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Co-Op, SCADA Engineer

Alewife, Cambridge, MAFull-time2026-10-30 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Build a live connectivity diagram and health dashboards for a cloud and on-premise SCADA system spanning Ignition gateways, EC2, RDS PostgreSQL, MQTT brokers, and edge nodes.

Role type

Co-op SCADA Engineer (Hardware & Controls)

Builds

Live topology view, database health dashboards, gateway metrics, and edge node monitoring interfaces

Domain

Industrial automation, SCADA, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)

Deliverable

dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Python, Linux command line, Networking fundamentals (IP, subnets, routing), Data visualization

Preferred skills

AWS (EC2, RDS, CloudWatch), Grafana, Prometheus, Ignition, MQTT, Sparkplug, JavaScript/React

Technologies

Python, Linux, AWS, Ignition, PostgreSQL, MQTT, Grafana, Prometheus, React

Responsibilities

Build live topology view of edge nodes, brokers, gateways, and databases; Surface RDS PostgreSQL health metrics; Monitor Ignition gateway and EC2 metrics; Monitor on-premise edge nodes for reachability and uptime; Integrate existing monitoring sources into one interface; Document the setup for team maintenance