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Job Description
Senior Technical Lead
Banglore, Karnataka

Job Summary

IGNITION/SCADA DEV

Key Responsibilities

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Skill Requirements

Job Description: Senior Ignition Designer / SCADA Developer (8+ Years Experience)

Position: Senior Ignition Designer / SCADA Developer
Experience: 8+ Years
Location: Bangalore/Chennai

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Ignition Designer / SCADA Developer to support and enhance an existing Ignition-based industrial automation platform used across multiple manufacturing facilities. The platform was originally developed by an external partner and is currently supporting several production sites, with a larger production-line supervision and monitoring initiative planned for the coming year.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Inductive Automation Ignition, industrial automation systems, SCADA/HMI development, and integration with shop-floor equipment and enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, enhance, and maintain applications built using the Ignition Platform (Perspective/Vision, Designer, Gateway).
  • Support existing shop-floor applications, production dashboards, reporting solutions, and supervision systems.
  • Develop and maintain HMI/SCADA screens, workflows, alarms, notifications, and data visualization components.
  • Implement enhancements and change requests for existing facilities while ensuring system stability and performance.
  • Integrate Ignition with PLCs, industrial devices, historians, MES, databases, and enterprise applications.
  • Develop scripts and business logic using Python/Jython within the Ignition framework.
  • Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and provide timely resolution.
  • Collaborate with manufacturing engineers, operations teams, technical leads, and global stakeholders.
  • Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to the roadmap for the upcoming large-scale supervision-system project.
  • Document technical designs, configurations, and support procedures.
  • Mentor junior developers and help establish sustainable internal capability for Ignition development and support.

Required Experience & Skills

  • 8+ years of experience in industrial application development, SCADA, HMI, or manufacturing systems.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Ignition Platform development and configuration.
  • Proficiency in Python/Jython scripting.
  • Experience working with SQL databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing environments.
  • Familiarity with MES, Historian, IIoT, or Industry 4.0 solutions.
  • Exposure to production-line monitoring and supervision systems.
  • Ignition certification(s) from Inductive Automation.
  • Experience working in global delivery and support models.
  • Knowledge of ISA-95, ISA-88, or industrial automation standards.
  • Strong stakeholder collaboration and communication skills.

Other Requirements

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