IT Enablement Engineer

Job Title: IT ENABLEMENT ENGINEER - IIOT
Location: Pune
Job Type: Full-Time
About TVARIT
TVARIT GmbH specializes in developing and delivering cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the metal industry, including steel, aluminum, copper, cast iron, and more. Our software products empower customers to make intelligent, data-driven decisions, driving advancements in Predictive Quality (PsQ), Predictive Maintenance (PdM), and Energy Consumption Reduction (PsE), etc.

With a strong portfolio of renowned reference customers, state-of-the-art technology, a talented research team from prestigious universities, and recognition through esteemed awards such as the EU Horizon 2020 AI Prize, TVARIT is recognized as one of the most innovative AI companies in Germany and Europe.

We are looking for a self-motivated person with a positive "can-do" attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Role Summary
The
IoT Engineer
will design, implement, and maintain shopfloor data acquisition and integration solutions across PLC/SCADA/DCS systems, enabling reliable, secure IIoT pipelines to edge and cloud. The role requires hands-on expertise in Node‑RED, industrial networking, OPC (DA/UA), Kepware, SQL, and scripting with Python and JavaScript to build resilient integrations, historians, and real-time dashboards.

Key Responsibilities:-

• Design and implement IIoT data flows from PLC/SCADA/DCS to edge, historian, and cloud using Node‑RED, OPC UA/DA, Kepware, MQTT/REST, and SQL-backed stores.
• Collect data from shopfloor systems including PLCs, SCADA/DCS, local file systems, sensors, and test benches, ensuring reliable and secure acquisition.
• Integrate via industrial protocols and interfaces: OPC UA/DA, Modbus TCP/RTU, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, MQTT, and file drops (CSV/JSON), with read/write where safe.
• Build reusable Node-RED flows/subflows for device onboarding, health checks, buffering, alerting, and REST/MQTT bridges; maintain versioned configs.
• Collaborate with controls teams to safely access PLC tags and verify mappings against ladder/FB logic, SCADA/DCS points, and SOPs.
• Validate data quality and lineage end-to-end; monitor latency, gaps, drift, and packet loss; drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Develop edge apps/microservices in Python and JavaScript for parsing, normalization, store‑and‑forward, and health monitoring; integrate with SQL databases and time-series stores.
• Establish monitoring for data quality, latency, uptime, packet loss; implement logging, metrics, alerting, and SQL-based data validation.
• Produce documentation: network diagrams, data flow maps, tag dictionaries, SQL schemas, SOPs, and runbooks; train plant users.
• Support commissioning, FAT/SAT, and on-call troubleshooting; drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity and safety standards; manage credentialing, certificates, and least-privilege access.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's in electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation/CS or equivalent.
• 4+ years in industrial automation/IIoT integrating PLC/SCADA/DCS with IT systems and databases.
• Strong Node‑RED experience (flows, subflows, context, error handling, MQTT/HTTP nodes).
• PLC ecosystems: Siemens S7, Rockwell ControlLogix/CompactLogix, Mitsubishi, Schneider, or ABB.
• Protocols: OPC UA/DA, Modbus TCP/RTU, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, MQTT; serial‑to‑IP gateways.
• Kepware configuration and administration; performance tuning and diagnostics.
• SCADA/DCS exposure: tag engineering, alarms, historian (e.g., Ignition, WinCC, FactoryTalk, AVEVA/PI).
• SQL proficiency: schema design, indexing, query optimization, stored procedures, and data integrity for PostgreSQL/MySQL/MS SQL; familiarity with time‑series DBs is a plus.
• Programming: Python (pandas, asyncio, pyserial/opcua), for edge services and APIs.
• Networking: L2/L3 switching, VLANs, QoS, ACLs, routing basics, Wireshark/tcpdump, NTP, SNMP; grounding/EMI awareness.
• Strong troubleshooting across OT devices, drivers, networks, databases, and data pipelines; clear stakeholder communication.

Good to Have Skills :-

• Ignition development, FactoryTalk, WinCC, or Wonderware experience.
• MQTT Sparkplug B, Kafka, TimescaleDB/InfluxDB, Grafana/Power BI.
• Windows/Linux administration on edge nodes; hardening and patching.
• Cloud IoT services (AWS/Azure/GCP) and REST/GraphQL integration.
• IEC 62443, ISA‑95/88, change control/validation practices.
• Basics of controls safety for safe reads/writes and handshakes.
• Version control (Git), CI/CD basics, containerization familiarity (Docker) for edge deployments.