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Job Description Senior Ignition Developer Location: San Antonio, Texas Work Schedule: Hybrid - two days per week onsite Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire Travel: Approximately once per month to field assets in South Texas, typically for one to two days Compensation: Competitive base salary plus a 10%-15% annual performance-based bonus Relocation: Candidates must currently live in the San Antonio area or be willing to relocate Position Overview We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Ignition Developer to lead the technical development, implementation, and long-term support of an enterprise Ignition SCADA platform for an established energy operator. The organization is undertaking a major, approximately 10-month migration from Cygnet SCADA to Inductive Automation Ignition. During the migration, this individual will serve as the internal technical lead and work closely with a third-party system integrator to guide architecture, development standards, testing, and deployment.

Following implementation, this position will become the organization's primary in-house Ignition resource, with full responsibility for ongoing application development, platform administration, troubleshooting, enhancements, and production support. This is a hands-on development position requiring strong Ignition expertise, Python scripting capabilities, and experience building scalable, reusable SCADA applications. The ideal candidate is comfortable working independently and taking long-term ownership of a business-critical industrial platform.

Key Responsibilities Ignition Development and Architecture Design, develop, configure, test, and support applications using Inductive Automation Ignition. Build responsive operator interfaces and dashboards using Ignition Perspective and/or Vision. Develop scalable tag structures, intelligent UDTs, reusable templates, and standardized data models.

Create data-driven screens and dashboards using reusable components and structured attributes. Develop Python scripts to automate processes, extend platform functionality, manipulate data, and support application workflows. Configure and support alarming, historical data, trending, reporting, and visualization capabilities.

Apply clean-code principles, documentation standards, version control practices, and structured testing throughout the development lifecycle. Establish development standards and best practices that support the long-term scalability and maintainability of the platform. SCADA Migration and Integrator Oversight Serve as the internal technical lead during the migration from Cygnet to Ignition.

Coordinate with and provide technical oversight to the third-party system integrator responsible for implementation. Review proposed system architecture, database structures, application designs, scripts, tag models, UDTs, and integration methods. Ensure the integrator's work aligns with internal operational requirements and established Ignition development standards.

Participate in design reviews, testing, validation, cutover planning, deployment, and post-implementation support. Identify technical risks, development concerns, and project dependencies, and communicate them proactively to internal teams and project stakeholders. Develop sufficient internal knowledge and documentation to assume full ownership of the platform following project completion.

Platform Administration and Support Maintain the Ignition SCADA environment to support availability, security, reliability, and performance. Manage Ignition gateways, project structures, security roles, authentication, and user access. Plan and execute platform upgrades, patching, backups, restoration procedures, and disaster-recovery activities.

Participate in redundancy and failover testing. Troubleshoot application, gateway, tag, database, communication, and performance-related issues. Provide ongoing technical support for production systems, operational users, dashboards, and field-connected assets.

Evaluate and implement platform improvements, application enhancements, and automation opportunities. Monitor system health and address issues that could affect data availability or operational visibility. Industrial Communications and Integration Configure, test, and troubleshoot industrial communication protocols and interfaces, including: OPC and OPC UA MQTT Modbus Ethernet-based industrial communications Support communication between Ignition, field devices, PLCs, RTUs, databases, historians, and other operational systems.

Collaborate with operations, automation, engineering, IT, and field personnel to resolve data and communication issues. Travel periodically to South Texas field assets to support testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and system validation. Documentation and Continuous Improvement Create and maintain technical documentation covering architecture, application standards, tag structures, UDTs, scripts, gateway configurations, integrations, support procedures, and disaster recovery.

Develop repeatable procedures for application deployment, testing, troubleshooting, and production support. Identify opportunities to use Ignition scripting, automation, visualization, and data capabilities to improve business and operational processes. Recommend software enhancements, architectural changes, and configuration improvements that increase system reliability, usability, and performance.

Required Qualifications At least five years of related SCADA development, application engineering, or industrial automation experience. Strong hands-on development experience with Inductive Automation Ignition. Demonstrated experience developing Ignition applications rather than solely administering or supporting the platform.

Experience with Ignition 8.0 or newer. Strong Python or Jython scripting experience within an Ignition environment. Experience with Ignition Perspective and/or Vision

Strong understanding of Ignition project structures, tag architecture, UDTs, templates, and reusable components. Experience developing data-driven SCADA screens and operational dashboards. Experience configuring alarming, historical data, trending, and reporting.

Experience supporting Ignition gateways, security roles, user access, backups, upgrades, and production environments. Working knowledge of OPC, MQTT, Modbus, and industrial Ethernet communications. Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, system security, databases, and industrial communication architecture.

Strong troubleshooting skills across applications, data, communications, and system performance. Ability to independently own a production Ignition platform and serve as the organization's primary subject-matter expert. Ability to communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Associate degree from a college or technical school, equivalent technical training, or a comparable combination of education and relevant experience. Must currently reside in the San Antonio area or be willing to relocate. Ability to work onsite in San Antonio two days per week.

Ability to travel to field assets in South Texas approximately once per month for one to two days. Preferred Qualifications Ignition 8.0 or newer certification. Experience leading or supporting a large-scale SCADA migration to Ignition

Previous experience working with Cygnet SCADA. Experience reviewing or overseeing work performed by an Ignition system integrator. Experience within upstream or midstream oil and gas operations.

Experience supporting geographically distributed field assets, including production facilities, pipelines, well sites, or related infrastructure. Familiarity with redundant Ignition architectures, failover testing, disaster recovery, and high-availability production environments. Experience integrating Ignition with SQL databases, historians, enterprise applications, and external reporting systems.

Ideal Candidate Profile The strongest candidate will be a hands-on Ignition developer who can lead the technical side of a major migration while preparing to assume complete ownership of the platform. This individual should be comfortable reviewing an integrator's work, challenging architectural decisions when necessary, writing production-level code, supporting operational users, and independently managing a critical SCADA application after deployment.