General Purpose of Job  

The Substation OT/DA Engineer is responsible for the deployment, maintenance, and OT systems in electric substations and Distribution Automation on SECO feeder circuits. This role supports real-time data acquisition, monitoring, control systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and security of critical infrastructure.

Education

• Minimum: Four (4) year bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• Preferred: Certification: Cisco (CCNA), CompTIA Security+, NERC CIP training, etc.
• Job-related experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Experience

• Minimum: Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in utility, SCADA, or industrial OT environments.
• Minimum: Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in Distribution Engineering or Operations.
• Minimum: Proficient in IP networking, VLANs, routing, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Minimum: Experience with substation and distribution automation systems and protocols.
• Minimum: Three (3) years of experience with Distribution Automation and information gathering devices/sensors for distribution.
• Minimum: Three (3) years of experience with Distribution Protection and Control.
• Minimum: Experience with electronic and hydraulic reclosers sizing and coordination.
• Minimum: Experience with remote-controlled line devices (capacitor banks, reclosers, regulators)
• Minimum: Familiar with ADMS, FLISR and OMS applications and operational implementations.
• Preferred: Familiarity with compliance standards (e.g., NERC/FERC, CIP, ISA/IEC 62443).
• Preferred: Experience with SEL, GE, ABB, S&C or Siemens protection and control equipment.
• Preferred: Experience with utility operations, relay settings, and outage management systems.
• Preferred: Working knowledge of virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V), backup systems, and remote access
• Preferred: Experience within an electric utility or related industry.

About SECO Energy

SECO Energy is a not-for-profit electric cooperative serving over 230,000 homes and businesses across seven counties in Central Florida, making SECO the third-largest electric co-op in Florida and the seventh largest in the nation. One of the most important distinctions between other types of utilities and SECO is that we are member owned. Our members have a voice in the co-op’s decision-making process. They elect a nine-member Board of Trustees, who meet monthly to monitor the financial status of the Cooperative and make policy decisions in the best interest of the membership. SECO’s wholesale power provider is Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc., one of the largest generation and transmission cooperatives in the nation, serving 1.9 million consumers in Florida. Seminole is owned by nine electric distribution cooperatives, and SECO Energy is one of those nine member-owners.

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