Senior SCADA / OT Engineer (Ignition)
Location: Remote — U.S.
Travel: 25–30%
Engagement: 6+ Month Contract-to-Hire
Position Overview
Seeking a Senior SCADA / OT Engineer with deep hands-on Ignition experience to support industrial and natural gas/pipeline operational technology environments.
This role is focused on Ignition development, SCADA/OT integration, industrial data, and IoT Edge technologies.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and support Ignition SCADA applications
Build solutions using Ignition Perspective/Vision, Gateway scripting, tags, historian, and Named Queries
Integrate PLCs, RTUs, PACs, and other industrial/OT devices
Work with Modbus, MQTT, and Kafka
Develop and support solutions using SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL
Support IoT Edge devices and containerized applications
Troubleshoot and optimize SCADA/OT systems
Collaborate with operations, automation, SCADA, and OT/IT teams
Must-Haves
3–5+ years hands-on Ignition experience
SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL scripting/database experience
OT device/protocol knowledge — Modbus, MQTT, Kafka
IoT Edge devices and containerization
6+ years overall SCADA, OT, or industrial automation experience
Oil & gas, midstream, pipeline, energy, utilities, manufacturing, or similar industrial experience is preferred.