What are the responsibilities and job description for the SCADA Architect/Project Lead position at ARK Infotech Spectrum?
Job Details
Role:- SCADA Architect/Project Lead
Location- Charlotte, North Carolina - Hybrid
Position Summary:
Travel: Will be needed to travel to customer site in North Carolina for project discovery, integration, UAT, training, and Go-live
- Review Current Architecture: Analyze the existing Ignition SCADA system, which includes seven Ignition gateways, and identify areas for improvement.
- Data Transmission: Develop methods for efficient and reliable data transmission from Oakboro plant floor to Azure Blob storage and Databricks.
- Integration: Design and implement integration approaches to move data from the plant to Azure Blob storage and back to the plant for consumption by Ignition and Tableau.
- UNS Structure: Evaluate and enhance the current UNS structure to provide context and semantics before moving data to Azure.
- MQTT Broker: Discuss and identify the best use of Azure IoT Hub as the subscriber to the MQTT Broker on the Ignition Central Gateway.
- Analytical Data Flow: Ensure analytical data flows back into the Data Lake for consumption by operations.
- Documentation: Provide detailed breakdowns of options, methodologies, and technologies required to achieve project goals.
- Project Planning: Develop high-level project plans with key milestones, including architecture review, solution proposal, implementation phases, and testing.
Qualifications:
- Experience: 10 years experience in Ignition SCADA, OT/IT integrations, PLC/DCS systems, and IoT.
- Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of Ignition SCADA systems, MQTT, Azure IoT Hub, Databricks, SQL Server, Postgres with Timescale DB, and Tableau.
- Analytical Skills: Ability to design data structures and methods for efficient data curation and analytics.
- Architecture Skills: Highly experienced in understanding scalability issues with Ignition SCADA, assessing existing architecture, tag hierarchies, network topologies, gateway configurations, server/compute infrastructure and suggesting scalable architecture for future, considering tag, data, and user growth.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills to collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
- Project Management: Ability to develop and manage project plans, timelines, and deliverables.
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