Outage Management Systems (OMS) Technical Support Specialist
Job Description
Contract role in Santa Ana, CA (hybrid) with an hourly rate of USD 77 - 77. You will support operational continuity and configuration readiness for the CGI Outage Management System (OMS) application used by OpenGrid (formerly known as PragramUP/PragmaLINE). APR Consulting Inc teams rely on subject matter expertise, hands-on upgrade assistance, and clear documentation to keep outage management systems running reliably.
What you’ll do
- Provide subject matter expertise supporting the CGI Outage Management System (OMS) application for OpenGrid.
- Assist with system logic, processes, and data, with focus on OMS-related projects, customer communications, and operational activities.
- Support upcoming database and operating system (OS) server upgrades, including OMS configuration, testing, and other hands-on support tasks.
- Collaborate directly with the IT team that maintains and improves communications, hardware, and software infrastructure.
- Use data analysis to support operational needs and help with data requests from SQL databases tied to electrical utility events.
- Design, administer, and monitor grid application software configurations.
- Create and execute shell scripts and/or Python code to support configuration and testing workflows.
- Write and review documentation covering configuration processes, logic, and test plans.
Required background
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Maintenance experience providing back office support for the CGI Outage Management System application for an Electrical Utility or similar environment.
- Working experience with OpenGrid Network (formerly PragmaUP/PragmaLINE), SQL, python, and Windows Server maintenance and operational support.
- Capability to support PST working hours.
- Ability to participate in on-call duty support rotation shared with the existing team.
Preferred skills
- SQL
- Python scripting
Tools and technologies
- CGI Outage Management System (OMS), OpenGrid, PragramUP, PragmaLINE
- SQL, python, shell scripts
- Windows Server, database, operating system (OS)