IT & OT Security Engineer — Drive Resilient Operations

Ekco; Ireland; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20 days annual leave

Birthday leave

EAP for wellbeing

Pluralsight access

International progression

Job summary

Ekco is seeking an IT/OT Support Engineer to maintain and secure OT environments, manage VM infrastructure, and control user access. You will work in a regulated context, contributing to risk reduction and regulatory compliance while supporting OT cybersecurity initiatives.

You will collaborate with Quality and IT teams, develop low-level designs, and help implement secure segmentation and backup strategies across OT systems.

Qualifications

• Proven OT/IT support experience in regulated environments.
• CCNA certification or equivalent networking credentials.
• Knowledge of VM management and related infrastructure.
• Familiar with Switch Network Solutions and OT cybersecurity initiatives.
• Strong documentation and compliance skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage Virtual Machines on TS managed hardware.
• Onboard and offboard user accounts via IAM processes.
• Facilitate remote access to OT environment for deployment and support teams.
• Manage user and group access to OT resources.
• Ensure backup and recovery of critical OT systems.
• Identify and protect GxP data per regulatory standards.
• Submit IT service requests related to network, server, and firewall infrastructure.
• Ensure adherence to Global ISRM and OTCS standards.
• Support OTCS initiatives including IAM, Tanium, Nozomi, USB Hardening, App Whitelisting, segmentation.
• Approve and implement site SOPs for OT system management.

Skills

Virtual Machines

IAM onboarding/offboarding

OT cybersecurity

Documentation

Communication

Regulatory compliance

Education

CCNA certification

CISSP/Microsoft certs a plus

Tools

Switch Network Solutions

Tanium

Nozomi

USB Hardening

Job description

Ekco is seeking an IT/OT Support Engineer to maintain and secure OT environments, manage VM infrastructure, and control user access. You will work in a regulated context, contributing to risk reduction and regulatory compliance while supporting OT cybersecurity initiatives.

You will collaborate with Quality and IT teams, develop low-level designs, and help implement secure segmentation and backup strategies across OT systems.