Field Network Engineer – Energy Storage & Data Centers

Energy Jobline ATTB; Us; On-site; EUR 49,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary bonus

Medical insurance

401(k) match

PTO & holidays

Job summary

ON.energy is seeking a Field Network Technician to deploy and configure OT networks for energy storage and data center projects in the United States. You will collaborate across control systems, IT, and cybersecurity to ensure secure, reliable field connectivity and support BESS/SCADA deployments.

The role requires 2+ years in industrial networking, knowledge of TCP/IP, VPNs, VLANs, and OT protocols, plus willingness to travel up to 80% for commissioning and site integration.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on network engineering in industrial/field deployment environments.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols: TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, STP, VLANs, VPNs, NAT, DHCP, DNS.
• Experience with OT, SCADA, or power-system environments.
• Ability to read/create network and control architecture drawings.
• Willingness to travel up to 80% for commissioning and site work.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with control systems, SCADA, EMS, IT, cybersecurity, and commissioning teams to ensure secure connectivity for field assets.
• Specify, deploy, and configure routing, switching, wireless, and security hardware (Cisco, Fortinet, Ubiquiti, Cradlepoint).
• Implement OT network segmentation including VLAN management, VPN configuration, firewall policies, and redundant paths.
• Integrate industrial protocols such as Modbus TCP/RTU, DNP3, MQTT, OPC-UA, and vendor interfaces.
• Support commissioning of BESS, SCADA servers, RTUs/PLCs, and EMS platforms.
• Establish communication between field devices, HMIs, sensors, relays, networking gear, and remote operations centers.
• Validate I/O, device polling, SCADA mappings, and command pathways between site-level control systems.
• Diagnose issues across hardware, software, and protocol layers in active construction and live plant environments.
• Analyze packet flows, latency, port conflicts, routing loops, and device misconfigurations using Wireshark/SolarWinds.
• Provide remote access and secure tunneling support for engineering, OEMs, and operations teams.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

OT/SCADA experience

Travel up to 80%

Cisco/Firewall hardware

Education

Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering or related

CCNP/CCIE/Palo Alto PCNSE/Fortinet NSE4+/CompTIA Security+

Tools

Wireshark

SolarWinds

Job description

ON.energy is seeking a Field Network Technician to deploy and configure OT networks for energy storage and data center projects in the United States. You will collaborate across control systems, IT, and cybersecurity to ensure secure, reliable field connectivity and support BESS/SCADA deployments.

The role requires 2+ years in industrial networking, knowledge of TCP/IP, VPNs, VLANs, and OT protocols, plus willingness to travel up to 80% for commissioning and site integration.