New York ISO

New York ISO

ICAP Market Operations Engineer

Rensselaer, New York, United States · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$81k-$135kDetected 71 days ago
SQLLinuxExcelSASCollaborationProblem SolvingMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) applies cutting-edge technology to operating a reliable electricity system, managing competitive markets for wholesale electricity, and planning for the Empire State's energy future.
  • The NYISO's Market Operations department invites applications for a full-time ICAP Market Operations Engineer to join our team.
  • ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES - Annually administer two ICAP capability period auctions, twelve ICAP monthly auctions and twelve ICAP spot-market auctions.

Requirements

  • Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or government regulations.
  • Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, vendors, Market Participants and the general public.
  • Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
  • Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
  • Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
  • Ability to deal with nonverbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) in its most difficult phases.
  • Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to perform routine office tasks.

Nice to have

  • Three to five years of relevant industry related or professional experience, capacity markets preferred
  • Intermediate competency using PSS/e Optimal Power Flow, UNIX and PC systems preferred.
  • Intermediate competency using SQL preferred.
  • Advanced knowledge of Excel and a working knowledge of SAS or statistical programming language preferred.

Compensation

  • $80,800 - $135,000 USD
  • Annually administer two ICAP capability period auctions, twelve ICAP monthly auctions and twelve ICAP spot-market auctions.
  • Perform other ICAP market activities, Capability Period setup activities including ICAP to UCAP translation, billing, requirements, load shifting, certification, true-up load shifting, DMNC updates and import rights.
  • Also implement periodic changes to the Demand-Curve values in the ICAP software system as needed.
  • Support collection of data for Gold Book and NYISO reports.
  • Review, analyze, and approve ICAP Supplier DMNC data. Coordinate with other NYISO departments and Market Participants to ensure accuracy of data.

This listing is sourced directly from New York ISO's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.