Engineer Jobs in Columbia, SC

SCADA Engineer

Pay : $104,000.00 - $128,000.00 per year

We are seeking a SCADA Engineer / Senior SCADA Engineer with a strong background in databases and data management to support and evolve our building automation SCADA platform. This role combines traditional SCADA engineering responsibilities with database administration, historian design, and data quality ownership for our operational systems.

You will work closely with controls engineers, IT, and operations teams to ensure that data flowing through our SCADA and building management systems is reliable, performant, secure, and useful for analytics and decision-making. Depending on experience, the role can be hired at the SCADA Engineer or Senior SCADA Engineer level.

Key responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain SCADA solutions for building automation, including real-time monitoring, alarming, and control of HVAC, lighting, energy, and related systems.
• Own the design, configuration, and administration of SCADA-related databases and historians (e.g., SQL Server, MariaDB, InfluxDB or similar) used for logging, reporting, and analytics.
• Implement and optimize data models, schemas, and retention strategies to support high-volume time-series data and long-term storage needs.
• Perform database performance tuning, indexing, capacity planning, and housekeeping to ensure fast, reliable access to SCADA data.
• Set up, monitor, and regularly test database backup, restore, and disaster recovery processes for SCADA and historian systems.
• Develop and maintain ETL / data integration processes between SCADA, historians, reporting tools, and other enterprise systems.
• Configure and maintain tag historians, events, alarms, and reporting functions within the SCADA platform, ensuring data integrity and consistency.
• Collaborate with IT on database and server provisioning, security hardening, patching, and monitoring for SCADA-related infrastructure.
• Implement and enforce standards for data quality, naming conventions, and documentation across SCADA tags, databases, and interfaces.
• Troubleshoot data issues end-to-end (field device, network, SCADA, database, historian, reports) and drive root-cause analysis and permanent corrective actions.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and training materials related to SCADA data flows, databases, and historian architecture.
• For Senior level : act as the primary subject matter expert for SCADA data and databases, mentor other engineers, and help define the long-term data and historian strategy.

Required qualifications – SCADA and controls

Required qualifications – databases and data management

Preferred qualifications

Level expectations – SCADA Engineer vs. Senior SCADA Engineer

SCADA Engineer

Senior SCADA Engineer

Compensation & Benefits :

Why Work With Us :

Join a forward-thinking, employee-owned company where your work directly impacts the performance and efficiency of critical facilities. You’ll have the opportunity to shape modern, web-based building automation platforms, influence long-term SCADA and front-end technology strategy, and collaborate with a highly skilled, cross-disciplinary engineering team. In addition to competitive compensation and full benefits, our ESOP program allows you to build long-term wealth by sharing in the company’s success while working on meaningful, technically challenging projects.

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