Global Ignition & SCADA Architecture Lead

Catapult Solutions Group; United States; On-site; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Catapult Solutions Group is assisting a leading data center platform client in finding a SCADA / Ignition Architect to own global Ignition design and associated OT solutions. The role emphasizes architecture, standards, enablement, and rapid scale with minimal hands-on coding.

The ideal candidate will drive a transformation from monthly to weekly Ignition rollouts, partner with PMs and engineering, and develop reusable standards and gold images to accelerate deployments across ~40 sites

Qualifications

• Significant SCADA / OT experience (≈10 years total, including architecture).
• Global Ignition (Inductive Automation) experience.
• Ability to operate at an architecture level, including process ownership, standards development, partner leverage, and cost/quality/velocity trade-offs.
• Strong track record of driving global or multi-site solutions and continuous improvement.
• Excellent collaboration skills with program managers, engineers, infrastructure teams, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Drive global Ignition / SCADA / IoT architecture to achieve maximum rollout velocity with high quality and cost efficiency.
• Partner with the program manager and engineering team to own the process so deployments scale without major production issues, snags, or rework.
• Identify and lead initiatives that shorten timelines, such as gold images for Ignition that cut infrastructure delivery time, pushing more work to Ignition partners against existing SLAs, and simplifying multi-step SOPs.
• Review and improve existing standards, best practices, and SOPs across the current ~40 Ignition installs, eliminating waste and collapsing steps to raise overall efficiency.
• Set the architectural direction that enables the engineering team to execute independently and at higher volume, targeting a trajectory from roughly one rollout per month toward one per week or better.
• Keep skills current with selective hands-on work, while keeping the primary focus on design, enablement, and organizational acceleration rather than implementation.

Skills

SCADA / OT experience

Ignition (Inductive Automation)

Architecture leadership

Global rollout experience

Process ownership

Cost/quality/velocity trade-offs

Collaboration with PMs/engineers

Job description

Catapult Solutions Group is assisting a leading data center platform client in finding a SCADA / Ignition Architect to own global Ignition design and associated OT solutions. The role emphasizes architecture, standards, enablement, and rapid scale with minimal hands-on coding.

The ideal candidate will drive a transformation from monthly to weekly Ignition rollouts, partner with PMs and engineering, and develop reusable standards and gold images to accelerate deployments across ~40 sites