processes, procedures, and standards applicable to the position including (but not limited to): SSAE18 (Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 16), NERC CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection), and ISO 27000 series (Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) standards as defined by the International Organization for Standardization), NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF).
• Ensures consistent compliance with applicable requirements, supporting the requirement owners with identification and proactive collection of evidence for audits. Supports requirement owners with remedies to findings.
• Collects evidence for quarterly NERC CIP Compliance and SSAE18 reviews. Leverages GRC tool for collection.
• Maintains schedules, reports, and materials for compliance-related activities pertaining to IT and other control-related matters.
• Maintains tracking tools and reports for compliance measures.  Assists in preparation of reports and briefs explaining standards issues and compliance status.
• Supports the team in benchmarking existing and planned IT environments.
• May identify trends and predict future issues to effectively implement courses of action.

Level of Education and Discipline:

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

Amount of Experience:

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

Certifications:

CISSP, CISA or equivalent professional certifications desired.

Type of Experience

Experience in an Information Security corporate environment.  Experience in IT Audit, IT Risk, system administration, network and application security concepts.  Experience with NERC Reliability Standards including NERC CIP.  Direct experience or exposure to the following technologies: Windows, Linux, or other UNIX operating systems, SSO, LDAP, Java, XML, Enterprise Directory or Active Directory Domain Administration.  Familiarity following Governance and Access Control models required. Experience with IT GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) tools such as Archer or MetricsStream.

Experience in one or more of the following areas:

• One or more directories, including Active Directory, IBM Directory Server, and SunONE Directory Server, Novell e-Directory, Open LDAP, or CA Directory
• Audit management and internal audit standards.
• Process control design and testing methods
• Risk Management methodologies and tools
• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery methodologies
• Governance frameworks including ISO27000, NIST-800, and/or CERT-GES.
• Compliance Standards including NERC-CIP, SSAE-16, SOX, HIPPA, and/or PCI
• In depth knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements and risk management. Ability to solve business problems through technology.
• Experience in a cross platform environment.

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.  Excellent planning and organizational skills.  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.  Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority. 

**We will also consider this position at the Senior level, which requires A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent years of education, training, or Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field, plus five (5) or more years related experience.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

Under the general direction of the Manager of Enterprise Model Management, is responsible for activities related to the development, implementation, technical support, and business processes of power system modeling technologies. Collaborates with energy management system and market systems business and technology teams support engineering model update cycles and implement innovative solutions for the technology roadmap. Work closely with major energy sector technology vendors to advance the ISO’s modeling capabilities and efficiencies.  Prepares and disseminates associated technical and procedural artifacts.  This role engages with internal business units and external business partners to provide innovation leadership in the delivery of the enterprise modeling solutions, and to remediate system deficiencies and problems.

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.

• In this role you will get exposure to a wide spectrum of power system technologies and business practices.
• You get to work on interesting and challenging assignments with a focus on technology innovation and business process advancement.
• You will work in an extremely collaborative environment, on a team with enterprise-wide engagement.
   

What You Will Be Doing:

• Participates in the Design, construction, implementation, administration, and technical support of enterprise data modeling systems, including but not limited to the Enterprise Model Management System and related applications and business processes.
• Collaborates with other IT business units to incorporate integration, applications development, and database tenants into EMMS related technical specifications
• Collaborates with other CAISO business units to collect and document business and technical requirements, including SDLC planning and design documentation, test plans and test cases, procedures, process flow diagrams, training materials, and use case diagrams.
• Engages with external business partners to maintain and enhance the user interfaces to CAISO model data maintenance systems
• Develops and implements unit test procedures and processes for data modeling related applications.
• Assist in the migration of legacy business processes to the EMMS environment, including business continuity planning, business unit training, and real time point of contact support for the EMMS systems, technologies, and processes.
• Analyzes, supports, and resolves real- issues in a time sensitive environment.
• Performs EMMS administrative activities related to the coordination of test, stage, and production EMMS environments, including interacting with EMMS vendor for variance identification, resolution, and validation testing.
• Performs daily administrative tasks in support of department (e.g., setting up and coordinating meetings, disseminating department communications, and preparing technical documentation).

Level of Education and Discipline

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

Amount of Experience

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

Type of Experience

• Working knowledge of power systems and/or energy market data models and associated use cases.  
• Familiarity with SDLC planning and design documentation.

Certifications

• Experience with scripting SQL, and UML modeling concepts desirable.

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.  

**We will also consider applicants for a Lead Enterprise Modeling Systems Engineer position. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience. Master's degree preferred**

**We will also consider applicants for a Enterprise Modeling Systems Engineer position. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field and two (2) years of experience.**

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a fully remote schedule. 

In Corporate Systems, we strive to make the California ISO a better company to do business with and a better company to work for through our intuitive, responsive systems and excellent support.  We are seeking a motivated senior applications engineer to join our team and enhance our services.

Under the general direction of the Manager of Corporate Systems the Sr SharePoint Applications Engineer will design, implement, upgrade and support corporate applications including internal and external web sites; mobile applications; and Customer Affairs, Legal, HR, Finance and Compliance systems.  Leveraging SharePoint as a primary tool, design and implement new systems, upgrade existing systems, automate data flow between systems and other functions.  Elicit business requirements and recommend technical solutions.   Troubleshoot, resolve and support corporate systems during business hours and as part of a 7x24 on-call rotation.  Collaborate with IT counterparts, vendors and business customers (internal & external) to ensure reliable, performant systems and timely resolution to incidents and problems.

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 Platinum 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

• Understand business problems, design and recommend technical solutions.
• Develop and maintain applications to ensure timely access to accurate, real-time data.
• Provide daily maintenance and technical support activities associated with the operation of Corporate Systems applications.
• Provide 24x7 production support of Corporate Systems applications ensuring SLA compliance as part of an on-call rotation. 
• Coordinate IT response and resolution to systems failures and related issues including identification and communication of workarounds, root cause analysis, implementing problem fixes, etc.
• Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting and perform corrective actions to ensure a high degree of systems availability, reliability and security
• Prepare and maintain related systems support documentation in compliance with industry and corporate standards
• Coordinate and deploy approved production-ready applications into production environment
• Ensure successful transition of system solutions to ongoing operational maintenance and support including appropriate hand-off of intellectual and technical capital

Level of Education and Discipline

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

Amount of Experience

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

Type of Experience

• Expert knowledge of .NET, PowerShell & Perl scripting
• Solid understand of and experience supporting SharePoint required.
• Computer and software systems support – Windows, UNIX
• Experience with Identity management process.  Solid understanding of LDAP & CSDS desirable.
• Experience with Salesforce Apex programming desirable
• Experience with RS Archer GRC platform desirable
• Experience with Atlassian development tools such as Nexus, Jenkins, BitBucket, Confluence, JIRA  desirable

A combination of the following experience is required:

• .NET technologies (C#, Asp.Net)
• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, Angular, XML, UI/UX
• MVC & REST architecture
• Development tools such as Visual Studio, ActiveState, Toad
• UNIX shell programming and administration
• Database technologies such as Oracle, SQL, PostGreSQL, SQL Lite.

**We will also consider applicants for a Lead SharePoint Developer position. This position requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering, Computer Engineering or closely related field and six (6) years of experience. Master’s Degree (MBA, MS, or MA) preferred.**

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a flexible hybrid schedule.

Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the manager, responsible for power system forecast development for California ISO and EIM system loads, renewable resource forecasting, distributed resources, and ancillary services. Develops programs to track, evaluate, and register new variable energy resources ensuring the onboarding process for new variable energy resources is robust and efficient.  Provides subject matter expertise and guidance in the enhancement and support of all required data and neural network modeling to continuously improve forecasting at the ISO.  Analyzes Numerical Weather Prediction Models and translates forecasted information to daily ISO/EIM needs for renewable and load forecasting. Acts as project lead to coordinate the design, analysis, and testing of forecast accuracy.

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:

• Manages load, weather, and renewable resource data sources. 
• Organizes and provides timely maintenance of databases housing historic real-time, hourly, and daily loads, weather, renewable resources, renewable generator outages, economic, demographic, and other pertinent data. 
• Creates, maintains, and analyzes databases as required for effective optimization of renewable and load forecasting. 
• Evaluates potential inefficiencies in current procedures and recommends improvements.
• Develops hypotheses to improve forecasting accuracy for load and renewables. In conjunction with peers, researches, develops, and creates plans to enhance short term load forecast, wind forecast, solar forecast, and other energy models through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques. 
• Develops and implements new forecasting tools and interfaces using computer programming. 
• Uses software to retrain the neural network model and/or other modeling methods to prove or disprove forecast hypotheses and analyzes the results.
• 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, and solar forecasts. 
• Provides meteorological insight and forecasting support to Operations and other internal groups as necessary. Identifies and alerts Operations division to meteorological events capable of jeopardizing system reliability.
• Provides technical leadership 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
• 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. 
• Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of policy issues and related matters. Anticipates, identifies and resolves implementation problems and potential problems within assigned areas. May propose solutions to issues and problems outside of assigned areas of responsibility.
• Acts as a project lead to coordinate 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.

Level of Education and Discipline

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

Amount of Experience

• Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) years or more of 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 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 showing 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.
• Experience with numerical weather prediction models, analyzing uncertainty within weather conditions, and communicating uncertainty within the ISO and externally on renewable and load forecasts based on the uncertainty present.
• Knowledge of Balancing Authority operational requirements (i.e., operating reserve requirements) strongly desired
• Knowledge of EMS and SCADA data acquisition functions and PI Historian archiving processes strongly 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 operation
• 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

• Ability to think strategically and devise solutions to problems in keeping with multiple considerations.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex materials and concepts.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite, programming within R language, along with and data retrieval and manipulation in multiple database formats.
• Strong background and application of mathematics, statistics, and probabilities, with the ability to factor in human behaviors into forecasts. 
• 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 pattern recognition, deductive reasoning, and analytical thinking with sound judgement 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

**We will also consider applicants for an Associate Power Systems Forecaster Specialist position. This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering with emphasis in Statistics, Math, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering or related field. This is an entry level position and no experience is required. Internship and project experience is strongly preferred.**

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid remote schedule (3 days in our beautiful Folsom campus, 2 days working from home). Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, is responsible for managing the ISO’s stakeholder process in the development of wholesale electricity market design and policy initiatives.  Stakeholders include regulatory agencies, power producers, consumers, industry associations, and market participants.  Manages and develops relationships with stakeholders to ensure appropriate stakeholder engagement in policy development and supports all aspects of the stakeholder process.   Represents the ISO related to stakeholder initiatives and partners with subject matter experts from other ISO divisions, including management, to facilitate effective stakeholder processes on a wide range of market design, policy, tariff and operational initiatives.  Responsible for understanding policy and market design elements and communicating such to internal and external stakeholders. Collaborates with others to support the resolution of policy issues in the stakeholder process and other ISO forums.  Assesses emerging national industry trends and the impact on the ISO and stakeholders.  Responds to stakeholder and industry association inquiries and facilitates stakeholder interaction with the ISO.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Responsible for facilitating the stakeholder initiative process through the lifecycle of a policy initiative and ensuring stakeholder engagement is supported and effective throughout the process.  Partners with internal subject matter experts and stakeholders to manage stakeholder initiative activities from initiation to the ISO Board of Governors approval.  This includes developing schedules and plans, managing stakeholder comments and feedback and facilitating effective stakeholder meetings.  Communicates policy and market design elements to internal and external stakeholders.  Manages the policy initiative work plans to ensure cross-divisional milestones are being met.  Ensures the execution of outreach plans with stakeholders as it applies to new initiatives and strategic communications.    
• Responsible for writing and developing effective stakeholder communications through Daily Briefing notice web postings and customer outreach messaging (i.e., proposals, meeting announcements, agendas, presentations and other initiative-related materials).  Maintains documentation and statistics in support of the stakeholder process including document postings, meetings, comments and feedback from customers.  Acts as a liaison between stakeholders and other ISO business units in the resolution of issues that arise from stakeholder feedback.  Reviews and consolidates stakeholder comments to capture common themes related to market design and policy development.
• Serves as a point of contact for inquiries from stakeholders and industry associations (i.e. solar, wind, energy storage) and ensures the distribution of relevant information to stakeholders.  Proactively engages stakeholders to maximize stakeholder collaboration. 
• Supports stakeholder events, including site tours and customer visits, as needed.  Communicates industry trends to a wide range of visitors. Participates in special projects related to operations, market design, policy and Tariff development and compliance.

Level of Education and Discipline:

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

Amount of Experience:

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

Type of Experience:

Industry-level knowledge in policy matters relating to market, financial, tariff and grid operations required.  Experience interacting with stakeholders and customers.  Professional experience in one of the following disciplines: public relations, government and regulatory affairs, sales, account services or customer care within the energy industry.  Technical proficiency in electric system operations and ISO Market Construct strongly preferred.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

Strong verbal and written communication, documentation, and presentation 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. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of its employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid remote schedule (3 days in our beautiful Folsom campus, 2 days working from home). Relocation assistance is available.

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.

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.

**We will also consider applicants for a Senior Operations Engineer- Planning position. This position requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, training or experience in Electrical Engineering, with a curriculum in Electrical Power Engineering and five (5) years of experience. Master’s degree preferred.**

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid remote schedule (3 days in our beautiful Folsom campus, 2 days working from home). Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, coordinates operations implementation of Bulk Electric System (BES) projects for the CAISO Transmission Operator (TOP), Balancing Authority (BA) and Reliability Coordinator (RC) areas.  Responsible for coordinating implementation plans from initial impact analysis through project implementation.  Responsible for ensuring Real Time Operations is situationally aware and prepared for impacts related to permanent changes to the BES.  Ensures BES project implementation is consistent with contractual obligations and ensures operations compliance with applicable mandatory reliability standards and Tariff requirements    

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

• Responsible for ensuring Real Time Operations readiness for BES project implementation in the CAISO TOP, BA and RC areas.  Collaborates closely with internal departments and external entities to identify project requirements and ensure potential impacts to Market and Real Time
• Leads the impact analysis with Market Operations, Real Time Operations, Operations Engineering and other subject matter experts.  Designs effective implementation plans, ensuring the operational needs are met.  Applies Operations subject matter expertise to ensure plans consider requirements for operator displays, procedures, training, and other system and tool updates which fall outside of the normal network model maintenance process.  Provides guidance and oversight of Real Time Operations and Operations Engineering User Acceptance Testing and Training.  
• Monitors BES project implementation process to ensure operations implementation is consistent with contractual obligations and applicable regulatory requirements.  Proactively identifies and escalates potential issues for resolution and develops post implementation corrective action plans and reports.  As needed, coordinates with others to develop and distribute release notes for Market Operators, Real Time Operators and Engineering to ensure situational awareness related to permanent changes to the BES.  Develops and maintains reports as needed.
• Advises other business units on the integration of complex projects, including but not limited to, new CAISO Balancing Authority PTOs, BA area, TOP area and RC area boundary changes, and new resource integration. Represents the ISO and presents information to external entities, provides subject matter expertise on ISO processes to customers.
• Supports operations NERC Self Certifications and Audits. Oversees Tariff controls development, review and maturity efforts.  Advises other Operations business units to develop processes, procedures and operational controls.   

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Operations Management, Engineering, Economics, Business, Project Management or related technical field. 
• Master Degree preferred.

Amount of Experience:

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

Type of Experience

• Experience with project coordination, creating plans, assimilating complex information from multiple sources and designing solutions.  
• Experience working in a matrixed role which routinely works across organizational boundaries.
• Practical knowledge of business process and procedure development and maintenance.
• Utility industry experience desirable.
• General knowledge of BES project processes to implement resources and transmission facilities.  
• General knowledge of Reliability Standards and Tariff.

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.
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid remote schedule (3 days in our beautiful Folsom campus, 2 days working from home). Relocation assistance is available.

 Under the general direction of the Manager, provides process improvement and implementation expertise to ensure customer preparedness for participation in the California ISO markets and ensure readiness for ongoing change initiatives.  Facilitates business process changes that enhance customer onboarding and readiness activities.  Responsibilities include change initiative impact assessment, process documentation and improvement, Business Practice Manual (BPM) changes, user acceptance criteria and testing, and customer assistance as needed. 

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

• Facilitates the on-boarding of new and existing entities including Scheduling Coordinators (SC), Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) customers, Reliability Coordinator (RC) customers and other Market participants. Provides support to customers for onboarding functions such as system access setup and issue resolution. Works to ensure that business processes and procedures comply with tariff/BPM modifications and policy decisions and are reflected in documentation and training materials. Analyzes, develops and proposes updates to internal business procedures to reflect latest processes and policies. Supports and analyzes business processes, identifies root cause of undesirable process anomalies, and provides recommendations for process improvements.
• Supports and assists prospective Market Participants with legal, technical and contractual requirements to become certified participants. Maintains relevant business process flows and desk top procedures, coordinates onboarding activities and assists with legal, technical and contractual requirements related to SC, Convergence Bidding (CB) and Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Holder certification. Supports and contributes to the training of new Market Participants by reviewing and developing training material based on the needs of SC’s and CRR Holders. Supports the implementation of process improvement recommendations including controls and automation of processes into software solutions.
• Manages BPM change management process and coordinates with stakeholders, the BPM change manager and the BPM coordinators to ensure compliance to the tariff requirements. Tracks, maintains, reviews and approves as related to Proposed Revision Requests (PRRs). Trains new BPM Coordinators on BPM change management process and application process. Manages and updates BPM Change Management related documents.
• Provides expertise and serves as a point-of-contact for the Customer Readiness team in order to advise on training and readiness issues. Supports our internal customers by providing information and knowledge and represents the Stakeholder Engagement and Customer Experience division. Attends, schedules and participates in business meetings, and collaborates with ISO colleagues to develop “best practices” policies and procedures and to identify and resolve issues. Effectively communicates status of work items and issues to avoid delays and ensure continuity amongst the team. Participates in ongoing activities to increase collaboration between the Customer Readiness team and other ISO departments.
• Administers Access Identity Management (AIM) for contract types definitions as they apply to access for external users to ISO systems based on ISO agreements and tariff. Performs AIM updates and AIM update validations. Works with other business units to verify and validate compliance as it applies to access. Works with customers to ensure their understanding of the tool and performs trainings as requested.

Level of Education and Discipline:

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

Amount of Experience:

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

Type of Experience

• Customer service, business process analysis and/or procedure development experience. 

• Knowledge of ISO processes and system and/or electric industry helpful

Additional Skills and Abilities:

• Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills required, with a demonstrated attention to detail and process improvement.  
• 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.  

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid remote schedule (3 days in our beautiful Folsom campus, 2 days working from home). Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager of Enterprise Model Management, assists in activities related to the development and technical support of power systems modeling technologies, and performing model maintenance business processes.  Participates in software maintenance, testing, and support activities for power system and energy market data maintenance technologies.  Collaborates with Project Management, energy sector technology vendors, and internal stakeholders to support engineering model update cycles and implement innovative solutions for the technology roadmap.  Collaborates with various technology support and response teams to address system and user issues. Assists in the preparation and publication of associated technical and procedural artifacts for model maintenance systems users and support teams.  This role engages with internal business units and technology teams to provide support for existing technologies and to develop and implement innovation solutions to improve model maintenance workflows and use cases.

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.

• In this role you will get exposure to a wide spectrum of power system technologies and business practices.
• You get to work on interesting and challenging assignments with a focus on technology innovation and business process advancement.
• You will work in an extremely collaborative environment, on a team with enterprise-wide engagement.
   

What You Will Be Doing:

• Learns to design, construct, and implement power system data modeling technology systems and related business processes.

• Develops familiarity with activities for power system modeling technologies, including software testing, system configurations,   and coordination with technology vendors.

•  Participates in the analysis, support, and resolution of technology and process issues in a time sensitive environment.

• Collaborates with other CAISO business units to collect and document business and technical requirements, including planning and design documentation, test plans and test cases, procedures, process flow diagrams, training materials, and use case diagrams. 

• Participates in time sensitive model deployments to reliability and market systems. 

• Engages with internal stakeholders and user groups to maintain and enhance the user experience with model data maintenance systems

• Performs daily administrative tasks in support of department (e.g., setting up and coordinating meetings, disseminating department communications, and preparing technical documentation).

• Attends business meetings and collaborates with ISO colleagues to develop "best practices" policies and procedures, and to identify and resolve issues to help create a flexible and efficient organization.

Level of Education and Discipline

• A Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS)  in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field. 

Amount of Experience

• This is an entry-level position, no experience required.
• Related internship or project experience strongly preferred.

Type of Experience

• Knowledge of power systems and/or energy market data models and associated use cases.  
• Familiarity with SDLC planning and design documentation

Certifications

• Experience with scripting SQL, and UML modeling concepts desirable.

Additional skills and abilities

• Demonstrates the ability to work effectively in a team environment as a facilitator and team member. 
• Ability to provide practical and feasible solutions to problems, keeping multiple conflicting considerations into account.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and writing skills required.
• Strong 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.
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.

**We will also consider applicants for a Enterprise Modeling Systems Engineer position. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field and two (2) years of experience.**

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliabily 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid remote schedule (3 days in our beautiful Folsom campus, 2 days working from home). Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, coordinates operations implementation of Bulk Electric System (BES) projects for the CAISO Transmission Operator (TOP), Balancing Authority (BA) and Reliability Coordinator (RC) areas.  Responsible for coordinating implementation plans from initial impact analysis through project implementation.  Responsible for ensuring Real Time Operations is situationally aware and prepared for impacts related to permanent changes to the BES.  Ensures BES project implementation is consistent with contractual obligations and ensures operations compliance with applicable mandatory reliability standards and Tariff requirements    

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

• Responsible for ensuring Real Time Operations readiness for BES project implementation in the CAISO TOP, BA and RC areas.  Collaborates closely with internal departments and external entities to identify project requirements and ensure potential impacts to Market and Real Time
• Leads the impact analysis with Market Operations, Real Time Operations, Operations Engineering and other subject matter experts.  Designs effective implementation plans, ensuring the operational needs are met.  Applies Operations subject matter expertise to ensure plans consider requirements for operator displays, procedures, training, and other system and tool updates which fall outside of the normal network model maintenance process.  Provides guidance and oversight of Real Time Operations and Operations Engineering User Acceptance Testing and Training.  
• Monitors BES project implementation process to ensure operations implementation is consistent with contractual obligations and applicable regulatory requirements.  Proactively identifies and escalates potential issues for resolution and develops post implementation corrective action plans and reports.  As needed, coordinates with others to develop and distribute release notes for Market Operators, Real Time Operators and Engineering to ensure situational awareness related to permanent changes to the BES.  Develops and maintains reports as needed.
• Advises other business units on the integration of complex projects, including but not limited to, new CAISO Balancing Authority PTOs, BA area, TOP area and RC area boundary changes, and new resource integration. Represents the ISO and presents information to external entities, provides subject matter expertise on ISO processes to customers.
• Supports operations NERC Self Certifications and Audits. Oversees Tariff controls development, review and maturity efforts.  Advises other Operations business units to develop processes, procedures and operational controls.   

Level of Education and Discipline:

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Operations Management, Engineering, Economics, Business, Project Management or related technical field. 
• Master Degree preferred.

Amount of Experience:

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

Type of Experience

• Experience with project coordination, creating plans, assimilating complex information from multiple sources and designing solutions.  
• Experience working in a matrixed role which routinely works across organizational boundaries.
• Practical knowledge of business process and procedure development and maintenance.
• Utility industry experience desirable.
• General knowledge of BES project processes to implement resources and transmission facilities.  
• General knowledge of Reliability Standards and Tariff.

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.
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

Under the general direction of the Manager,  identifies, analyzes, manages and enforces tariff and interconnection agreement obligations for generation projects in the ISO interconnection queue, generator repowering and qualifying facility conversion.  Responsible for continually tracking agreement milestones to ensure the project is meeting the agreement terms and conditions, independently identifies and resolves complex issues and specialized technical queue information, ensures progress in negotiating amendments to interconnection agreements due to queue management approved modifications, and ensures the participating transmission owner is also meeting milestones.  Acts as a project manager with Interconnection Customers, Participating Transmission Owners and/or CAISO staff.  Independently analyzes and ensures information that is sent to interconnection customers is correct, validates generation technical data, ensures that milestones are implemented consistent with the agreement, and transmission upgrades required for the generation project to energize are on track.  Performs queue reporting, updates Resource Information Management System for corporate use and other related functions as appropriate.  Supports the contract negotiation process during high work load periods in independently negotiating interconnection amendments, assisting in analysis of issues for resolution and meetings with external customers and managing projects and other areas as necessary. 

What you will be doing:

• Administers the CAISO Tariff, including the interconnection agreements and interconnection procedures, as it pertains to the management of the generation interconnection queue, working directly and independently with CAISO, interconnection customers and Participating TO staff as required, including research, analysis and implementation of generator interconnection agreement modifications, analysis of agreement suspension and breach, and routinely coordinates with legal and at times with management to provide recommendations regarding issues associated with the pro forma portion of the CAISO Tariff and Generation Interconnection Agreement (GIA) to ensure compliance.
• Acts as project manager for individual projects, analyzes on an ongoing basis the status of interconnection customer’s progress and their adherence to GIA documented project specific terms, milestones and conditions through direct communications and reports with interconnection customers, Participating TOs, external agencies, ISO interconnection specialists, ISO contract specialists, ISO engineers, and others.  Reports to management and legal when projects are not meeting the terms and conditions of the GIA and, based on investigations and inquiry, makes decisions on next steps for the ISO and PTO.  Communicates to interconnection customer when project is not meeting timelines or GIA terms. 
• Leads or participates in development of new generation interconnection policy and discussions internally regarding development of the policy including independently adding ideas and authoring sections of the various stakeholder papers.  Then leads or participates in discussions with external customers and Participating TOs regarding the proposed policy.  Once the policy is determined, responsible for writing tariff language and defending the language in the stakeholder process.  Also responsible for writing the appropriate section(s) of the transmittal letter to FERC that legal then approves. 
• Ensures policy related decisions regarding generation project compliance determinations are documented, memorialized, and included in a Business Practice Manual as applicable by developing an implementation plan.
• Responsible for ensuring that queue management efforts are timely and accurately reflected in the Resource Interconnection Management System (RIMS) database, the on-line generation interconnection queue, and other applicable corporate databases that manage tracking of key dates and milestones of generation interconnection projects to ensure reliability of the grid.
• As a project manager, maintains records storage and backup documentation of all interconnection customer correspondence.

Level of Education 

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Engineering, Project Management, Business, Law, or related field. 

• Master’s Degree preferred.

Amount of Experience 

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

Type of Experience 

• Experience in the process, management and tracking of interconnection generation projects and construction and operation of transmission facilities, contract negotiation and contract management and implementation, preferably in the electric utility industry. 
• Working knowledge and well versed in generation technology, electrical equipment, and operating characteristics. 
• Experience with federal and state governmental requirements for generator interconnection and the CAISO tariff - with experience with tariff compliance and the ability to maintain and meet strict tariff deadlines. 
• Proven ability to create and implement innovative techniques to improve efficiencies in company policies, procedures, and tracking tools, customer service, and the overall generator interconnection experience.
• Experience building and maintaining relationships within a team and with other internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience obtaining results as an individual contributor and through team coordination and communication is expected.

Additional skills and abilities:

• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member. 
• 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. 
• This is a high-profile position including department delegate responsibilities and acting as department’s representative with internal and/or external clients and stakeholders. Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills is required, with a demonstrated attention to detail.
• Strong negotiation, problem-solving skills, and ability to influence others without direct authority is important.
• The skill to focus, change focus, and refocus from one thing to another is imperative. 
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information and documents in a professional manner consistent with corporate standards. 
• Strong in Microsoft Software, including Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook knowledge is required.  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) manages the flow of electricity across the high-voltage, long-distance power lines that make up 80 percent of California's power grid. We safeguard the economy and well-being of 30 million Californians by operating the grid reliably 24/7.

As the impartial grid operator, the California ISO opens access to the wholesale power market that is designed to diversify resources and lower prices. It also grants equal access to 25,865 circuit-miles of power lines and reduces barriers to diverse resources competing to bring power to customers.

The California ISO's function is often compared to that of air traffic controllers. It would be grossly unfair for air traffic controllers to represent one airline and profit from allowing that company's planes to go through before others. In the same way, the California ISO operates independently—managing the electron traffic on a power grid we do not own—making sure electricity is safely delivered to utilities and consumers on time and reliably.

The California ISO is committed to the health, safety, and work/life integration of it employees and is proud to offer flexible work arrangements. This position would be eligible to participate in a hybrid remote schedule (3 days in our beautiful Folsom campus, 2 days working from home). Relocation assistance is available.

Under the general direction of the Manager, responsible for the implementation and operation of Information Security Infrastructure, Perimeter and continuous security monitoring solutions. Designs, documents, and tests solutions in the Information Security Infrastructure space.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Leads the analysis, design and programming activity for implementation of Information Security Infrastructure solutions.
• Develops, maintains, supports and optimizes information security infrastructure for key functional areas including, but not limited to, network infrastructure, server infrastructure, data communications, and telecommunications systems.
• Prepares for and participates in threat hunting and security incident response activities.  This includes working with ISO support teams to develop response readiness.
• Collaborates with customers, subject matter experts, architects, development team, implementation support and production support staff to define technical specifications, solution scope and objectives.
• Identifies and evaluates complex business and technology risks, internal controls which mitigate risks, and related opportunities for internal control improvement.
• Supports the architect team in the design of Information Security Infrastructure solutions through client requirements specification, solution design and product selection.
• Creates and maintains relevant security policies, processes, and procedures.
• Continuous monitoring/review and reporting of security posture and improvement recommendations.

Level of Education and Discipline:

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

Amount of Experience:

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

Certifications:

DoD8570 IAT Level3 baseline or equivalent professional certifications required (ie CISSP or CISA)

Network certifications (CCNP) and Giac GWAPT, GCIH, GCIA or equivalent certifications desired.

Type of Experience

• Experience in an Information Security corporate environment with Information Security Infrastructure. 
• Experience with network infrastructure, system administration, network and application security concepts. 
• Various types of testing (i.e., unit/functional testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, performance testing, vulnerability testing, etc.). 
• Proven expertise in least privilege access and defense in depth principles. 
• Experienceadministering and troubleshooting UNIX/Linux and Windows Operating Systems.
• Solid knowledge and experience in IT Architecture, Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems (IDS/IPS), Web Application Firewalls (WAF), load balancers, web content filtering, next generation and network based anti-malware detection and threat prevention solutions, security incident and event management (SIEM) solutions, threat hunting, incident response, and data loss prevention (DLP) solutions. 
• Prior experience with regulatory oversight (ie NERC/CIP) desired.

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. 
• Excellent planning and organizational skills. 
• 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. 
• Self-motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority. 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.