Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Maintains the Ignition SCADA platform, ensuring optimal performance, availability, and security.
• Develops, configures, and supports Ignition projects, including:
  • Perspective and/or Vision screens
  • Tags and UDTs
  • Alarms, historical data, and reports
  • Troubleshoots application-level issues and provides technical support to resolve operational challenges.
• Manages Ignition upgrades, patching, backups, and disaster recovery, including participation in redundancy and failover testing.
• Supports and maintains Ignition gateway configurations, security roles, and user access.
• Configure and test communication protocols such as Modbus, OPC, Ethernet and MQTT
• Communicate effectively and proactively to teams on any concerns, problems, or technical discussions that impact the project.
• Follow best-practices and guidelines for developing intelligent UDT’s for an Ignition system
• Participate in system testing and validation activities, including pre-production testing and post-deployment support.
• Investigates, evaluates, and recommends software enhancements, system configurations, or platform improvements to enhance performance, reliability, and usability of the Ignition environment.
• Identifies opportunities to leverage Ignition automation, scripting, and visualization capabilities to add value to business and operational processes.
• Collaborates with internal teams to troubleshoot data, application, or performance issues impacting Ignition systems and dashboards.
• Creates and maintains technical documentation, standards, and procedures related to Ignition development and support.

• Associate degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; minimum 5 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of application and project structures, data modeling concepts, visualization tools, and scripting or programming languages.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills are required
• Must adhere to good programming practices, including clean code, documentation, and structured testing
• Experience should focus on SCADA application development, design, and/or operations using Inductive Automation Ignition or another industrial SCADA platform
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including security concepts and communication protocols
• Proven experience with at least one programming or scripting language (Python preferred)
• Experience and familiarity with Ignition project structure, tag architecture, and visualization components (Perspective and/or Vision)
• Experience creating and maintaining UDTs and reusable templates driven by structured data models
• Experience developing data-driven screens and dashboards using standardized templates and attributes
• Experience implementing and supporting Ignition alarming, historical data, and reporting features.

• Certified with Ignition 8.0 or greater

• Experience with languages (VBScript/Java/C#) and understanding database nomenclature. Knowledge of upgrades and Disaster Recovery is preferred.
• Experience working with PLC-based systems and common industrial controllers is a plus, with Allen-Bradley experience preferred but not required.

• Insurance: Medical/Dental/Vision/ Basic Life and AD&D/and other benefit options to meet your personal needs
• Retirement: 401K with immediate matching contribution
• Annual Discretionary Bonus
• Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Free, confidential support for you and your dependents
• Career Progression Program – Opportunities for growth and development
• On-Site fitness center
• Wellness & Company Events throughout the year