SEL RTAC & Event Integration
RTAC configuration and logic mapping, relay communications, and automated event-file collection workflows using FTP/SFTP where supported.
For utilities · Engineering firms · Tier 1 contractors
Principal expertise.
Corporate partnership.
Ready for your scope.
Grid Services Corporation offers corp-to-corp technical consulting for advanced substation automation, protection and controls, and commissioning oversight. Connect high-voltage field experience with modern utility data infrastructure.
23 years Inside the SubstationSpecialized P&C expertise
Principal / Tech LeadTechnical leadership and integration
Corp-to-CorpEngage through Grid Services Corporation
Your technical partner
From physical assets
to protection data.
Support for investor-owned utilities and contracting firms that need experienced technical judgment across relay panels, automation applications, and substation data systems.
Principal P&C Automation Engineer / Consultant
Protection and control logic support, settings management, technical review, commissioning advisory services, and complex field troubleshooting.
Lead Substation Automation & Integration Tech Lead
Automation application deployment, integration architecture, technical direction of project teams, and coordination across field, OT, IT, and project management stakeholders.
Technical capabilities matrix
Specialist skills.
Practical deliverables.
Engagements are scoped around your utility standards, approved parameters, interfaces, and project priorities.
SEL Blueframe & Containerized Deployment
Blueframe network application environments, Device Management and Automation applications, Linux/container-based systems, and coordination of secure application communications.
Protection-Data Pipelines
Capture, concentration, routing, and validation of COMTRADE and CEV records. Channel mapping and file-format integration for protection databases and SEL-5601 synchroWAVe environments.
IED Logic & Settings Support
Logic calculation, settings management, script programming, relay scheme review, and troubleshooting across modern and legacy microprocessor protection systems.
Commissioning Oversight
Testing and verification support, cutover planning, in-service checks, energization readiness coordination, and technical direction aligned with utility operational standards.
OT Integration & Team Direction
DNP3, IEC 61850, and SEL communications support. Coordinate network requirements with IT while managing relay interfaces, automation logic, and event-file validation within the authorized scope.
Working across OT and IT
Clear interfaces.
Defined responsibility.
Successful integration depends on protection specialists and IT teams working together with clear boundaries and approved change controls.
- Grid Services technical scopeRelay communication configuration, RTAC logic mapping, automation application support, and fault-file validation.
- Client IT coordinationNetwork and firewall provisioning, virtual server infrastructure, access controls, and approved communication ports.
- Client engineering authorityReview, validation, and formal approval of settings, logic, and architecture before deployment or energization.
Corp-to-corp engagement
Add expertise
to your delivery team.
Engage Grid Services Corporation as a technical consulting partner, an embedded project specialist, or a source of principal-level staff augmentation.
- Define the assignmentAlign on scope, deliverables, location, schedule, and reporting responsibilities.
- Confirm commercial termsDiscuss the statement of work, rate, travel requirements, and vendor onboarding directly.
- Integrate with your teamCoordinate with project management, engineering authority, field personnel, and IT to support execution.
Principal profile
Tariq Jilani
23 years of specialized protection and controls expertise spanning field commissioning, relay settings, technical leadership, and substation automation.
M.S., Electrical & Computer EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology · June 2025
B.S., Electrical EngineeringFlorida International University · August 2004
Field-to-systems perspectiveHands-on utility protection experience combined with automation integration and project-team guidance.
Discuss your opportunity
Need a principal technical
partner for your next project?
Send your firm's name, scope, work location, target dates, and anticipated engagement duration.
tjilani@gridservicescorp.com