Consultant - OT Data Operations, GIC Engineering

Overview

Consultant - OT Data Operations supporting the GIC Supply Chain team across manufacturing-edge OT Data Operations, manufacturing systems, data analytics, and plant integrations.

What you'll do

• Design, configure, and deploy Ignition-based OT Data Operations gateways at the manufacturing edge, including virtual machines, Windows Server environments, plant networks, drivers, tags, MQTT brokers, historians, and security roles.
• Implement and standardize sensor-to-signal workflows from PLC/SCADA connectivity through calculations and contextualization into MES and analytics platforms.
• Collaborate with MES engineers, solution architects, and site controls engineers to integrate the OT Data Operations layer with TrakSYS MES, existing MQIS capabilities, and future MOM solutions.
• Apply and maintain ISA-95-aligned data models for assets, materials, orders, and events across plants and use cases.
• Partner with IT integration teams to design scalable and supportable integration patterns between OT systems, SAP, PLM, and enterprise analytics platforms.
• Support the configuration, performance, and storage strategy of time-series databases, including SQL Server historian, QuestDB, and future platforms.
• Define and implement monitoring, alerting, security controls, and operational runbooks for Ignition gateways, MQTT brokers, and associated infrastructure across pilot and production sites.
• Support site rollout activities including lab validation, plant commissioning, troubleshooting, infrastructure sizing, and continuous improvement of deployment patterns.
• Develop and maintain documentation, standards, playbooks, and training materials with Digital Controls & IS, Digital Core, plant engineering, and vendor teams.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation, Electronics, Electrical, or IT Engineering from an accredited university.
• 10+ years of experience in Controls Engineering, Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Data Analytics.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in OT Data Operations on Ignition.
• Strong experience in OT/industrial automation engineering, including PLC/SCADA, historians, industrial networks, and manufacturing data integration/MES implementation.
• Direct hands-on experience with Inductive Automation Ignition, including gateway configuration, tag historian, alarming, MQTT modules, security/SSO, Perspective, and Jython scripting.
• Knowledge of ISA-95 modeling concepts, Unified Namespace (UNS), asset hierarchy, and OT-to-IT integration architecture.
• Hands-on experience with PLC/SCADA connectivity and protocols such as OPC-UA, Modbus, and vendor-specific drivers.
• Experience with scripting/configuration using Python, SQL, and Ignition scripting.
• Experience with Windows/Linux server environments with virtualization.
• Experience with time-series databases/historians and IIoT and MQTT broker technologies.
• Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, control narratives, and plant network diagrams.
• Strong problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, and written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical architectures to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working in regulated or highly controlled environments such as food manufacturing, pharma, or CPG.
• Applicants must meet minimum age qualifications in the country in which the job is located.

Nice to have

• Exposure to MES platforms such as TrakSYS or similar, and integration patterns with SAP or other enterprise systems.
• GCP certification.
• Background in Mathematics or Statistics.

Details

• Location: Powai, Mumbai, MH.
• Working hours: 1.30 pm to 10.30 pm.