Senior Enterprise SCADA Technical Support Engineer

AVEVA; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

AVEVA in Sydney is seeking a Senior Enterprise SCADA Technical Support Engineer to join our global support organisation, helping customers operate, maintain, and expand mission-critical SCADA environments across energy, utilities, pipeline, water and industrial sectors.

You will provide advanced technical support for AVEVA Enterprise SCADA (OASyS), work with customers, engineering and product teams to resolve complex issues, and travel to client sites as needed to ensure system reliability and

Qualifications

• Strong experience supporting enterprise-scale SCADA, industrial automation, or OT environments.
• Deep understanding of SCADA/HMI architectures, high availability, redundancy, failover, and mission-critical operations.
• Experience troubleshooting Windows Server environments, networking, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Microsoft Hyper‑V administration and backup tasks.
• Strong SQL Server knowledge, including querying, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
• Experience with diagnostics, scripting, or development using C#, VB.NET, C++, or similar.
• Excellent customer-facing communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across global teams.

Responsibilities

• Resolve complex software, system, integration, communications, and performance issues in enterprise SCADA environments.
• Lead technical investigations, root cause analysis, replication, escalation, and resolution of critical customer incidents.
• Support installations, upgrades, migrations, commissioning activities, and system expansions.
• Troubleshoot enterprise SCADA applications, HMI displays, alarm systems, real-time databases, historian integrations, and communications infrastructure.
• Partner with Product Development and R&D teams to validate defects, test fixes, and improve product quality.
• Create knowledge base content, technical notes, troubleshooting guides, and best-practice documentation.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers operating critical infrastructure systems.
• Occasionally travel to client sites.

Skills

SCADA

Industrial automation

OT environments

Windows Server

SQL Server

C#

VB.NET

C++

Communication

Independent work

Tools

Microsoft Hyper-V

Job description

Job Title: Senior Enterprise SCADA Technical Support Engineer

Location: Sydney Australia

Employment Type: Full Time

The job

We are seeking an experienced Senior Enterprise SCADA Technical Support Engineer to join our global support organisation, helping customers operate, maintain, and expand mission-critical SCADA environments across the energy, utilities, pipeline, water, and industrial infrastructure sectors. This role provides advanced technical support for AVEVA Enterprise SCADA (OASyS) deployments and works directly with customers, engineering, product development, and project teams to resolve complex operational challenges.

You’ll work with a highly specialised global team supporting some of the world's most critical operational systems. This is an opportunity to develop deep expertise in enterprise SCADA technology, influence product improvements, collaborate with industry‑leading customers, and solve technically challenging problems that have real‑world impact.

Key responsibilities

• Resolve complex software, system, integration, communications, and performance issues in enterprise SCADA environments.
• Lead technical investigations, root cause analysis, replication, escalation, and resolution of critical customer incidents.
• Support installations, upgrades, migrations, commissioning activities, and system expansions.
• Troubleshoot enterprise SCADA applications, HMI displays, alarm systems, real‑time databases, historian integrations, and communications infrastructure.
• Partner with Product Development and R&D teams to validate defects, test fixes, and improve product quality.
• Create knowledge base content, technical notes, troubleshooting guides, and best‑practice documentation.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customers operating critical infrastructure systems.
• Occasionally travel to client sites.

Essential requirements

• Strong experience supporting enterprise‑scale SCADA, industrial automation, or operational technology (OT) environments.
• Deep understanding of SCADA/HMI architectures, high availability, redundancy, failover, and mission‑critical operations.
• Experience troubleshooting Windows Server environments, networking, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Microsoft Hyper‑V administration and backup tasks.
• Strong SQL Server knowledge, including querying, troubleshooting, and performance analysis.
• Experience with software diagnostics, scripting, or development using technologies such as C#, VB.NET, C++, or similar.
• Excellent customer‑facing communication, problem‑solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across global teams.

Desired skills

• Direct experience with AVEVA Enterprise SCADA, OASyS DNA, Telvent OASyS, or related platforms.
• Knowledge of industrial protocols such as DNP3, Modbus, OPC, IEC, and field devices including RTUs and PLCs.
• Experience in Oil & Gas, Pipelines, Utilities, Water, Power, or other critical infrastructure industries.
• Experience supporting geographically distributed, highly available SCADA systems.
• Understanding of OT cybersecurity and industrial networking concepts.
• Strong administration experience with Microsoft Hyper‑V, including virtualization, clustering, storage, networking, performance optimisation, and disaster recovery.

Commercial at AVEVA

Our Commercial team, comprised of over 2,000 dedicated colleagues, is the backbone of our customer relationships and business growth. From industry experts and solution architects to sales, support, success managers, and business operations, everyone shares a common goal: to deeply understand our customers' needs and deliver tailored solutions.

Find out more about our Commercial team and culture.

Background check

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.