The Senior SCADA Systems Engineer is responsible for the engineering, deployment, administration, and lifecycle management of Building Management Systems (BMS), SCADA platforms, and mechanical infrastructure monitoring systems supporting CyrusOne's global data center portfolio. This role serves as the technical lead for mechanical Operational Technology (OT) platforms, ensuring reliable telemetry, communications, platform performance, cybersecurity, and operational readiness across HVAC, cooling, environmental monitoring, and related critical facility systems. The engineer partners with Operations, Controls Engineering, IT Infrastructure, Construction, vendors, and the Operational Intelligence team.
Responsibilities:- Administer, configure, maintain, upgrade and optimize BMS, SCADA and mechanical monitoring platforms (Delta enteliWEB, ALC WebCTRL, Honeywell, IQVision, Wonderware, Computrols and similar systems).
- Own platform lifecycle management including patching, backups, disaster recovery, version management and performance optimization.
- Support HVAC, CRAH/CRAC, chillers, pumps, cooling plants and environmental monitoring integrations.
- Engineer and troubleshoot OT communications using BACnet, Modbus TCP/IP, OPC UA, MQTT, SNMP, TCP/IP networking and Edge Gateways. Focus on telemetry validation and data quality (enterprise MQTT broker administration excluded).
- Lead deployment, commissioning, FAT/SAT, point-to-point testing and operational acceptance for OT platforms.
- Drive platform reliability through proactive monitoring, alarm optimization, root cause analysis and incident reduction.
- Lead technical coordination with vendors, controls contractors, Operations and Infrastructure teams.
- Maintain architecture diagrams, network diagrams, SOPs, runbooks, DR procedures, asset inventories, version inventories and engineering standards.
- Ensure compliance with OT cybersecurity, governance and operational standards.
Qualifications:- 7+ years supporting SCADA, BMS, Industrial Automation or Operational Technology systems.
- Strong experience supporting Building Management Systems in mission-critical facilities.
- Experience with one or more major platforms including Automated Logic WebCTRL, Schneider EcoStruxure, Delta enteliWEB, Honeywell, IQVision, Wonderware, Tridium Niagara, Siemens Desigo/APOGEE or Eaton Foreseer.
- Strong understanding of BACnet, Modbus TCP/IP, OPC UA, MQTT, SNMP and TCP/IP networking.
- Experience deploying, commissioning and supporting mission-critical facility systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot devices, gateways, communications, servers, databases and applications.
Preferred Qualifications:- Data center experience.
- Experience with telemetry systems and Edge Gateways.
- Experience supporting OT cybersecurity.
- Experience with PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ansible or similar automation technologies.
Education/Certifications:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
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