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Our model incorporates regenerative ranching and other regenerative land management practices to restore livelihoods and soil health, biodiversity, and water quality. \nThrough our subsidiary, Clearloop, we are able to help businesses of all sizes reclaim their carbon footprint with a direct investment in building new solar projects while also helping bring renewable energy and economic development to distressed communities.\nBy joining Silicon Ranch, you will be joining a team of experienced and dedicated individuals who have proven time and again that it is indeed possible to not only “make solar do more”, but to make the promise of carbon-free, renewable energy that benefits people right where it comes from a tangible, measurable, and replicable reality. \nSilicon Ranch is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that is reflective of the communities in which we work and serve. We are an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.\nJob Description\nPosition: Sr. SCADA Engineer\nLocation: Nashville, TN (hybrid)\nOverview:\nSilicon Ranch owns and operates a growing fleet of distributed solar, utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage plants and is bringing operations and maintenance in-house at a growing number of sites. The Senior SCADA & Controls Engineer is the owner's technical authority for SCADA, power plant controllers (PPC), plant networks and data acquisition across the fleet. This role sets how our plants are monitored and controlled, holds vendors and integrators to that standard, and is the escalation point when plant controls or communications fail.\nThe role sits alongside Performance Engineering and the 24×7 Remote Operations Center (ROC), so plant data quality, control readiness and loss recovery are owned in one place. It works daily with Field Maintenance, which owns on-site execution.\nMain Responsibilities:\nFleet SCADA ownership and architecture\nServe as subject-matter expert for the fleet's SCADA, PPC, RTU, data logger and network stack across multiple vendor platforms, including vendor-bundled and owner-controlled architectures.\nDefine and maintain SRC SCADA and controls standards: network architecture, point lists and naming, time synchronization, data models, alarm philosophy and documentation requirements.\nLead the technical side of transitions between SCADA platforms and integrators, including migration planning, cutover testing and data continuity.\nValidate that every addition or modification is scalable, documented and consistent with the standard.\nEscalation-level troubleshooting and restoration\nLead root-cause investigation of SCADA, PPC and communications failures, remotely and on site, and drive them to closure with OEMs, integrators and field technicians.\nDiagnose device communication issues, managed switch diagnostics and protocol analyzers; resolve connectivity, latency and data-loss problems.\nTravel to sites for complex failures, commissioning of changes and site acceptance testing when remote resolution is not possible.\nPower plant control\nReview and validate PPC control narratives and logic for active/reactive power, voltage, power factor, ramp-rate and curtailment response against interconnection and utility requirements.\nWitness and approve PPC and SCADA factory and site acceptance tests; own the test record.\nLead owner-driven controls improvements, such as inverter-level reactive power dispatch, tracker control strategies (including grazing-aware stow and positioning), and retrofits that give SRC more direct control of data acquisition.\nRemote Operations Center enablement\nEnsure ROC operators have reliable real-time visibility and control: HMI screens, alarm configuration, setpoint and curtailment pathways, and three-part communication tooling.\nOwn alarm management for the fleet: tune noisy alarms, build new ones, and keep alarm response procedures current.\nTrain ROC operators and field personnel on SCADA and PPC behavior, failure modes and safe operating procedures.\nData integrity for performance analytics\nGuarantee the quality and completeness of plant data flowing into SRC's analytics platform: tag mapping, sampling rates, meter and met station integration, and gap root cause.\nPartner with Performance Engineering on loss investigations where controls behavior is the cause, such as curtailment execution, reactive power, clipping or tracker faults.\nWrite Python or SQL scripts to validate telemetry and diagnose data issues.\nNew projects, vendors and compliance\nReview SCADA and PPC design submittals for new projects before construction and at turnover, so plants enter operations meeting the SRC standard.\nLead technical evaluation of SCADA platforms, integrators and equipment; write technical scope and contract exhibit language and hold vendors to it.\nSupport NERC GO/GOP compliance and CIP obligations for SCADA assets: change management, access control, configuration baselines, evidence retention.\nField support interface\nAct as Tier 3 support to Field Maintenance technicians; provide procedures, configuration packages and remote guidance so field teams can complete Tier 1/2 fixes without escalation.\nMaintain a SCADA critical-spares list with Field Maintenance and recommend stocking levels.\nQualifications: \nBachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer or Controls Engineering, or equivalent experience.\n7+ years supporting SCADA, PPC or controls for utility-scale renewable generation, with at least 3 years in an owner, operator or O&M setting.\nHands-on PPC experience (design, testing, troubleshooting) on platforms such as SEL RTAC, GE/Emerson RX3i, Allen-Bradley or vendor-integrated controllers.\nSolar-specific troubleshooting experience across central and string inverters (e.g. SMA, TMEIC, Power Electronics, Sungrow), trackers (e.g. Nextracker, Array, ATI) and data acquisition systems.\nWorking knowledge of HMI/SCADA providers and platforms such as Inductive Automation Ignition, Merit Controls, Norcal, Terabase, GreenPowerMonitor or SEL.\nStrong industrial networking: Layer 2/3, VLANs, fiber, serial RS-232/485, Ethernet TCP/IP, firewalls.\nIndustrial protocols: Modbus RTU/TCP, DNP3, OPC UA/DA, SEL Fast Messages; IEC 61850 a plus.\nAbility to read and mark up electrical one-lines, communications diagrams and control schematics.\nClear written and verbal communication, including with vendors and executives.\nValid driver's license; authorized to work in the United States.\nPreferred qualifications\nExperience with NERC GO/GOP registration, CIP standards and change management for generation SCADA.\nBESS or hybrid PV+storage controls and EMS integration.\nPython and SQL (MS SQL, PostgreSQL) for data validation; familiarity with cloud data platforms.\nExperience leading a SCADA platform or integrator transition.\nExperience developing and delivering technical training.\nOur interview process:\nA typical interview process at Silicon Ranch might include the below stages. Please note that we may make changes to these steps as needed, and details will be provided to you early on in the process.\nIntroductory Interview with our recruiter\nHiring Manager Interview to dive into technical skills and behavioral questions\nPanel Interview to assess cross-functional skills and dive deeper into technical skills\nExecutive Interview to answer high-level questions about SRC and the team","description_format":"text","description_chars":8102,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy Storage","Solar Energy"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-09T21:25:39Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 1 · green card filings: 1","filings_12m":1,"filings_prev_12m":1,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":112500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-09T07:32:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":97,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T22:00:31Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/silicon-ranch-senior-scada-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/silicon-ranch-senior-scada-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-09T22:00:31Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11050,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":687536},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=687536"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsilicon-ranch-senior-scada-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsilicon-ranch-senior-scada-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsilicon-ranch-senior-scada-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/silicon-ranch-senior-scada-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsilicon-ranch-senior-scada-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3985339}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"siliconranch.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3985339},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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