OT/IT Systems Engineer

Actemium Avanceon is an engineering firm that helps manufacturers optimize their factories. The OT/IT Systems Engineer will be responsible for maintaining the health and security of critical OT/IT systems, assessing customer manufacturing systems, and ensuring system readiness through various management and troubleshooting tasks.

Responsibilities:

• Assess and analyze customer manufacturing systems, network infrastructure, and process flow; recommend OT network segmentation and architecture improvements
• Ensure system readiness through backup/disaster recovery validation, patch management (testing and deployment), and preventive maintenance
• Monitor and troubleshoot network/system infrastructure, perform cybersecurity checks (endpoint protection, firewall, access controls), and resolve recurring issues through root cause analysis
• Configure and manage secure remote access; maintain accurate documentation for licenses, assets, warranties, and contribute to KPI reporting
• Ability to lead technical discussions with non-technical stakeholders

Requirements:

• Experience with patch management/testing for industrial software, network monitoring tools, and OT networking concepts (VLANs, switch configuration, bandwidth monitoring)
• Knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards and practices; ability to interpret OT network diagrams and support segmentation planning
• Experience with asset tracking, warranty coordination, and secure remote access technologies (VPNs, session auditing)
• Clear and professional communication skills in English, both verbal and written
• Work effectively under pressure with strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Proactively recognize and escalate concerns with urgency
• Deploy to customer sites, sometimes with short notice, for emergency plant support, installations, and commissioning
• Troubleshoot industrial machines, electrical systems, PLC logic (Rockwell, Siemens, Schneider Electric), and SCADA/HMI systems (AVEVA/Wonderware, Rockwell, WinCC) both onsite and remotely
• Certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Cisco CCNA, and/or ISA/IEC 62443 highly preferred
• 3+ years in industrial controls, OT networking, or related field