Controls Engineer

Position Summary

The Operation Technology (OT) Engineer will be responsible for clients OT Networks including identifying and developing company standards, designing and deploying networks at sites, and maintaining sites.

Roles & Responsibilities

Assess Cyber Security needs for client’s OT Networks, and develop standards to cover those.

Work with Controls Engineers on projects to design and deploy Firewalls / Switches / Servers / Workstations to meet project requirement availability, maintainability and security requirements

Maintain deployed OT Networks, identify required upgrades including those needed to keep maintainability.

Determine and manage key vendors for security, routing, switching devices, and computing for devices used in OT Networks

Hire and manage consultants / service providers as needed for clients OT Network needs.

Key Qualifications

Bachelors or equivalent in an engineering field (e.g. mechanical, industrial, process, electrical, software, automation etc.) and / or 7+ years’ experience in industrial applications (oil & gas, chemicals, power plants, etc.). Strong IT experience with an interest in OT Technologies may be considered as well.

Experience with industrial control OT networks, including designing with Cyber Security in mind.

Experience designing high availability networks.

Experience deploying and maintaining networks with security zones, managed switches and remote access.

Critical thinking and problem solving skills, ability to think about problems from a first-principles perspective.

Experience working independently, as well as working in a team-orientated and fast-paced startup-like environment.

Additional Qualifications Desired

Experience with PLCs and SCADA

Experience with Hypervisors / Virtual Machines

Scripting / Automation Tooling experience