Global SCADA Deployment Engineer – OT/PLC Connectivity

MetroSys, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MetroSys, Inc. is seeking an experienced OT/SCADA Deployment Engineer to roll out the Inductive Automation Ignition SCADA platform across multiple industrial sites.

The role emphasizes implementation, site configuration, equipment connectivity, testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning rather than platform architecture development. Ideal candidates have strong SCADA, industrial automation, and OT backgrounds and can learn the client's standardized Ignition deployment model quickly.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with SCADA, industrial controls, OT systems, or industrial automation.
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, commissioning, or supporting SCADA/HMI environments.
• Experience connecting SCADA systems to PLCs, controllers, field devices, and industrial equipment.
• Understanding of industrial protocols such as OPC/OPC UA, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, MQTT.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and configure standardized Ignition SCADA environments across multiple industrial sites.
• Install and configure Ignition components using client-provided architecture, templates, standards, and gold-image configurations.
• Configure site-specific SCADA settings and adapt templates to plant requirements.
• Connect Ignition to PLCs, controllers, industrial equipment, databases, historians, and other OT systems.
• Configure and validate device connections, tags, alarms, templates, and SCADA components.
• Troubleshoot communications between SCADA servers, PLCs, field devices, and networks.
• Work with plant controls engineers, OT teams, and architecture resources during deployments.
• Perform system testing, validation, commissioning, and production-readiness activities.
• Identify and resolve deployment issues while following global architecture standards.
• Document configurations, deployment procedures, site changes, troubleshooting steps, and as-built environments.
• Provide feedback to improve deployment templates and repeatable rollout processes.
• Support multiple deployments as the program expands globally.

Skills

SCADA

Industrial controls

OT environments

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Ignition

OPC UA

Modbus

Job description

MetroSys, Inc. is seeking an experienced OT/SCADA Deployment Engineer to roll out the Inductive Automation Ignition SCADA platform across multiple industrial sites.

The role emphasizes implementation, site configuration, equipment connectivity, testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning rather than platform architecture development. Ideal candidates have strong SCADA, industrial automation, and OT backgrounds and can learn the client's standardized Ignition deployment model quickly.