Core Team: IIoT Specialist
Location: Gurgaon (Head Office) Best Group
To Apply: https://lnkd.in/gpTF5iGD
About Best Group
Best Group is a dynamic conglomerate with over five decades of excellence, specializing in:
- Manufacturing: Designing and engineering automotive and defense solutions that lead the industry.
- Future Factory Solutions: Creating disruptive and intelligent systems to drive the automotive industry's next frontier.
- Education: Fostering a learning ecosystem that equips learners for an accelerating, tech-driven future.
Our ethos is rooted in ethical innovation, sustainability, and building a legacy, with shared values, societal growth, and world-class quality.
Why Join Best Group
- Stable yet innovative environment: Join a diversified conglomerate focused on technological transformation.
- Exponential growth opportunities: Collaborate directly with industry leaders driving digital transformation.
- Mentorship from world-class leaders: Learn from professionals with academic and research experience at institutions like Harvard Business School, Singularity University, Georgia Tech, IIT Delhi, MIT USA, and more.
Role Summary
As a Core Team IIoT Specialist, you will play a critical role in shaping the digital backbone of Best Group's manufacturing and smart factory initiatives. You will design, deploy, and maintain IIoT systems that connect machines, MES, and enterprise platforms to enable real-time data insights, predictive operations, and scalable automation.
This role is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in industrial automation, connectivity, and IIoT technologies, who thrives in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
Key Responsibilities
Industrial Connectivity & Integration (Core Requirement)
- Leverage your strong background in setting up, integrating, and troubleshooting OPC UA servers, Modbus servers/clients, and other industrial communication interfaces.
- Work with a wide range of PLCs and SCADA systems to ensure accurate, reliable, and continuous data collection.
- Support protocol conversions, data mapping, and OT equipment interoperability to enable seamless communication across systems and plants.
IIoT & MES Enablement (Core Requirement)
- Deploy and configure IIoT gateways, edge devices, and MES connectivity.
- Design robust communication pathways and data flows for real-time monitoring and analytics.
- Contribute to plant-level digital architecture planning aligned with strategic transformation goals.
Networking & Systems
- Apply basic to intermediate knowledge of industrial networks, VLANs, and communication layers to support connectivity for OPC UA/Modbus servers and MES systems.
- Follow essential cybersecurity best practices to ensure safe and reliable OT/IT communication.
Programming, Automation & Database
- Create and debug Python scripts for device communication, data processing, and integration workflows.
- Build small automation and monitoring tools to enhance system reliability and diagnostics.
- Apply database fundamentals, including SQL server setup, table creation, queries, and supporting data logging for IIoT and MES applications.
Collaboration & Cross-Functional Impact
- Work closely with OT, IT, production, and maintenance teams to implement and support connectivity and IIoT solutions.
- Collaborate with vendors, system integrators, and equipment suppliers.
- Provide technical support during installation, testing, commissioning, and continuous improvement phases.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Automation, Instrumentation, or Computer Engineering/Science, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience in industrial automation, controls engineering, or IIoT integration.
- Proven expertise in OPC UA, Modbus, PLC/SCADA systems, and MES connectivity.
- Solid understanding of industrial networking, Python programming, and database management (SQL).
Preferred Skills
- Experience with IIoT platforms (Azure IoT Hub, AWS IoT, Kepware, HiveMQ).
- Understanding of Industry 4.0, ISA-95/99, and OT cybersecurity practices.
- Certifications in PLC programming, networking (CCNA/Network+), or industrial systems.
- Experience with cloud connectivity or edge computing is a plus.
Soft Skills
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across OT/IT teams.
- Proactive, learning-oriented, and adaptable to evolving technologies.
Why This Role is Unique
- Work directly with senior leaders and industry experts shaping the future of manufacturing and smart factories.
- Gain hands-on exposure to cutting-edge IIoT and digital transformation projects.
- Opportunity to make a measurable impact on operational efficiency, real-time data insights, and process automation.
