Ignition SCADA Engineer — Power Gen & OT Analytics

Professional Recruiting Consultants; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Professional Recruiting Consultants seeks a SCADA Engineer to support OT equipment and data flow across gas, solar and wind assets. You will partner with site and IT teams to maintain control/data system reliability and enable advanced analytics and AI initiatives.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree with 3–6 years of experience, expert Ignition and AVEA PI skills, and knowledge of OT protocols for renewable gas power systems. Ignition certification is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 3–6 years of experience.
• Expert level Ignition and AVEA PI skills.
• Renewable and Gas power systems experience.
• Familiarity with OT equipment: SCADA, RTU, PI data historians, SEL-RTAC, DNP, OPC, Modbus.
• Ignition certification preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office; scripting in Python preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Ignition SCADA System, (Gateways, new Screens, create alarms, historian and integration).
• Manage OT SCADA equipment, including servers and point configurations within the device(s) and ensure systems are up to date.
• Develop data flows and displays in Ignition Perspective, facilitating advanced analytics and visualization of Operational Data.
• Troubleshoot and maintain connections between OT equipment -- i.e., controls systems, Remote Intelligence Gateways (RIG), RTU's, Campbell Scientific data loggers, etc.
• Maintain data connections between Remote Operations Center, corporate data servers and OEM SCADA, RTU, OPC Servers, etc.
• Coordinate with IT (internal and 3rd party) as primary point of contact for plant operations.
• Provide NERC CIP guidance and support to ensure all assets are in compliance
• Support SCADA lifecycle refresh and support internal AI Initiatives.

Skills

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree

3-6 years experience

Ignition certification (preferred)

Tools

Inductive Automation Ignition

AVEA PI

Job description

Professional Recruiting Consultants seeks a SCADA Engineer to support OT equipment and data flow across gas, solar and wind assets. You will partner with site and IT teams to maintain control/data system reliability and enable advanced analytics and AI initiatives.

The ideal candidate holds a bachelor’s degree with 3–6 years of experience, expert Ignition and AVEA PI skills, and knowledge of OT protocols for renewable gas power systems. Ignition certification is a plus.