Senior SCADA Engineer - Scale Operations & Automate Data

DNOW; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401(k)

Health benefits (medical, dental, and视

Career growth

Paid vacation/holidays

Job summary

DNOW is seeking a Senior SCADA Engineer to operate, support, and enhance an industrial SCADA platform across PLC data, databases, and Ignition applications, ensuring system reliability and performance.

The role requires 3+ years of hands-on SCADA experience, Ignition expertise, and strong SQL/Python skills. On-site work in Midland, TX with opportunity to develop automation and data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of hands-on SCADA integration, development, or support experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, maintain, and support the health, reliability, and performance of the SCADA platform and supporting infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot system issues, performance bottlenecks, data integrity concerns, and operational incidents.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions to prevent recurring issues.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response processes.
• Create and improve standard operating procedures, operational documentation, and troubleshooting guides.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for customer-reported issues and operational support needs.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve platform functionality, reliability, and scalability.
• Develop and maintain scripts, automation, and tooling using Python and SQL.
• Support database optimization, data pipelines, and backend integrations.
• Design and maintain standardized PLC-to-SCADA data structures, naming conventions, and templates.
• Support integration and troubleshooting of PLCs, IIoT devices, MQTT, Sparkplug B, OPC UA, and Modbus communications.
• Contribute to operational standards, best practices, and the growth of the SCADA operations function.

Skills

SCADA integration

Ignition SCADA

SQL

Python

MQTT

OPC UA

Modbus

Linux

Data analysis

Documentation

Communication

Tools

Ignition

PostgreSQL

Python

Job description

DNOW is seeking a Senior SCADA Engineer to operate, support, and enhance an industrial SCADA platform across PLC data, databases, and Ignition applications, ensuring system reliability and performance.

The role requires 3+ years of hands-on SCADA experience, Ignition expertise, and strong SQL/Python skills. On-site work in Midland, TX with opportunity to develop automation and data pipelines.