San Antonio, TX

Salary
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Posted
Aug 2, 2026
Location
San Antonio, TX
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A hands-on senior-level SCADA developer role at an energy operator in San Antonio, responsible for leading a roughly 10-month migration from Cygnet SCADA to Inductive Automation Ignition and then serving as the organization's sole in-house Ignition expert long-term. Day-to-day work spans application development, Python scripting, gateway administration, industrial communications configuration, and technical oversight of a third-party system integrator. Occasional travel to South Texas field assets is required.

Senior level · 5+ years · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX · Full-time

Must have (6)
IgnitionIgnition Perspective or Ignition VisionPython or JythonOPC UA or OpcMQTTModbus
Nice to have (3)
SQLCygnet SCADAIgnition Certification

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 40 people in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 9–75

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What gives you an edge
MQTT4%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $112,869 (middle half $83,670–$137,744).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (8)

Compensation is described as a competitive base salary plus a 10–15% annual performance-based bonus; no specific dollar figures are stated.

The degree requirement is an associate degree or equivalent technical training, but the posting explicitly accepts 'a comparable combination of education and relevant experience' in lieu of a formal degree, so no hard degree gate was recorded.

SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) was chosen because SCADA/industrial automation development is a specialized discipline that sits between pure software development (15-1252) and systems administration (15-1244); 15-1252 is noted as a close alternative given the heavy application-development and scripting emphasis.

Ignition Perspective and Vision are listed together with 'and/or' in both the responsibilities and requirements sections; Perspective is used as the primary skill name with Vision as an alternative, reflecting that either satisfies the requirement.

OPC and OPC UA are listed together in the posting; OPC UA is used as the primary skill name with OPC as an alternative.

SQL databases and historians integration experience appears only under Preferred Qualifications.

Cygnet SCADA experience and Ignition certification both appear only under Preferred Qualifications.

The role is hybrid (two days onsite per week in San Antonio) and is not fully remote.

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