Senior Ignition Integrator

Description
Techneaux Technology Services, LLC is a growing and innovative managed IT, software, and technology service company based in Lafayette, LA with additional offices in Colorado and Texas. We are a privately held company committed to rewarding team members over profits and offering competitive salaries, benefits, and profit‑sharing.

What makes Techneaux a great place to work?

• We are a tight‑knit team passionate about the product we deliver.
• Our culture is collaborative, respectful, and encourages regular feedback.
• We are an exciting, growing company that supports your career development.
• We offer competitive salaries and an annual profit‑sharing plan.
• We provide paid time off, holidays, a corporate mobile plan, paid parental leave, health, dental, vision, supplemental insurance, life, short‑term and long‑term disability, 401(k) with employer match, and health savings accounts.

Job Responsibilities

Our Senior Ignition Integrator is a member of the Enterprise Services team, responsible for software integration and staff augmentation focused on SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems in the Energy/Oil & Gas industry. The role involves design, development, commissioning, and support of Ignition SCADA/HMI solutions across multiple client environments.

• Lead end‑to‑end design, development, and commissioning of Ignition SCADA/HMI systems for upstream, midstream, and downstream oil & gas clients.
• Architect Ignition solutions including tag structures, UDTs, Vision and Perspective applications, historian configurations, and alarming strategies.
• Integrate Ignition with PLCs, RTUs, DCS platforms, OPC UA/DA servers, MQTT brokers, and SQL/No
  
  SQL databases.
• Perform system migrations from legacy SCADA platforms (Wonderware, Factory Talk, GE iFIX, Intouch) to Ignition.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for clients, communicating decisions, risks, and trade‑offs clearly.
• Set technical direction on projects, including architecture, integration approach, and implementation standards, and be accountable for outcomes.
• Review technical work product for quality, accuracy, and adherence to standards, providing immediate feedback when necessary.
• Escalate technical decisions that carry significant risk, cost implications, or cross‑project impact to the appropriate director or architect level.
• Establish and maintain Ignition development standards, templates, and best practices across the delivery team.
• Mentor and upskill junior and mid‑level integrators on Ignition platform, scripting, industrial networking concepts, and professional growth.
• Participate in high‑stakes or contentious client engagements, including situations where stakeholders may be frustrated or under pressure.
• Participate in client discovery sessions, technical scoping, and proposal development.
• Support business development by contributing technical content to proposals, including approach narratives, scope definitions, and effort estimates.
• Contribute to internal training, methodology documentation, and reusable IP as part of Techneaux's Ignition practice growth.
• Provide advanced customer support for new and existing Ignition‑based SCADA systems.
• Travel up to 25% for client site visits and commissioning, if required.

• 6+ years of hands‑on experience in SCADA/HMI development and industrial automation.
• Depth of knowledge with Inductive Automation Ignition – Vision and Perspective modules.
• Proficiency in Ignition scripting (Python, JavaScript), UDT design, tag historian configuration, and alarm pipelines.
• Experience integrating Ignition with industrial protocols: OPC UA, Modbus TCP/RTU, MQTT (Cirrus Link), Ethernet/IP, DNP
  3.
• Hands‑on PLC/RTU experience:
  Allen‑Bradley, Siemens, ABB, Emerson, or equivalent.
• Working knowledge of SQL databases in an industrial context (MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Strong client communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions.
• Ability to manage concurrent deliverables across multiple engagements with minimal oversight.
• Ignition Core Certification (Inductive Automation) required.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, instrumentation &…