Job Description

Title: Technical SCADA Ignition Lead
Location: Remote / Houston, TX

Role Overview
We are seeking a Technical Ignition Lead — a senior-level, technically minded resource to serve as the go-to lead across multiple Ignition-based SCADA projects. This role will focus less on writing every line of code and more on guiding design, architecture, standards, and execution of Ignition projects, with a strong emphasis on oil & gas industry requirements.

Key Responsibilities
Provide technical oversight and consultation for Ignition SCADA development, design, and deployment.

Offer design input and feedback to ensure scalable, maintainable Ignition solutions that meet performance, reliability, and safety needs for oil & gas operations.

Lead and mentor a team of engineers working on Ignition-based scopes under your oversight.

Manage and coordinate across multiple concurrent SCADA / automation projects — act as technical lead interfacing with stakeholders, project managers, and cross-functional teams.

Ensure adherence to best practices, company standards, and project deliverables; define frameworks, naming conventions, tag/folder structures, HMI/SCADA templates, metadata definitions, and other architecture standards.

Work with IT/OT, IIoT, data-historian, and infrastructure teams as needed to support integrations, real-time data handling, and system reliability.

Contribute to pre-project planning: requirements gathering, technical feasibility assessments, estimating, and risk identification.

Support ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and performance optimization of existing Ignition-based SCADA systems.

Required Qualifications & Experience
Demonstrated hands-on experience with Ignition (SCADA / HMI / IIoT) development and design in oil & gas environments.

Broad understanding of SCADA, real-time data historians, industrial automation, and IIoT in upstream, midstream, or downstream oil & gas operations.

Proven track record of leading engineering teams or acting as technical lead on multiple projects simultaneously.

Strong communication skills — able to provide clear design guidance, mentor engineers, and interface with project managers, operations, and stakeholders.

Ability to translate oil & gas operational requirements into robust Ignition architecture, considering reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

Good project planning, risk assessment, and coordination skills.

Understanding of data-integration, infrastructure, and system-architecture aspects that often accompany SCADA and IIoT deployments.

Preferred But Not Mandatory
Experience with enterprise-scale SCADA rollouts or consolidations across multiple sites (wells, tank batteries, delivery points, etc.).

Familiarity with metadata management, standardized SCADA project templates, and reusable components for efficiency and maintainability.

Previous involvement in SCADA migrations or modernizations (legacy → Ignition or similar).

Basic understanding of networking, communications, data-historian principles, and cloud/remote data solutions in industrial contexts.

What This Role Offers
Opportunity to shape and lead SCADA/automation standards across multiple projects in a dynamic oil & gas environment.

Leadership and mentoring responsibilities, guiding a team of engineers and helping build robust, scalable Ignition solutions.

Hands-on impact on real-world oil & gas operations — from design through delivery and ongoing support.

Exposure to a wide range of technologies: SCADA, IIoT, real-time data, infrastructure integration, and enterprise-scale systems.