Ignition Scada Professional

Educational Requirements Service Line Responsibilities

• Design and implement Ignition-based SCADA platform for real-time monitoring, control, and visualization
• Lead migration from legacy SCADA systems (CygNet/Wonderware) to Ignition
• Define and implement SCADA architecture (centralized OT-hosted, scalable, secure)
• Configure Ignition gateways, Perspective UI, UDT frameworks, and tag models
• Integrate AutoSol (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

Additional Responsibilities:

• 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
• 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

Technical and Professional Requirements:

• 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 AutoSol ACM/eACM, OPC UA, MQTT (Sparkplug B)
• Experience integrating with PLC/RTU protocols (Modbus, DNP3, ROC, CIP, TotalFlow)
• Strong in API integration, Kafka, enterprise data platforms

SCADA Modernization

• Proven experience migrating CygNet / 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:

• Domain->Utilities->Transmission Distribution->SCADA
• Technology->Industrial IOT Embedded Software->Control Systems Acquisition Systems->SCADA
• Technology->Industrial IOT Embedded Software->Application - SCADA/wonderware->SCADA