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Automation and Control Strategies Group, INC. dba ACS Professional Staffing Business Analyst in Vancouver, Washington
- Location: Vancouver, Washington
- Type: Contract
- Job #7990 Overview: ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Business Analyst (BA) 2 will provide research and analysis of historical data on the installed database of PSC and SPC (System Protection & Control) equipment. In addition, the BA will design processes and forms to track a variety of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) requirements and compliance efforts at the organization. Work may entail identifying missing data from the system and developing and implementing new processes or procedures to track compliance. This Business Analyst will collaborate with Engineers and the PSC and SPC Crafts organizations to support management decision-making and define and recommend requirements and improvements for program or project development. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA. Pay range: $34.88 - $49.84 Benefits:
- Paid holidays: 11
- PTO: Starting at 10 days
- Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
- EAP: Employee Assistance Program
- Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
- Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks Responsibilities:
- This position will provide project management and change control associated with several NERC compliance and cybersecurity initiatives: Firmware tracking, Vulnerability assessments, and password management; as well as providing detailed analysis of the Cascade and BES (Bulk Electric System) data to determine where equipment is located and how much of a risk the organization has for non-compliance with NERC and company requirements and standards. To successfully advance the work, the BA in this position will perform the following:
- Program Effectiveness:
- Coordinate activities for manager-assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters. Escalate concerns to appropriate manager/federal personnel. Activities include:
- Propose and monitor tasks and deadlines associated with new regulatory requirements, compliance violations, and process changes.
- Build project sites, workflows, and document libraries in SharePoint.
- Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, take, and distribute minutes, and track action items.
- Compliance Analysis:
- Monitor new and modified equipment to verify that configurations comply with North American Electric Reliability Corporation-Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC-CIP) requirements.
- Prepare plans to verify that compliance requirements are defined and documented, compliance plans are formally approved, and milestones are accomplished.
- Interview Field personnel to identify what equipment is installed in the field, update system information as appropriate.
- Design, draft, and recommend forms, reports, and tools to track progress and verify completion of mitigation activities for compliance violations.
- Perform research in asset and maintenance databases to gather and organize information (i.e., recent maintenance, missing data, and trouble reports).
- Assemble data from multiple sources and utilize advanced Excel, Power BI, or reporting applications to analyze data for potential violations, and to present data in a user-friendly format for evidence reviews.
- Assist appropriate manager / personnel with analysis of "problem equipment" data and verify whether there is enough information to formulate solution plan