About the company
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps.
Responsibilities
- Design, maintain, and troubleshoot industrial network infrastructure and secure connectivity across manufacturing facilities
- Deploy, administer, and maintain OT servers, industrial computers, networking equipment, and infrastructure supporting Ignition, historians, databases
- Establish and manage secure remote access to manufacturing sites
- Implement and maintain OT cybersecurity practices, including network segmentation, vulnerability management, security monitoring, and incident-response processes
- Maintain infrastructure reliability through system monitoring, coordinated patching, lifecycle planning, and tested backup and recovery procedures
- Support industrial communications and manufacturing data connectivity across Allen-Bradley/EtherNet/IP networks, MQTT environments, and cloud services
- Establish infrastructure standards, technical documentation, and repeatable practices for OT systems and network deployments
- Coordinate with external vendors and internal teams during site deployments
- Serve as a technical escalation point for OT infrastructure issues
- Monitor network performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability, availability, security, and operational effectiveness
- Diagnose and resolve connectivity, latency, intermittent communication, and network performance issues
- Partner closely with Controls Engineering
- Support new facility and remote-site deployments
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant experience in networking, systems administration, OT infrastructure, or a related field
- Associate or bachelor's degree in information technology, networking, computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong knowledge of routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, and Windows Server administration
- Experience supporting infrastructure for PLCs, SCADA systems, and other production-critical industrial technologies
- Understanding of OT network segmentation, industrial cybersecurity, secure remote access, vulnerability management, and backup and recovery practices
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Strong documentation and communication skills
- Experience with Allen-Bradley control systems and EtherNet/IP networks preferred
- Experience with Ignition, IXON, EWON, Microsoft Azure, MQTT, OPC-UA, and PostgreSQL preferred
- Willingness to travel approximately 10%
- Availability for occasional support outside normal business hours
- Ability to successfully complete a criminal background check
Conditions
- Annual salary of $125,000–$140,000
- Full-time, exempt position
- Fully remote work within the United States
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Optional Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 401(k) plan with a 6% employer match
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- 21.67 days of paid time off plus 10 paid holidays