OT Applications & Data Engineer – Industrial IT, AVEVA PI, Alarm Management

AG Solution Group

OT Applications & Data Engineer responsible for hands-on integration of industrial IT & OT systems. Supporting process manufacturing customers with data infrastructure and alarm management.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeKöln • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As an OT Applications & Data Engineer at AG Solution Group, you will be responsible for the hands-on implementation, integration, and support of industrial IT and OT data systems for our process manufacturing customers.
Industrial IT & Data Integration: Implement, configure, and integrate OT/IT systems and data flows, connecting control-layer sources (DCS, PLC, SCADA) to historians, data platforms, and enterprise systems through APIs and standard interfaces.
AVEVA PI & Historian: Configure, maintain, and extend AVEVA PI (PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, interfaces/connectors) to capture, contextualize, and serve real-time and historical operational data.
Alarm Management: Support and optimize alarm management systems (e.g., Honeywell Alarm Management, currently in use), including alarm rationalization, classification, and analysis of alarm performance, critical alarms, and alarm floods.
Connectivity & Protocols: Set up and troubleshoot industrial connectivity using OPC UA and OPC A&E, including configuring tunnelers/wrappers to bridge OT data sources securely and reliably.
Production Data Flow: Ensure seamless, secure, and well-structured data flow across the industrial IT landscape, transforming raw operational data into meaningful information for operations and decision-making.
System Support & Troubleshooting: Provide ongoing support for OT/IT applications, troubleshooting issues across networks, software, and data integrations to keep systems running efficiently.
Collaboration with Teams: Work closely with AG, customer, and partner OT architects, IT teams, and operations to ensure systems are configured correctly, data is integrated properly, and solutions meet operational needs.
Knowledge Management & Best Practices: Contribute to internal documentation, best practices, and troubleshooting guides, and help continuously improve how we deliver industrial IT and data solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Solid experience in industrial IT, operational technology (OT), automation, or data engineering.
Degree in IT, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent professional experience.
Strong all-round IT profile covering networking, software, and data integration/APIs.
Working knowledge of OPC UA and OPC A&E.
Understanding of DCS environments and the role of tunnelers/wrappers in OT connectivity.
Basic knowledge of alarms and alarm classification (critical alarms, alarm floods, alarm types).
Experience with industrial IT and production data flow in a process manufacturing environment.
Fluent German (native or near-native) and English at B2 level or higher.
Based in or willing to relocate near Cologne, with availability to be on-site at the office and customer sites as needed.
Legally authorized to work in Germany.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

industrial IToperational technologydata engineeringdata integrationAPIsAVEVA PIOPC UAOPC A&Ealarm managementproduction data flow

Soft Skills

collaborationtroubleshootingdocumentationbest practicescommunication