Senior Ignition Integrator in Lafayette, Louisiana at Techneaux Technology Services

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. Techneaux is a unique company with a unique long-term vision. As a privately held company with the intention to remain privately held, we aim to provide rewards and opportunities to our team members above and beyond the standard corporate salary and benefits package. While company profits are critical, we remain empowered and committed to prioritizing decisions which reward team members over profits.

Techneaux prides itself on being a customer and team member focused organization and we are always on the lookout for talented individuals who share these values. Techneaux is currently looking for a qualified full-time Senior Ignition Integrator to join our Enterprise Services team.

What makes Techneaux a great place to work?

• We are a tight-knit team that is passionate about the overall product delivered to our customers. We strive to be experts in our field.
• We have a collaborative culture motivated by mutual respect that fosters regular feedback and group discussion.
• We are an exciting, growing company and we want you to grow with us. At Techneaux, your career is what you make of it.
• We currently offer competitive salaries and an annual profit-sharing plan to each team member in the organization.
• We also offer paid time off; paid holidays; a corporate mobile phone plan; paid parental leave; health, dental, vision and supplemental insurance; employer-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance; 401(k) with employer match; and health savings accounts.

Job Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities outlined below include essential functions of the role. Depending on business needs, this role may perform a combination of some or all the following duties. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Our Senior Ignition Integrator is a member of our Enterprise Services team. Techneaux's Enterprise Services team provides software integration and staff augmentation services centered around SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems primarily for the Energy / Oil & Gas industry. We are vendor-agnostic and routinely help clients with many different brands of SCADA systems, as well as other third-party systems that need to be integrated with SCADA systems. We offer a wide range of services ranging from entry-level data manipulation, developing custom interfaces between various systems, multi-tiered system support, designing and architecting completely new systems, to developing custom utilities to automate repetitive tasks. In this role, you will serve as the Ignition platform authority - leading solution design, driving billable project delivery, and representing Techneaux's capabilities in pre-sales and client advisory contexts.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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/NoSQL databases.
• Perform system migrations from legacy SCADA platforms (Wonderware, FactoryTalk, GE iFIX, Intouch) to Ignition.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for clients on assigned projects, communicating decisions, risks, and trade-offs in clear, accessible terms.
• Set technical direction on assigned projects, including architecture, integration approach, and implementation standards, and is accountable for the outcomes of those decisions.
• Review technical work product for quality, accuracy, and adherence to established standards, providing immediate feedback when work does not meet requirements.
• 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 in the discipline.
• 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.
• Ability to travel, if required (up to 25% for client site visits and commissioning).

What you will need to be successful in this role:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in SCADA/HMI development and industrial automation environments.
• Demonstrated depth with Inductive Automation Ignition - Vision and Perspective modules required.
• 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, DNP3.
• 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 as historians or data stores).
• Strong client communication skills - able to lead technical discussions and translate requirements into architecture.
• 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 & controls, or related field. Relevant technical experience may be a substitute.
• Must be able to work in an open environment, multi-task, and collaborate with others.
• Demonstrate aptitude and willingness to learn and grow while having fun on a dynamic team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ignition Gold Certification (Inductive Automation) - strongly preferred.
• Experience in oil & gas SCADA: pipeline monitoring, tank farm automation, wellhead control, or offshore production.
• Familiarity with OT cybersecurity frameworks (IEC 62443, NERC CIP, NIST SP 800-82).
• Multi-platform SCADA experience: Wonderware/AVEVA, GE iFIX/CIMPLICITY, Rockwell FactoryTalk, or similar.

Pay Range = $90,000 - $115,000 annually

FLSA and Employment Status: Exempt; Full-time

Techneaux Technology Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable. All applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, ancestry, physical/mental disability, medical condition, military/veteran status, genetic information, marital status, ethnicity, alienage, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. By completing this application, you are seeking to join a team of hardworking professionals dedicated to consistently delivering outstanding service to our customers and contributing to the financial success of the organization, its clients, and its team members. Equal access to programs, services, and employment is available to all qualified persons. Those applicants requiring accommodation to complete the application and/or interview process should contact a management representative.