OT Applications & Data Engineer – Industrial IT / AVEVA PI & Alarm Management

Overview

As an OT Applications & Data Engineer, you implement and support industrial IT and OT data systems for process manufacturing clients. You work on real-time data infrastructure, alarm management, and data flows, connecting control-layer sources to historians and enterprise systems. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure secure, well-structured data delivery and practical solutions. This role offers exposure to AVEVA PI, alarm management, and OT/IT integration in a global context. You will contribute to digital transformation and operational excellence in manufacturing environments.

Responsabilità

• Implement, configure, and integrate OT/IT data flows connecting DCS/PLC/SCADA to historians, data platforms, and enterprise systems via APIs and standard interfaces
• Configure and maintain AVEVA PI components (PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, interfaces/connectors) for real-time and historical data
• Support and optimize alarm management, including classification, rationalization, and analysis of alarm performance
• Set up industrial connectivity using OPC UA and OPC A&E, including tunnelers/wrappers for secure data bridging
• Ensure secure, well-structured production data flow across the IT/OT landscape for operations and decision-making
• Provide ongoing OT/IT system support and troubleshoot cross-network data integrations
• Collaborate with AG, customers, and partner OT/IT teams to align solutions with operational needs
• Contribute to knowledge management, best practices, and troubleshooting guides for industrial IT data solutions

Requisiti fondamentali

• Hands-on experience in industrial IT, OT, automation, or data engineering
• Degree in IT, Engineering, or related field – or equivalent professional experience
• Strong IT all-rounder profile covering networking, software, and data integration / APIs
• Working knowledge of OPC UA and OPC A&E
• Understanding of DCS environments and tunnelers/wrappers in OT connectivity
• Baseline knowledge of alarms and alarm classifications
• Experience with production data flow in a process manufacturing environment
• Fluent German and English (B2+)
• Based near Cologne or willing to relocate; able to travel regionally to customer sites
• Authorized to work in Germany
• Hands-on experience with AVEVA PI (PI Data Archive, Asset Framework, interfaces/connectors)
• Experience with alarm management systems, ideally Honeywell Alarm Management
• Experience in chemical, pharma, food & beverage, or energy sectors
• Familiarity with ISA-95, IEC 62443, MQTT, EtherNet/IP
• Hands-on experience with SCADA, DCS, historians, or MES systems
• Scripting/programming and relational database (SQL) skills
• Experience in global or multicultural project environments
• Interest in growing toward a Solutions Architect role

• team collaboration
• problem solving
• cross-functional communication
• AVEVA PI
• Honeywell Alarm Management
• OPC UA