Industrial Connectivity & Data Platform Specialist

Job Role: Industrial Connectivity & Data Platform Specialist Location: Hybrid onsite 4 days a week at 6035 Parkland Blvd Mayfield Heights, OH 44124. Relocation is acceptable and a package is provided for this position.
Duration: 6 month contract to hire. Only W2 role Job Description:
Role Requirements (What s Needed)

• Core Focus Areas
• Strong background in IoT / Manufacturing Systems (priority)
• Working knowledge of data architecture & data movement (ETL, messaging)

• Technical Skills
• Experience with industrial connectivity protocols:
• MQTT, OPC UA, BACnet, plant-floor controls

• Exposure to Azure IoT / Event Hub + cloud-hosted data platforms
• Familiarity with SCADA systems (Ignition preferred)
• Understanding of Unified Namespace (UNS) concepts and message structures
• Architecture & Integration
• Ability to help define data connectivity architecture across plants
• Experience with data ingestion, transformation, and integration layers
• Knowledge of MES, OEE, EAM/CMMS systems is beneficial
• Functional / Soft Skills
• Able to interface with leadership and sell technical concepts internally
• Comfortable working with and guiding offshore development teams
• Not required to be a heavy developer, but must:
• understand/debug code
• communicate effectively with developers
• Experience Profile
• ~5 8+ years (technical lead / specialized developer level)
• Must be U.S.-based / Cleveland-based and meet citizenship requirements

Brief Project Overview

• Objective
• Build a standardized industrial data connectivity framework across the enterprise using a Unified Namespace (UNS) approach
• Key Initiatives
• Establish data pipelines from machines edge systems enterprise platforms
• Enable real-time visibility of manufacturing and facility data
• Replace fragmented systems with a centralized, scalable architecture
• Technology Stack / Approach
• Use Ignition SCADA as a foundational platform
• Implement MQTT-based messaging + UNS structure
• Connect plant systems via standardized protocols
• Leverage Azure + SQL-based backend systems
• Proof of Concept
• Build demo/pilot environments showing:
• environmental data (HVAC, sensors)
• machine/production data dashboards
• Use pilots to drive executive and plant buy-in
• Business Impact
• Enable:
• real-time production tracking (e.g., day-by-hour app)
• predictive / threshold-based maintenance
• standardized data reuse across plants
• Long-term goal: scale connectivity across 100+ global plants