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Role: SCADA Architect/Project Lead

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Travel: Will be needed to travel to customer site in North Carolina for project discovery, integration, UAT, training, and Go-live

Job Description for an Ignition SCADA Architect/Project Lead:

Purpose: Client is seeking an experienced Ignition SCADA Architect/Project Lead to enhance Ignition architecture for efficient data transmission from one of our pipe manufacturing customers' shop floor to Azure-hosted Databricks for advanced analytics and operational optimization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SCADA systems, data integration, and cloud-based analytics platforms.

Responsibilities:

  • Review Current Architecture: Analyze the existing Ignition SCADA system, which includes seven Ignition gateways, and identify areas for improvement
  • Data Transmission: Develop methods for efficient and reliable data transmission from Oakboro plant floor to Azure Blob storage and Databricks
  • Integration: Design and implement integration approaches to move data from the plant to Azure Blob storage and back to the plant for consumption by Ignition and Tableau
  • UNS Structure: Evaluate and enhance the current UNS structure to provide context and semantics before moving data to Azure
  • MQTT Broker: Discuss and identify the best use of Azure IoT Hub as the subscriber to the MQTT Broker on the Ignition Central Gateway
  • Analytical Data Flow: Ensure analytical data flows back into the Data Lake for consumption by operations
  • Documentation: Provide detailed breakdowns of options, methodologies, and technologies required to achieve project goals
  • Project Planning: Develop high-level project plans with key milestones, including architecture review, solution proposal, implementation phases, and testing

Qualifications:

  • Experience: 10+ years' experience in Ignition SCADA, OT/IT integrations, PLC/DCS systems, and IoT
  • Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of Ignition SCADA systems, MQTT, Azure IoT Hub, Databricks, SQL Server, Postgres with Timescale DB, and Tableau
  • Analytical Skills: Ability to design data structures and methods for efficient data curation and analytics
  • Architecture Skills: Highly experienced in understanding scalability issues with Ignition SCADA, assessing existing architecture, tag hierarchies, network topologies, gateway configurations, server/compute infrastructure and suggesting scalable architecture for future, considering tag, data, and user growth
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills to collaborate with team members and stakeholders
  • Project Management: Ability to develop and manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables
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Role: SCADA Architect/Project Lead

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Travel: Will be needed to travel to customer site in North Carolina for project discovery, integration, UAT, training, and Go-live

Job Description for an Ignition SCADA Architect/Project Lead:

Purpose: Client is seeking an experienced Ignition SCADA Architect/Project Lead to enhance Ignition architecture for efficient data transmission from one of our pipe manufacturing customers' shop floor to Azure-hosted Databricks for advanced analytics and operational optimization. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SCADA systems, data integration, and cloud-based analytics platforms.

Responsibilities:

  • Review Current Architecture: Analyze the existing Ignition SCADA system, which includes seven Ignition gateways, and identify areas for improvement
  • Data Transmission: Develop methods for efficient and reliable data transmission from Oakboro plant floor to Azure Blob storage and Databricks
  • Integration: Design and implement integration approaches to move data from the plant to Azure Blob storage and back to the plant for consumption by Ignition and Tableau
  • UNS Structure: Evaluate and enhance the current UNS structure to provide context and semantics before moving data to Azure
  • MQTT Broker: Discuss and identify the best use of Azure IoT Hub as the subscriber to the MQTT Broker on the Ignition Central Gateway
  • Analytical Data Flow: Ensure analytical data flows back into the Data Lake for consumption by operations
  • Documentation: Provide detailed breakdowns of options, methodologies, and technologies required to achieve project goals
  • Project Planning: Develop high-level project plans with key milestones, including architecture review, solution proposal, implementation phases, and testing

Qualifications:

  • Experience: 10+ years' experience in Ignition SCADA, OT/IT integrations, PLC/DCS systems, and IoT
  • Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of Ignition SCADA systems, MQTT, Azure IoT Hub, Databricks, SQL Server, Postgres with Timescale DB, and Tableau
  • Analytical Skills: Ability to design data structures and methods for efficient data curation and analytics
  • Architecture Skills: Highly experienced in understanding scalability issues with Ignition SCADA, assessing existing architecture, tag hierarchies, network topologies, gateway configurations, server/compute infrastructure and suggesting scalable architecture for future, considering tag, data, and user growth
  • Communication: Excellent communication skills to collaborate with team members and stakeholders
  • Project Management: Ability to develop and manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
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