OT Systems Engineer, Mission Systems
On-siteCape Canaveral, Florida, United States
Job Summary
Design, deploy, and augment next-generation OT environments supporting plant and launch systems across multiple sites. Install, configure, and maintain industry-standard controls software platforms and HMIs while integrating IT technologies to simplify management and improve security. Deploy and maintain development, test, and staging environments to enable controlled change introduction, providing direct support during launch, test, and production campaigns. Perform systems upgrades and maintenance between critical operations, including evenings and weekends, while proactively monitoring services to maintain high availability. Leverage automation tools to contribute to infrastructure-as-code and DevOps initiatives within ICS environments. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and ensure systems comply with industry cybersecurity standards like the Purdue Model. Work with internal controls engineers to iterate on simulation environments and write standards, architectures, and documentation for highly reliable industrial settings.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other STEM discipline
- 3+ years of professional experience in OT systems engineering or industrial control systems administration
- 5+ years of professional experience in OT systems engineering or industrial control systems administration
- Hands-on experience with multiple industry standard controls software platforms and tools
- Significant experience designing, deploying, supporting, and troubleshooting OT environments in high-reliability settings
- Ability to pass DoD background check for launch site access
- Willingness to participate in an after-hours on-call rotation and work extended hours or weekends as necessary
- Willingness to travel (up to 20%, including flying to other sites worldwide) and potential time at sea supporting marine systems
- Ability to lift 30 lbs
- Ability to work at heights
- Ability to drive (active valid driver's license)
- U.S. citizen or national
- U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder)
- Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157
- Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158
- Eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting real-time systems, industrial control networks, or operational technology (OT) environments in aerospace, defense, energy, or similar high-reliability industries
- Experience designing architectures that incorporate hyperconverged, rugged industrial edge, and distributed compute technologies
- Working knowledge of industrial protocols, controls networks, and OT cybersecurity best practices
- Proficiency in scripting (Bash/PowerShell/Python) and automation frameworks (Puppet, Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
- Experience with configuration management, provisioning, infrastructure as code, and DevOps concepts/tools
- Familiarity with Active Directory, multi-platform authentication, and identity environments in OT contexts
- System administration experience managing Windows and Linux servers, rudimentary database administration exposure, and storage/backup experience
- Network administration experience and understanding of the OSI model, especially Layer 1/2/3 considerations as they apply to industrial and controls networks
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal/external customers, vendors, and management in both formal and informal situations
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.