Hybrid GSS Special Projects Engineer

at Emerson

• Job title: GSS Special Projects Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cyber Security, ERP, Grafana, Lua, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Pune, India

About the role

• Hands-on engineer designing and troubleshooting process units under GSS HUB for Emerson in Pune. Collaborating on proposals and delivering integrated solutions for customer needs.

Responsibilities

• Implement various International Pursuits.
• Administer, maintain, and troubleshoot Aspen InfoPlus.21 (IP.21) and AspenTech inmation platforms to ensure high availability, reliability, and seamless data flow.
• Monitor system health, performance, connectivity, historization, and namespace consistency across both platforms.
• Manage upgrades, patches, and platform lifecycle activities within controlled OT/IT environments.
• Configure and manage data acquisition from DCS, PLC, SCADA, and ERP systems (e.g., SAP).
• Set up and manage data connectors and interfaces such as OPC UA/DA, MQTT, REST APIs, Cim IO, and other industrial protocols.
• Ensure reliable, low-latency data ingestion pipelines for real-time and historical analysis.
• Oversee historian database management, including sizing, backups, archival policies, and restoration procedures for Aspen IP.21.
• Configure and manage inmation Historian components, including storage layers, retention strategies, and performance tuning.
• Maintain data integrity, continuity, and long-term accessibility across historian environments.
• Create and manage tags, units, queries, and custom logic in Aspen IP.21 using SQL-based applications and IP.21 APIs.
• Build and maintain inmation object models, including Agents, Items, Asset Structures, business logic modules, and namespace objects.
• Develop scripts or automation using Lua, SQL, or Python to support data transformation, contextualization, and validation across both platforms.
• Enable KPI calculation, event-based analytics, contextual modelling, and digital asset representations.
• Monitor historian data quality, system loads, and connector reliability.
• Analyze historical and real-time data using Aspen Process Explorer, Aspen SQLplus, and inmation visualization tools.
• Enable dashboards, trends, KPIs, and analytics through Power BI, Grafana, immation Studio, or other connected visualization layers.
• Design and automate operational reports: Production performance, Shift reports, Loss and downtime analysis, KPI dashboards.
• Provide L1/L2 support for Aspen IP.21 and inmation systems.
• Troubleshoot data issues, access rights, connector failures, and namespace/configuration problems.
• Train operators, engineers, and business stakeholders on system usage, best practices, and analytical tools.
• Manage role-based access control, certificates, secure communication, and firewall requirements.
• Maintain data governance standards, audit trails, and compliance with OT cybersecurity guidelines.
• Ensure adherence to change control, backup policies, and documentation standards.
• Maintain up-to-date documentation of architectures, configurations, data flows, scripting logic, namespaces, and integration topologies for both platforms.
• Work closely with the Proposal lead and Sales to understand the customer requirements and prepare the proposal accordingly.
• Always adhere to Emerson Automation Solution Ethical values.
• Implementation of EEEC IMS processes/documentation as & when required throughout the project.
• Adopts to World Area quality requirements and Customer’s regulatory guidelines.
• Practices and promotes First time right approach.
• Strictly follows GDP (Good Documentation Practices).

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on experience implementing, supporting, or administering Aspen IP.21.
• 2+ years of experience working with AspenTech inmation (Industrial DataOps / Unified Namespace platform).
• Strong knowledge of: Aspen IP.21 Administrator, Definition Editor, Aspen Process Explorer, Aspen SQLplus, Cim IO interfaces.
• Proficiency with key AspenTech inmation modules: Core Namespace & Studio, Connectors (OPC UA/DA, MQTT, REST, JDBC), Agents, Scripts, and Model Objects, Historian Engine & Storage Layers, Information Modelling / Asset Structures.
• Good understanding of Unified Namespace (UNS) principles, industrial data contextualization, and real-time data orchestration.
• Strong SQL skills: PL/SQL, MS SQL, SSRS.
• Experience with Lua scripting, Python, or equivalent automation experience.
• Understanding of data governance, historian performance tuning, and large-scale data architecture.
• Exposure to DCS/PLC or control systems and basic understanding of control loops, interlocks, and safety systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using data tools (Excel, Python, or similar) for analysis and reporting.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work in cross-functional, multi-site teams.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours
• Paid time off
• Remote work options