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SCADA Lead

Insight Global
New Orleans, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 7/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/25/2026

Must Haves

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field.
  • 10 years supporting industrial control systems or utility SCADA.
  • 5 years administering enterprise SCADA platforms.
  • Experience with mission-critical high-availability systems.
  • Experience with disaster recovery planning.
  • Strong knowledge of Windows Server, virtualization, networking, and OT infrastructure.


Plusses

  • Natural gas utility experience.
  • Experience with AspenTech OSI.
  • Knowledge of DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT, ICCP. • SQL Server, PowerShell, and Python.
  • Dynatrace familiarity.
  • Industrial cybersecurity knowledge.


Job Description

The SCADA Lead serves as the technical authority for our customer's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) environment, ensuring the reliability, security, availability, and long-term sustainability of the enterprise SCADA platform. This individual is responsible for the architecture, administration, lifecycle management, disaster recovery, operational support, and continuous improvement of the SCADA environment supporting natural gas transmission, distribution, storage, measurement, and field operations. The SCADA Lead provides technical leadership for the SCADA platform, establishes engineering standards, leads modernization initiatives, and serves as the primary technical liaison with software vendors, system integrators, and internal stakeholders. Primary Responsibilities:

  • SCADA Platform Leadership
  • System Reliability & Operations
  • Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
  • SCADA Engineering
  • Cybersecurity
  • Infrastructure Coordination
  • Vendor Management
  • Leadership

Salary : $95,000 - $125,000

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