Operational Technology Analyst
Halifax Water - 2 Jobs
Lower Sackville, NS
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Job Details:
Halifax Water is inviting applicants for Two (2) Regular Operational Technology Analysts in the Corporate Services Department.This is a unionized position in the CUPE local 227. Halifax Water believes a diverse workforce positively contributes to its success, and the success of our community. We encourage applications from qualified African Nova Scotians, LGBTQ+ community, racially visible persons, women in non-traditional positions, persons with disabilities and Indigenous persons. Halifax Water encourages applicants to self-identify in the cover letter.
Interested, qualified candidates are asked to submit a cover letter and resume, stating Competition #HW25-109E confirming their interest by 4:30 pm on July 1, 2025.
1. Participate in the development and implementation of long-term OT system road map projects through collaboration with various departments to identify operational requirements and improvements.
2. Take a leading role in the development, review, and enhancements of governance, policies, procedures, workflows and training materials, pertaining to OT systems.
3. Configure applications and devices based on cyber security best practices and ensure Halifax Water policies are being followed to protect all data and OT systems.
4. Application and system account management within the OT environment.
5. Responsible for maintaining, testing and verifying the integrity of processes in support of disaster recovery and incident response pertaining to assigned OT systems.
6. Provide end user training on Halifax Water OT systems to staff. Provide advanced training on application configuration to Technical Services team members.
7. Stay informed on industry knowledge, best practices, and OT application administration.
8. Document application configuration and architecture, documenting both hardware and software dependencies and integrations.
9. Collaborate with the Enterprise Architects and Cyber Analyst (OT) to develop and maintain the enterprise architecture and OT system architectures.
10. Plan, test and control the release of new features for OT systems.
11. Track all change requests for the assigned applications and maintain release notes for each application update.
12. Resolve work requests in adherence to established response times and provide status updates.
13. Provide recommendations to management as a subject matter expert.
14. Create/update sites, lists, libraries, templates, themes, site definitions, etc., within OT application environments.
15. Coordinate and communicate with third party vendors to address issues and provide enhancements across multiple applications.
16. Performs such other duties as may be assigned.
- Education:
- Grade 12, plus additional Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologist or Post-secondary in Business or Computer Science or related field, professional training in Information Technology, or a suitable equivalent combination of formal education and experience.
- Experience:
- 5 years progressive experience related to OT application administration. Related equivalent experience may be considered.
- Candidates must have advanced analytical and system diagnostic experience.
- Experience working in a process control environment.
- Experience with network practices for OT, including the Purdue model, NIST 800-82-R3, protocols such as Ethernet/IP, Modbus, DNP3, SNMP, PI connectors and OPC.
- Experience with human machine interfaces (HMI).
- Experience with real-time data historians.
- Experience with time-series alarm notification.
- Experience developing enterprise architecture databases.
- Experience implementing cyber security best practices in OT systems.
