OT Network Engineer

Ørsted; Barrow-in-Furness, Grimsby, London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Ørsted as an IT OT network engineer and be instrumental in creating best-in-class network solutions across production facilities. Collaborate with a skilled team to maintain and enhance network infrastructures, ensuring robust and secure operations for critical assets. This dynamic role involves significant travel across the UK and Ireland, and a UK driving license is essential. Seek opportunities to grow in a supportive environment committed to innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience as an IT OT network engineer in renewables or complex organizations.
• General knowledge of Cisco infrastructure including IOS-XE and IOS-XR devices.
• Experience in design, implementation, and maintenance of communication networks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and transform existing networks for high availability and security.
• Ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards in network solutions.
• Oversee lifecycle management and software upgrades for network components.

Skills

Network administration

Cybersecurity knowledge

Cisco device operation

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical or Software Engineering

Cisco CCNA/CCNP certification

Tools

Cisco routers

Cisco switches

Palo Alto products

Job description

Join us in this role where you will be a key partner alongside the best engineers in the industry to create “best in class” OT network solutions across our production landscape. Additionally, your responsibilities will include installation & delivery of network infrastructure components at our European production facilities. The role is associated with technology used in business operations 24x7 365 days. Regular travel to our production sites across the UK and Ireland is required, so a full UK driver's licence is necessary.

Welcome to UK IT
You’ll be part of our Global IT/OT Production OM-ONE team where you, together with your colleagues, will support the operating and running of our portfolio of mission critical assets across the EU region. You’ll join a department of over 10 colleagues spread around the world and collaborate with the project team working in an international and dynamic setup. As a team of highly skilled individuals, our primary purpose is to ensure we have stable and reliable infrastructure available and online at all times. You will maintain and support our existing network infrastructure, managing and operating Cisco devices (routers, switches, WLCs, ASA and FTD firewalls), as well as overseeing platforms such as Panorama and Cisco CSM.As a team, we are very passionate about our work and our company vision and collaborate with local and global stakeholders to achieve our business goals and embrace learning opportunities.

You’ll play an important role in:

• maintaining, supporting, and transforming existing networks into new infrastructure designed for high availability, security, and easy maintenance
• ensuring that the right cyber security level is implemented on the network solutions on production sites, fulfilling both country-specific and Group requirements
• being responsible for network related activities such as lifecycle management, software upgrades, and deployment
• supporting the need for specialized knowledge during operations (e.g. incidents with significant business impact, change impact assessment, including participation in on-call team if required)
• working with risk assessment, detailed work planning, centralized configuration, and continuous improvement in a manner similar to modern DevOps
• establishing new Production sites with respect to connections, including connectivity to critical assets like ON+OF windfarms.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have relevant experience as an IT OT network engineer in the renewables industry, or equivalent, working in complex organizations with local and global interfaces
• have a bachelor's or master's degree in electrical or software engineering, hold a Cisco CCNA/CCNP certification, and possess general knowledge of Palo Alto products
• have general network administration experience, planning and implementing network designs, with specific knowledge of CISCO infrastructure - including IOS-XE and IOS-XR devices, FTD firewalls, WLC
• have experience from working in OT/Production environment, including the design, implementation, and maintenance of communication networks, structure cabling standards (e.g., LAN and WAN) in factories or other real-time environments
• are a self-starter with a “Can do” approach
• have great interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with remote colleagues & peers.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [e-mail].

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.