Senior Scada Engineer

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior SCADA Engineer with expert-level knowledge of Ignition SCADA to lead the design, development, deployment, and commissioning of plant-wide SCADA solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Ignition Perspective, Vision, OPC UA, MES integration, PLC connectivity, industrial networking, and IT/OT cybersecurity within manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop SCADA applications using Ignition Perspective and Vision.

Build and maintain UDTs, tag hierarchies, alarm management systems, historians, and reporting solutions.

Configure and manage Ignition Gateway architecture, redundancy, security, and high-availability deployments.

Integrate PLCs (Siemens, Beckhoff, Mitsubishi) with Ignition via OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus TCP, and EtherNet/IP.

Design PLC-SCADA-MES interfaces and support OEE, KPI, and production reporting.

Develop OPC UA Information Models, XML NodeSets, telemetry structures, alarms, and equipment hierarchies.

Develop scripts using Python/Jython, REST APIs, and SQL databases.

Lead FAT, SAT, commissioning, vendor coordination, documentation, and user training activities.

Mandatory Skills

Ignition SCADA (Expert Level)

Perspective

Vision

UDT Design & Tag Hierarchies

Alarm Manager & ISA-18.2

Tag Historian & Reporting

Gateway Architecture & Redundancy

Python/Jython Scripting

MQTT / Sparkplug B

PLC Integration

Siemens TIA Portal (S7-1200/S7-1500)

Beckhoff TwinCAT 3

Mitsubishi PLCs

OPC UA Device Connections

Industrial Protocols

OPC UA

MQTT / Sparkplug B

Modbus TCP

Profinet

EtherNet/IP

BACnet

Database & Integration

SQL Server / PostgreSQL / MySQL

Transaction Groups

Named Queries

MES Integration

REST API Development

Cybersecurity

IEC 62443

Network Segmentation

AD/LDAP Integration

Certificate-based TLS

Firewall & Access Control

Preferred Skills

Sepasoft MES/OEE Modules

Ignition Edge

InfluxDB / Grafana / OSIsoft PI

Azure IoT / AWS IoT

Git Version Control

Battery, EV, Automotive, Pharma, or Process Industry Experience

Qualifications

• B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Automation, Electrical, Controls, Mechatronics, or related disciplines.

• Minimum 7 years of SCADA and Industrial Automation experience.

• At least 4 years of hands-on Ignition development experience.

• Ignition Core Certification preferred