Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, Application, System
- Employment Type
- Part Time/Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Essen
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will configure and optimize SCADA solutions, resolve technical issues, and implement changes to ensure smooth 24/7 operations in the energy sector.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Configure, maintain and enhance SCADA and automation solutions for KAIROS and the existing asset control landscape, resolve operational issues and implement technical changes to support reliable 24/7 operation and the transition from legacy systems.
- Analyze commercial, operational, and regulatory requirements and implement them as system configurations, technical specifications, work items, acceptance criteria, and test cases.
- Implement, configure, test and troubleshoot interfaces between SCADA, upstream RWE office systems, TSOs, assets, RTUs and internal services such as UDO, Refline calculation and Switching Engine.
- Onboard assets and pools by creating and applying templates, import mechanisms, visualisations, signal extensions and operational diagnostics for a high-volume asset landscape.
- Configure and verify data point handling for measurements, setpoints, commands, and alarms, including quality status, plausibility checks, watchdogs, sign conventions, and communication logging.
- Deploy and operate SCADA services across cloud and on-premises environments, implement network segmentation and redundancy, and maintain monitoring, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and ISMS-aligned operational controls.
- Develop, test, document and release technical solutions in close cooperation with business stakeholders, vendors, Enterprise Architecture, developers and operations, and follow agreed agile delivery and change processes.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Senior System Engineer mindset: able to work autonomously on high-complexity business requirements in critical business areas, with strong ownership of system stability and delivery outcomes.
- Strong ability to analyse business processes, data flows and system dependencies and convert them into scalable, secure and maintainable system designs.
- Hands-on knowledge of industrial communication and integration patterns, ideally including IEC 60870-5-104, ICCP, Modbus, RTU connectivity, TSO interfaces and asset communication protocols.
- Practical knowledge of software development using programming languages such as C#/.NET, Angular and scripting languages such as KornShell and PowerShell, with the ability to create maintainable automation, integration components and operational tools.
- Good working knowledge of cloud and infrastructure engineering, preferably AWS, container platforms, Terraform or CloudFormation, Azure DevOps and CI/CD practices.
- Ability to collaborate with internal and external suppliers, challenge solution designs constructively, document decisions and communicate complex topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Fluent English and German skills, with the confidence to facilitate workshops, requirements reviews, show-and-tells, and cross-functional alignment sessions.
Experience
- Deep experience in SCADA, automation or industrial control landscapes, including productive operation, migration, troubleshooting and integration with asset-side control systems.
- Experience with system design for complex, highly available services, including redundancy, monitoring, logging, incident/problem management and operational readiness for 24/7 support.
- Experience with modern AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate requirements refinement, code generation, refactoring, debugging, test creation and technical documentation, while retaining human ownership of architecture, security, code review and production quality.
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What we offer
- Be part of a passionate IT team interfacing the changing energy production business with the fast-paced trading business.
- You will work on KAIROS, a strategic SCADA transformation that combines operational excellence, secure system engineering, and commercial optimisation of RWE's asset portfolio.
- You will have the opportunity to shape the future SCADA platform, collaborate closely with senior colleagues and vendors, and grow within the RWEST Senior System Engineer pathway.
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Benefits
Work-Life-Integration
- 🏠Home Office
- 🅿️Employee Parking Space
- 🚌Excellent Traffic Connections
- ⏰Flexible Working Hours
- 🍼Day Care for Kids
Higher Take-Home Pay
Health, Fitness & Fun
Food & Drink
Topics You Will Work On
Job Locations
About Your Employer
RWE AG
RWE AG is an essential part of the European energy system, ensuring security of supply for Europe. With its three operating segments - lignite & nuclear power, European electricity generation from gas, coal, hydropower and biomass, and energy trading - it is one of the leading European energy companies.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Power Sector, Economy
Senior System Engineer SCADA
- Location
- Essen
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
