Operational Technology Network Engineer

Are you a controls engineer or network professional ready to take your career into Operational Technology (OT), industrial networking, and ICS cybersecurity?

Our client is a growing process and controls engineering company delivering automation and technology solutions to manufacturing companies across the United States and Caribbean. This role combines industrial automation, networking, cybersecurity, virtualization, SCADA, and customer-facing engineering.

You’ll work on projects that connect IT and OT environments while helping clients improve reliability, security, and performance.

What You’ll Do

• Design, configure, deploy, and troubleshoot industrial networks and OT infrastructure
• Develop industrial data centers using servers, switches, firewalls, NAS/SAN, hypervisors, and clusters
• Configure Windows/Linux servers, Active Directory, DNS, WSUS, certificates, and related infrastructure
• Configure and deploy SCADA systems, including high availability and database/authentication integrations
• Conduct industrial network assessments and present findings to customers
• Support ICS cybersecurity implementation, monitoring, and defense-in-depth strategies
• Perform patching, firmware upgrades, system maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Develop network drawings, IP address lists, server documentation, functional descriptions, and user requirements
• Work with IT teams to complete IT/OT integrations
• Support controls engineers with PLC, HMI, SCADA, VFD, and instrumentation troubleshooting
• Work with electrical and telecommunications contractors during network installations
• Manage OT/ICS infrastructure projects up to $250K
• Help develop internal standards, best practices, and lab environments
• Work directly with customers to understand needs and deliver solutions, * General Comments
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• CCNA certification
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical Engineering, IT, Cybersecurity, or related field
• 3+ years of controls engineering experience programming, integrating, and commissioning PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems
• 2+ years of enterprise or industrial network configuration
• 1+ year of virtualization experience with VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Nutanix, or similar
• Experience troubleshooting industrial networks, SCADA, and Windows/Linux systems
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Project
• Willingness to travel at least 25%

Preferred Experience

Experience with any of the following will strengthen your application:

• Rockwell Automation / Allen-Bradley platforms including Studio 5000 and FactoryTalk
• Ignition, Sepasoft, or WonderWare
• VMware ESXi, vCenter, Hyper-V, or Proxmox
• Cisco, Dell, or Fortinet network equipment
• Industrial protocols including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, ControlNet, DeviceNet, Profibus, RIO, or DH+
• IT/OT infrastructure including Active Directory, DNS, SMTP Relay, WSUS, Certificate Services, and backup systems
• OT network vulnerability assessments
• IEC 62443 and NIST SP 800-82
• AutoCAD and Microsoft Visio
• EIT or PE certification
• VMware VCP certification

• Work with PLC, SCADA, networking, virtualization, and ICS cybersecurity technologies
• Take ownership of projects from design through implementation
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)

If you have controls, industrial networking, SCADA, or OT infrastructure experience and want to expand your career into industrial cybersecurity, apply today.

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