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You will work with Ignition SCADA applications, Python or Jython, SQL databases, servers, networks, and PLC-controlled equipment. You will also test systems, troubleshoot problems, work directly with customers, and occasionally go onsite to help install, commission, or support what the team has built.\nThis role may be a good fit if you:\nHave developed or configured systems in Ignition\nCan use Python or Jython and SQL to solve practical system problems\nUnderstand how software communicates with databases, servers, networks, and industrial equipment\nEnjoy troubleshooting across multiple technologies\nWant to see your work operate in a real customer environment\nAre comfortable trading the traditional software office for an airport, conveyor system, control room, or active industrial site when the project requires it\nThis is not a pure application-development position, and it is not an IT help-desk role. 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