Job Description

Senior Ignition Developer (Industrial Data & SCADA Systems)

Location: Greater Houston Area (Remote with occasional in-person for meetings/collaboration)
Employment Type: Full-Time

Overview

A growing systems integration firm is expanding its industrial software team and is looking for a seasoned Ignition developer who can operate at a high level across design, build, and deployment. This role isn’t tied to sitting at a client site day-to-day—you’ll be part of a centralized engineering group driving large-scale internal initiatives for a major oil & gas portfolio.

The environment is flexible. Most work is done remotely, with periodic meetups at the Houston office for planning sessions, design reviews, or team events. If you prefer a mix of heads-down development and occasional face time, this setup works.

This is not a “configure screens and move on” position. You’ll be building systems that people rely on to make real operational decisions in real time.

What You’ll Actually Be Doing

• Architecting and building Ignition-based applications from the ground up, not just maintaining legacy projects
• Creating intuitive HMIs and operational dashboards that translate complex process data into something usable
• Connecting plant-floor equipment (PLCs, RTUs, edge devices) into unified SCADA environments
• Writing and optimizing scripts inside Ignition to automate workflows and handle data processing
• Designing alarm strategies and data historian structures that don’t overwhelm operators
• Improving performance of existing systems—faster load times, cleaner data flow, less noise
• Supporting deployments during commissioning phases and stepping in when things don’t behave as expected
• Working alongside controls engineers, IT teams, and operations stakeholders to bridge the gap between OT and IT

What You Need to Bring

• Solid background in SCADA or industrial application development (typically 3–7+ years)
• Real hands-on experience with Ignition (Vision, Perspective, or both—not just exposure)
• Working knowledge of industrial protocols like OPC UA, Modbus, MQTT, or similar
• Comfort working with relational databases and writing SQL queries (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Ability to troubleshoot live systems without creating bigger problems in the process
• Experience supporting production environments where downtime actually matters

What Sets You Apart

• You’ve built Ignition projects from scratch and can explain your design decisions
• You understand the difference between “it works” and “it works reliably at scale”
• You’ve worked in oil & gas, energy, or other heavy industrial environments
• You’re comfortable owning pieces of a project without needing constant direction

Work Environment & Flexibility

• Remote-first, with occasional trips to the Houston office for collaboration
• No permanent on-site client assignment—this is an internal engineering role
• Flexible scheduling as long as deliverables and team coordination stay on track