Ignition SCADA/MES Deployment & Validation Engineer

Ignition SCADA/MES Deployment & Validation Engineer Work Location: Remote with Travel to Greenville, South Carolina, United States Travel Requirement Approximately 2 trips per month Each trip typically lasts one full work week Travel generally occurs every other week Occasional back‑to‑back travel may be required based on project need The selected consultant will ensure the successful transition of the Ignition solution from test environments into a validated, production‑ready system by verifying installations, validating integrations, troubleshooting issues, supporting testing activities, and documenting system performance. Position Overview The client is seeking an experienced Ignition SCADA/MES Deployment & Validation Engineer to support the deployment, commissioning, integration, testing, and production readiness of an Ignition‑based SCADA/MES solution within a manufacturing environment. This role is primarily remote; however, regular travel to manufacturing facilities is required for deployment, commissioning, validation, Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), go‑live activities, and hypercare support. Key Responsibilities Deployment & Commission Deploy Ignition Gateway, Perspective clients, projects, tags, scripts, and database connections in production environment. Assist with production cutover and rollback planning. Validation & Test Validate end‑to‑end data flow from PLCs and plant systems through Ignition in Historian and MES database. Validate integration test, system test, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT). Troubleshooting & Support Diagnose and resolve issues related to OPC UA connectivity, MQTT communication, PLC integration, database connectivity, security configuration, and network communication. Support go‑live and hypercare activities. Documentation Record test results, defect tracking and remediation actions, stakeholder approvals. Maintain testing and traceability documentation. Manufacturing Operations Support Verify production tracking accuracy and confirm reporting outputs and operational readiness. Coordinate with operations, engineering, IT, controls, and vendor teams. Deliverables Ignition Gateway and Perspective deployment in production environments. End‑to‑end system validation and testing. Site Acceptance Testing documentation. Verification of tags, alarms, scripts, database connections, Perspective screens. Troubleshooting and remediation support. Production cutover and go‑live readiness activities. Testing and validation documentation. Manufacturing workflow validation. Required Skills & Experience Ignition Platform Strong hands‑on experience with Ignition 8.1+ Gateway deployment and configuration. Project publishing and roll‑out of Perspective application deployment and validation. Scripting & Development Python/Jython scripting within Ignition. Event handling and runtime troubleshooting. Database & Reporting Strong SQL experience. Stored procedure validation. Schema and data integrity verification. SCADA/MES Systems Deployment and validation of SCADA and MES platforms. Data acquisition and visualization. Historian integration. Reporting and production workflow validation. OPC UA, AMQTT, PLC integration. Manufacturing system integration. Testing & Validation Test planning and execution. End‑to‑end system testing. Manufacturing Environment Experience Experience working with operations teams, maintenance vendors, commissioning, cutover, go‑live, and hypercare support. #J-18808-Ljbffr Net2Source (N2S)