Dutech’s Job

Strategic Goal:

Enhance Reservoir Production:  invest in digitization of workflows and services used for increasing reservoir production over the life of the well (duration of months-to-years).  This includes the remote automation & control of equipment at the wellsite. 

Skillset Required:

• Good communicator (executive presence, succinctly delivers thoughts and can right size information for the audience)
• Familiar with the state of the market for Industrial IoT systems
• Past experience with Azure IoT Hub and IoT Edge products
• C# on Linux (ARM) experience (2yrs)
• 1 - 2 projects on this work end to end
• Understands container systems (Docker, Kubernetes, etc)
• Understands Linux
• Understands deployment of software to remote devices
• Understands the application of OT Security standards like IEC 62443

Critical Skills:

• C# code (.NET Core)
• Docker
• Linux
• Azure IoT Hub (or AWS Equivalent)
• Azure Dev Ops and Pipelines (or Git Equivalents)
• Industrial Control Systems

Bonus Skills:

• NET or Java or some web technologies
• Understands common PLCs, controls, communication protocols (MQTT, OPC-UA, Profibus, Modbus TCP, AMQP)
• Understands the application of OT Security standards like IEC 62443
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Extra Bonus:

• Understands field wireless communication protocols and applications (LoRaWAN, 900Mhz, ISA 100/Wireless HART, etc)
• Understanding of Oil and Gas Production (Artificial Lift, Production Chemicals, Production Automation)
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You will maintain completed done deliverables.

Sample Deliverable 1: (Already Done)

State of the market around edge technology:

• Evaluate list of viable Oil Field ready inexpensive edge devices
• Compare / contrast on features.
• Determine how we can make seamless installation (similar to setting up a smart home device)
• Determine how to make installation cost low

Sample Deliverable 2: (Already Done)

Develop on Azure IoT Edge Platform

• Integrate Azure IoT Edge Platform on ARM based Device
• Choose best programing language for device (C++, C#, Python may be front runners)
• Interface device to Modbus and OPC-UA based control systems
• Manage authentication by deploying certificates to device
• Implement Store and Forward mechanism when device is disconnected from the IoT Hub
• Create drawings of how system works
• Create baseline codebase that other business units can build on.
• Build Pipelines to deploy updates automatically to Cloud and then to device.