Data Center Low Voltage

Boubacar Malik Ba

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Stone Mountain, GA 30088

Phone number: 678-***-****

Email:*******@*****.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

To Provide professional Distribution or transmission Power lines protection and control/SCADA/HMI services associated with electric power network or relevant industries. .

EDUCATION:

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY (State University of New York), Stony Brook, NY

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (May 21, 2010)

Key projects:

SCADA system design for High, Medium and low voltage systems

Designed, built, commissioned and maintained various SCADA systems for multiple clients, including entire Power SCADA system for World Class Data Center.

SCADA/HMI system for Smart Power Grid industry

Built entire systems (database and display with interface) to increase efficiency and safety of power distribution systems featuring outage, distribution and energy management with full automation and Real time applications.

Embedded systems Assembly and VHDL (AT Mega 16, Motorola).

Design and Building of Digital Temperature gauge displayed on LCD.

Coding and troubleshooting for Microcontrollers: Programming of CPU architecture (PLC)

Simulation of complex digital logic systems with VHDL and PLDs. Simulation, modeling and source coding for exhaustive test benches, functionality evaluation and synthesis into real device (RTL schematics)

Renewable energy: inverting circuits for Solar Power Systems: Design and building of

Astable Multivibrator circuit connected to step up transformer to turn DC power

generated by solar panel in usable AC power in for home appliance. Solar panel

construction from basic solar cells.

Problem solving with C++: design, coding and testing of a major administration system.

ENGINEERING SOFTWARES/ COMPUTER LITERACY

Linux and Windows environment, Indusoft, WonderWare, Power Scada Expert, Prism, SQL database (Oracle and SQL Mapping), Sharepoint,TCP/IP, open source software usage ( infrastructure solutions with VMWare), Assembly, VLSI, VHDL and PLDs, Matlab, C++, C, AutoCAD, PSpice, . Ms Project, Ms Word, Excel, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Access, Pandesic SAP (e-commerce), Exceed…

HONORS AND AWARDS:

-National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent award (September 2009)

-National Science Foundation scholarship (January 2004)

WORK HISTORY:

AMPIRICAL SOLUTIONS (Nov 2020- Aug 2023)

Engineer 3

●Comfortable with most protection schemes including overcurrent, differential and distance.

●Familiar with one line, three line, AC and DC drawings.

●Certified with ETAP Power systems Analysis.

●Comfortable with Relays configuration to cause Breakers to trip according to protection scheme.

●Conducted onsite testing of relays inside Substations (travel).

●Modeled entire transmission network for a major power provider including fault simulation and analysis.

●Completed various conductor configurations including length, space coordinates and type.

●Familiar with SEL instrumentation and configuration including use of acselerator software.

●Good knowledge of various transformers settings with respect to modeling.

DIVERSIFIED AUTOMATION INC (Jan 2018-Nov 2020)

Lead HMI engineer

●Designed, Built, tested, implemented and supported major HMI systems for UPS and Fedex

Using Factory Talk View, Wonderware and Indusoft.

●Worked alongside PLC team on various issues related integration

●Trained customer on installed system functionality

●Worked with different vendors to ensure successful project completion.

SAVIANCE TECHNOLOGIES (short term contract Oct 2017-Feb 2018)

SCADA/MES Reporting Data Analyst-Business Intelligence (Alcon)

●Supported the data analysis activities related to the reporting application for the SCADA and MES Systems in relation to Data Warehouse (Xenon, Factory Link and Werum).

●Assisted in preparing technical documents and technical presentations related to the activities described above.

●Wrote SQL queries for relational database using PLSQL for various analytic purposes

●Worked in close collaboration with the Business / IT / Engineering teams.

●Conducted autonomous efforts to gather and analyze data in support of business needs as required.

●Trouble-shooted configuration issues on reports KPIs.

●Prepared all documentation presenting the results of the analysis.

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (March 2017- October 2017)

Scada Software Application Engineer

●Created, managed and edited SCADA systems for medium to low voltage systems

●Created communication devices types and profile with associated Modbus register maps.

●Used thorough knowledge of control and process logic, various communications protocols (DNP, ModBus, TCP/IP), and network communications infrastructure during project design.

●Created and managed real time databases

●Created and Manipulated Graphic symbols from built in libraries

●Built One-line diagram with animation set up and configuration Advanced one-line

●Created Menu and pages based on customer preference

●Edited existing projects to reflect changes or upgrades

●Generated and managed events, alarms, trends and Waveforms

●Developed systems based on network architecture

●Built and deployed virtual machine with full functionality

●Ensured redundancy with stand by servers

●Implemented changes to Operational Technology servers and network topology. This includes assisting with the configuration of server hardware, virtual machines, firewalls, switches and sometimes existing older technologies.

●Completed version upgrades for old systems

●Conducted full and thorough testing using simulation software prior to deployment

●Commissioned project on site for client and conducted training for local staff

ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS (March 2015 – October 2017)

Project Engineer (Smart grid engineering)

●Delivered complex SCADA/HMI to meet customer’s specification within schedule and budget with high level of quality (ON SITE installations) with a focus on Power Plant distribution and transmission.

• Command of UNIX operating systems including RHEL6 and 5, Linux administration

• Custom RPM software packaging

• Configuration Management experience with system integration tools (Ansible, PIM….)

• Virtualization experience working in a virtual environment (VMware )

• Extensive experience with DHCP processes, Server and workstation design and

deployment

●Built working dynamic displays (One-Line and Three-line diagram) for substation and distribution networks (DrawV and Autocad).

●Built the associated Database and performed points linkage (Database Editor) for RTDB functions and Control features (RTU and/or IED).

●Implemented Disaster Recovery procedures to ensure system reliability.

●Event logging and Report generation customized to client’s need.

●Built, configured and maintained both servers and workstations (HP and Dell)

●Built historian and relevant web portal for accurate and flexible report generation.

●Installed, configured and maintained system applications on servers and workstations

●Completed and coordinated installations of new and updated systems while provide thorough training to Client utility companies.

●Maintain and oversees mission critical systems configurations using Red Hat Enterprise Linux and VM Ware (Virtualization), VPN technology, VNC, Graphon, putty and WinSCP.

●Strong knowledge of network protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SSH and Telnet

●Experienced in routing protocols, layer 2 & 3 devices, firewalls, load balancers.

●Strong understanding of LAN/WAN network architecture along with routers and switches configuration and ensuring connectivity by created multiple paths and bonding NIC.

●Thoroughly trained to meet NERC/ CIP compliance requirements

●Knowledge of structured programming, communication techniques and communications protocols (PCI, DNPnet, Multispeak and ICCP).

●Familiar with principles of project management

●Honored company long term support agreement with customers by providing live support and training.

●Documented techniques to improve company’s processes with excellent written or verbal skills.

ATRONIX ENGINEERING Doraville, GA (November 2010 to January 2015)

Systems Integration Engineer

●Built, configured, installed, operated and Maintained large automation SCADA systems

●Conducted Regression testing of new systems

●Performed project documentation and management

●Conducted extensive Linux migration on existing systems from Windows

●Managed databases, ran multiple queries on Heidi SQL to work with tables and data

●Managed cross-functional group during system integrations

●Trained local users and support technicians on system functionality and maintenance

●Conducted preparation and testing of replacement hardware

●Gathered system performance data and recommended system improvements

●Configured and mapped entire system hardware included vision system (SQL)

●Flashed programs on new microcontrollers

●Provided remote support to clients going live with new systems and Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation (level 3 support)

●Supervised and conducted IP/TCP migration

●Researched the equipment necessary to reach technical goals.

●Electronic Circuit assembly, machine building and hardware repair

●Requested and coordinated support from the proper vendors

●Wrote troubleshooting guide and training manuals

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY Stony Brook, NY (January 2010 to May 2010)

Teacher's Assistantship Microelectronic circuit theory and design class.

●Provided assistance to Senior Electrical Engineering class in both Circuit theory and Implementation in laboratory

●Assisted students in circuit design using Pspice and Labview.

●Circuits Troubleshooting and grading of students Lab experiments.

LANGUAGES: French (fluent), Spanish (conversational).

References: Available upon request.

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