Senior Utilities Infrastructure Specialist

Job overview

The Senior Utilities Infrastructure Specialist role is full-time and onsite in Binghamton, NY, with an annual salary of $105,000–$120,000. The position supports a customer in the public utilities industry, maintaining operational smart grid infrastructure and critical utility applications and facilities. The specialist designs and implements infrastructure improvements, maintains security controls and NERC CIP compliance around critical SCADA systems, and supports operational resilience. The role also leads technical implementation and evaluation work, responds to incidents, and mentors team members; 24x7 on-call support is required.

What you'll do

• Design, plan, and implement infrastructure changes through change management
• maintain NERC CIP compliance and security controls around critical SCADA systems
• lead technical implementation plans and evaluate, select, and test hardware and software
• respond to incidents, tasks, and requests within service-level agreements
• partner with clients, vendors, and project teams
• monitor operational performance and mentor team members
• provide 24x7 on-call support.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior utilities infrastructure specialist

binghamton ny

aquinas consulting

public utilities

smart grid

scada

nerc cip

network security

cisco nexus

routing and switching

24x7 on-call

$105k–$120k/year

infrastructure operations

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off and company holidays, 401(k) match, disability and life insurance, tuition and student loan repayment assistance, health savings and flexible spending accounts, employee assistance program, family support, and incentive pay opportunities.

Why this role

Requires seven or more years of enterprise infrastructure experience and strong routing and switching skills, including Cisco Nexus. Experience with BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, vPC, vxLAN, NAC, microsegmentation, RADIUS, TACACS+, LDAP, firewalls, SDN, load balancing, and scripting is specified.

About the employer

Aquinas Consulting is hiring for this role. Industry: Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities. Sector: 92.