About the role
Position Overview
MetroSys is seeking an experienced OT/SCADA Deployment Engineer to support a large-scale rollout of the Inductive Automation Ignition SCADA platform across multiple industrial locations.
The consultant will work closely with the client's OT and architecture teams to deploy a standardized Ignition environment using established architecture, templates, configurations, and a client-developed "gold image." This role will focus primarily on implementation, site configuration, equipment connectivity, testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning rather than developing the overall platform architecture.
Prior hands-on Ignition experience is highly desirable but not required. Candidates with a strong background in SCADA, industrial controls, PLCs, industrial automation, and OT environments who can quickly learn the client's standardized Ignition deployment model will be considered.
Key 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 standardized templates to individual plant requirements. * Connect Ignition to PLCs, controllers, industrial equipment, databases, historians, and other OT systems. * Configure and validate device connections, tags, communications, alarms, templates, and related SCADA components. * Troubleshoot communication issues between SCADA servers, PLCs, field devices, networks, and other OT systems. * Work with plant controls engineers, OT teams, network engineers, and centralized architecture resources during deployments. * Perform system testing, validation, commissioning, and production-readiness activities prior to site turnover. * Identify and resolve deployment issues while maintaining consistency with established global architecture standards. * Document configurations, deployment procedures, site-specific changes, troubleshooting steps, and as-built environments. * Provide feedback to the architecture team to improve deployment templates and repeatable rollout processes. * Support multiple deployments as the program expands across additional locations globally.
Required Qualifications
* 3+ years of experience working 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 communication protocols such as OPC/OPC UA, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, MQTT, or similar technologies. * Experience troubleshooting communications between field equipment, control systems, networks, and SCADA platforms. * Understanding of industrial networking, IP addressing, switching, firewalls, and connectivity within OT environments. * Ability to follow standardized architecture and deployment procedures while adapting configurations to individual sites. * Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills. * Ability to work independently while coordinating with centralized engineering and architecture teams.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition. * Ignition Core or Gold Certification. * Experience with other SCADA/HMI platforms such as Rockwell FactoryTalk, AVEVA/Wonderware, Siemens WinCC, GE iFIX/CIMPLICITY, or similar technologies. * Experience with Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Schneider, or other industrial PLC platforms. * Experience deploying systems across multiple manufacturing or industrial locations. * Experience with historians, SQL databases, industrial data collection, alarming, and visualization. * Familiarity with OT cybersecurity and network segmentation best practices. * Experience supporting large-scale or global industrial technology deployments.