Ignition Scada

Seeking an experienced Ignition SCADA SME to lead design, implementation, and migration of large-scale SCADA systems to an Ignition + Auto Sol-based architecture for enterprise oil & gas operations. The role will drive standardization, scalability, and modernization across multi-asset environments.

• Design and implement Ignition-based SCADA platform for real-time monitoring, control, and visualization

• Lead migration from legacy SCADA systems (Cyg Net/Wonderware) to Ignition

• Define and implement SCADA architecture (centralized OT-hosted, scalable, secure)

• Configure Ignition gateways, Perspective UI, UDT frameworks, and tag models

• Integrate Auto Sol (ACM/eACM) for field data acquisition from PLCs/RTUs

• Design and manage data pipelines (OPC UA, MQTT, REST, Kafka) for OT/IT integration

• Develop HMI screens, reusable templates, and high-performance UI aligned to ISA-101

• Implement alarm management (ISA-18.2 compliant) with escalation workflows and notifications

• Support historization, trending, and enterprise integration (PI, FSM, analytics systems)

• Establish naming standards, UDT governance, and data quality frameworks

• Drive CI/CD, Dev/Test/Prod separation, and configuration governance

• Participate in testing (FAT, SAT), cutover planning, and hypercare support

• Core SCADA & Ignition

• Strong experience in Ignition SCADA (Perspective, Vision, Gateway architecture)

• Expertise in UDT design, tag modeling, scripting (Python/SQL)

• Experience building enterprise-scale SCADA (>1M tags, multi-site)

• Communications & Integration

• Hands-on with Auto Sol ACM/eACM, OPC UA, MQTT (Sparkplug B)

• Experience integrating with PLC/RTU protocols (Modbus, DNP3, ROC, CIP, Total Flow)

• Strong in API integration, Kafka, enterprise data platforms

• SCADA Modernization

• Proven experience migrating Cyg Net / Wonderware SCADA to Ignition

• Expertise in data mapping, tag standardization, and historical data migration

• Experience in parallel migration / coexistence strategy

• OT Architecture & Security

• Understanding of Purdue architecture (L0–L5) and OT/IT segmentation

• Experience in high availability (HA), disaster recovery (DR), redundancy design

• Knowledge of industrial cybersecurity (IEC 62443, OT security frameworks)

• Preferred Skills

• Experience in Oil & Gas / Utilities / Industrial operations

• Exposure to AVEVA PI / Historian integration

• Experience with Field Service Management / alarm workflows / Twilio integrations

• Knowledge of industrial UX/UI design tools (Miro, wireframes)

• Certifications (Preferred / Must-have)

• Ignition Core / Perspective Certification

• Ignition Gold Integrator (strongly preferred)

• ISA-101 / ISA-18.2 (good to have)

• Relevant certifications in SQL, .NET, or Python

• Soft Skills

• Strong stakeholder engagement with OT, Engineering, Operations teams

• Experience working in large multi-year transformation programs

• Ability to manage parallel workstreams and cross-team coordination

Education: Master Of Engineering,Master Of Technology,Bachelor of Engineering,Bachelor Of Technology

• Preferred skills: Technology->Industrial IOT Embedded Software->Application
• SCADA/wonderware->SCADA,Technology->Industrial IOT Embedded Software->Control Systems & Acquisition Systems->SCADA,Domain->Utilities->Transmission & Distribution->SCADA