Senior Automation System Engineer

Vantage Data Centers

Senior Automation Systems Engineer developing Ignition and PLC software for data center automation infrastructure. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring system performance and reliability.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $135,000 - $145,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support and maintain graphics, UDT, and PLC code repositories, including change management, version control practices, and controlled release into production environments
Coordinate with internal Automation Engineering stakeholders, project teams, and contractors to ensure alignment with company goals, standards, and critical continuous improvement initiatives
Drive, develop, and manage automation standards, architecture guidelines, SOPs, and user documentation supporting both regional and portfolio-wide needs
Design and evolve automation architectures, data models, UDT frameworks, and reusable logic to support new construction and sustaining operations
Support development, testing, and controlled deployment of new automation applications and updates
Provide development-focused support during commissioning activities, including validation of software functionality, alarming behavior, and data integrity
Collaborate with Design, Engineering, Construction, Reliability Engineering, Site Operations, and Automation Engineering peers to deliver and sustain reliable automation solutions
Act as an escalation and advisory resource for complex automation issues impacting live, mission-critical systems
Develop automation logic and visualization applications based on project documentation including drawings, sequences of operation, bills of material, and instrumentation diagrams
Design and maintain Ignition gateway architectures, including redundancy, performance, and long-term maintainability considerations
Promote abstraction, reuse, and standardization of automation logic across the portfolio
Provide technical leadership to integration team members and staff augmentation resources without direct people management responsibility

Requirements

What you’ll need

Advanced knowledge of the Ignition (Inductive Automation) SCADA platform is required
Five years of experience in industrial automation development required, with six to seven years preferred
Data center experience strongly preferred but not required
Strong understanding of automation systems including control loops, field I/O, and mission-critical control system behavior
Experience with industrial PLC platforms, including but not limited to Rockwell Automation and Carel systems
Familiarity with software development tools and practices such as version control systems and structured code reviews preferred
Demonstrated ability to take technical ownership, influence across teams, and make sound engineering decisions
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SharePoint.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision coverage
life and AD&D
short and long-term disability coverage
paid time off
employee assistance
participation in a 401k program that includes company match
many other additional voluntary benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

Ignition SCADAindustrial automation developmentautomation logicdata modelsUDT frameworksPLC programmingcontrol loopsfield I/Osoftware validationautomation standards

Soft Skills

technical ownershipinfluence across teamsengineering decision makingcollaborationproblem solvingcommunicationleadership