Seeking a seasoned Solution Architect with extensive experience in AspenTech Historian and Distributed SCADA systems to design and implement robust data solutions for manufacturing, energy, and utility sectors. This role demands a strategic approach to enterprise-wide data architecture, focusing on high availability, performance, and integration across diverse industrial environments.

Your expertise will be crucial in developing comprehensive strategies for data acquisition, contextualization, archival, and visualization. You will also be responsible for establishing frameworks for OT cybersecurity, disaster recovery, and remote connectivity, ensuring the integrity and security of critical operational data.

This permanent position offers the opportunity to lead pre-sales initiatives, contribute to solution architecture, and engage directly with clients to understand and address their unique data challenges. A strong understanding of MES and shopfloor operations is essential for success in this role.

Define and implement enterprise and site-level AspenTech Historian and Distributed SCADA architecture, standards, and roadmaps. Design effective strategies for data acquisition, buffering, compression, replication, contextualization, archival, retention, and visualization. Architect seamless integrations with PLCs, DCS, SCADA, MES, ERP, and various analytics platforms. Establish high availability, disaster recovery, OT cybersecurity, and remote connectivity frameworks. Lead assessment, design, implementation, migration, testing, and commissioning of SCADA and historian solutions. Drive data quality initiatives, performance monitoring, and production support. Collaborate closely with business, IT, OT, engineering, and vendor teams. Support RFP/RFI responses, effort estimations, and customer presentations. Engage in customer workshops, technical presentations, and Proof of Concepts (PoCs).

Minimum 12-15 years of experience in the Manufacturing, Energy, Utilities, or Process Industries. Proven track record in architecting, implementing, and supporting enterprise-wide historian and shopfloor data solutions. Mandatory experience in MES/Shopfloor implementation and Pre-sales/Solutioning. Hands-on experience with AspenTech Historian and Distributed SCADA architecture. Proficiency in designing data acquisition, HA, DR, archival, and performance tuning strategies. Expertise in integrating with PLCs, DCS, SCADA, MES, ERP, and other operational systems. Strong understanding of OT Networking, Cybersecurity, and integration design. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills. Experience leading design reviews, testing, cutover, and global rollouts.