Electrical substations and control centers

Professional Summary
Electronic Engineer with 13 years of experience in automation, communications, supervision and control for electrical substations (11.4 kV to 500 kV) and control centers. Expert in communication protocols used in the electrical sector, SCADA systems, pre-commissioning, commissioning, technical documentation, IED configuration and network equipment configuration (switch, redbox, GPS).

Professional Experience
Automation Engineer II - Acovis Ingeniería de Colombia S.A.S
Duration: 1 year and 7 months (September 2022 - April 2024)
• Implemented requests, made by end clients Enel and Celsia, in Word, Excel and AutoCAD documentation
• Integrated the solar parks Tierra Linda (12.71 MW) and La Tolúa (26.19 MW) to Survalent HMI of electrical substation via DNP 3.0 protocol with commissioning

Senior Project Engineer - Especialistas en Pruebas Eléctricas (Esprelc) S.A.S
Duration: 2 years and 11 months (May 2019 - April 2022)
• Integrated 2 line bays and 1 transformer bay (ABB brand relays) to substation gateway using IEC 61850 and the same to control center using IEC 60870-5-104
• Configured the communications network of 5 electrical substations of 115 kV using Siemens switches and SEL GPSs for satellite synchronization of IEDs
• Performed maintenance (fulfillment of requests from substation operators) of ABB MicroSCADA in 4 substations of 500 kV each

Project Engineer II - Automation - Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL) Colombia S.A.S
Duration: 3 years and 6 months (September 2015 - April 2019)
• Configuration, FAT tests and SAT redundancy tests for 4 Survalent SCADA servers and clients in the ElectroHuila control center
• Configuration, FAT tests and SAT tests for sending Survalent SCADA signals to OMS - SPARD via OPC protocol and to CND - XM via ICCP protocol

Project Engineer - Alstom Colombia Solutions (ACS) now GE Vernova
Duration: 1 year and 10 months (November 2013 - August 2015)
• Commissioned the migration of the graphical interface to the e-Terra SCADA (manufactured by Alstom) for the electrical network of an oil refinery of the client Ecopetrol S.A
• Created images or backups of Windows and Linux operating systems of the servers of 1 SCADA system with restoration testing of the same

Project Engineer - Soluciones en Ingenieria y Consultoria (SIENCO) S.A now SEL Colombia
Duration: 2 years and 3 months (August 2011 - October 2013)
• Integrated (database and graphical interface) Siemens brand protection relays and bay controllers to the Survalent gateway of 1 electrical substation of 230 kV
• Assisted the client in FAT tests with completion of test protocol and gave the client 1 training on Survalent SCADA

Education
Electronic Engineer
Industrial University of Santander, Bucaramanga - Colombia
Graduation date: June 2011 - Thesis grade note: 5.0

Work Terms

Hours of operation = 8:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m ( GMT-5 )
Payment Terms = By Project ( Milestones ) or by hour ( US $ 14 )
Prefered communication style = chat

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