IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity SME

VSL PowerHive; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

VSL PowerHive in Chennai, India, seeks an IT Infrastructure Lead to plan and deploy the manufacturing facility's IT backbone, ensure readiness for commissioning and ramp-up, and design scalable LAN/WAN, servers, storage and endpoints. You will own network and server operations across factory and corporate environments, establish security controls, backup, DR, and governance to meet group policies.

Collaborate with OT, engineering and business teams to support new projects, digitization, and cost

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end IT infrastructure planning and deployment for the manufacturing facility.
• Ensure IT readiness for factory commissioning, production ramp-up and new business projects.
• Design and manage LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, internet, firewalls, servers, storage, backup and endpoint infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure architecture that is scalable for future plant expansion.
• Coordinate IT infrastructure requirements for production lines, offices, warehouses, utilities and support functions.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of critical IT infrastructure.
• Lead network and server operations across factory and corporate environments.
• Manage routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, wireless networks and network security.
• Ensure effective monitoring of infrastructure performance, capacity and availability.
• Establish preventive maintenance and incident management processes.
• Drive root-cause analysis and timely resolution of infrastructure incidents.
• Maintain appropriate backup, disaster recovery and redundancy mechanisms.
• Lead cybersecurity implementation and operations across the factory and IT environment.
• Ensure compliance with Group cybersecurity policies, standards and controls.
• Identify, assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities.
• Drive vulnerability assessment, patch management, endpoint security and security monitoring.
• Coordinate cybersecurity incident response and ensure timely closure of critical security incidents.
• Implement appropriate access control, identity management, privileged access and security governance.
• Work closely with Group Cybersecurity teams for security assessments, audits and remediation.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Automation and OT teams to ensure secure integration of factory systems.
• Establish appropriate segregation between IT and OT networks.
• Support secure connectivity for PLC, SCADA, MES and other manufacturing systems in coordination with relevant teams.
• Ensure cybersecurity controls are incorporated during commissioning of new equipment and production lines.
• Assess cybersecurity risks associated with third-party equipment, automation systems and connected devices.
• Establish governance for IT hardware, software, licenses and infrastructure assets.
• Maintain accurate asset inventory and lifecycle management.
• Ensure timely refresh, replacement and disposal of IT assets.
• Monitor software licensing and compliance.
• Implement appropriate controls for asset security and ownership.
• Manage IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and managed-service vendors.
• Drive vendor selection, SLA definition, performance monitoring and contract governance.
• Review vendor performance against agreed KPIs and SLAs.
• Ensure timely resolution of escalated issues.
• Support budgeting, commercial negotiations and cost optimization.
• Develop and maintain IT Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.
• Identify critical IT systems and establish appropriate recovery strategies.
• Conduct periodic DR drills and business continuity testing.
• Define RTO/RPO requirements in alignment with business criticality.
• Ensure infrastructure resilience against system failures, cyber incidents and other disruptions.
• Establish IT infrastructure governance, policies, SOPs and operational controls.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, cybersecurity and information-security requirements.
• Support internal and external IT/security audits.
• Track audit observations and ensure timely closure.
• Develop dashboards and management reports covering infrastructure, security, incidents, risks and projects.
• Partner with Business, Manufacturing, Engineering, HR, Finance, Supply Chain and other functions to understand technology requirements.
• Provide IT infrastructure support for new projects, plant expansion and digital transformation initiatives.
• Participate in technology evaluations and infrastructure architecture decisions.
• Ensure IT deliverables are completed within agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

1. IT Infrastructure & Factory IT Readiness

• Lead end-to-end IT infrastructure planning and deployment for the manufacturing facility.
• Ensure IT readiness for factory commissioning, production ramp-up and new business projects.
• Design and manage LAN/WAN, Wi-Fi, internet, firewalls, servers, storage, backup and endpoint infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure architecture that is scalable for future plant expansion.
• Coordinate IT infrastructure requirements for production lines, offices, warehouses, utilities and support functions.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of critical IT infrastructure.

2. Network & Server Operations

• Lead network and server operations across factory and corporate environments.
• Manage routing, switching, firewalls, VPN, wireless networks and network security.
• Ensure effective monitoring of infrastructure performance, capacity and availability.
• Establish preventive maintenance and incident management processes.
• Drive root-cause analysis and timely resolution of infrastructure incidents.
• Maintain appropriate backup, disaster recovery and redundancy mechanisms.

3. Cybersecurity

• Lead cybersecurity implementation and operations across the factory and IT environment.
• Ensure compliance with Group cybersecurity policies, standards and controls.
• Identify, assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities.
• Drive vulnerability assessment, patch management, endpoint security and security monitoring.
• Coordinate cybersecurity incident response and ensure timely closure of critical security incidents.
• Implement appropriate access control, identity management, privileged access and security governance.
• Work closely with Group Cybersecurity teams for security assessments, audits and remediation.

4. OT / Factory IT Security

• Partner with Manufacturing, Engineering, Automation and OT teams to ensure secure integration of factory systems.
• Establish appropriate segregation between IT and OT networks.
• Support secure connectivity for PLC, SCADA, MES and other manufacturing systems in coordination with relevant teams.
• Ensure cybersecurity controls are incorporated during commissioning of new equipment and production lines.
• Assess cybersecurity risks associated with third-party equipment, automation systems and connected devices.

5. IT Asset Governance

• Establish governance for IT hardware, software, licenses and infrastructure assets.
• Maintain accurate asset inventory and lifecycle management.
• Ensure timely refresh, replacement and disposal of IT assets.
• Monitor software licensing and compliance.
• Implement appropriate controls for asset security and ownership.

6. Vendor & Service Provider Management

• Manage IT infrastructure, cybersecurity and managed-service vendors.
• Drive vendor selection, SLA definition, performance monitoring and contract governance.
• Review vendor performance against agreed KPIs and SLAs.
• Ensure timely resolution of escalated issues.
• Support budgeting, commercial negotiations and cost optimization.

7. Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery

• Develop and maintain IT Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.
• Identify critical IT systems and establish appropriate recovery strategies.
• Conduct periodic DR drills and business continuity testing.
• Define RTO/RPO requirements in alignment with business criticality.
• Ensure infrastructure resilience against system failures, cyber incidents and other disruptions.

8. IT Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Establish IT infrastructure governance, policies, SOPs and operational controls.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, cybersecurity and information-security requirements.
• Support internal and external IT/security audits.
• Track audit observations and ensure timely closure.
• Develop dashboards and management reports covering infrastructure, security, incidents, risks and projects.

9. Project & Business Support

• Partner with Business, Manufacturing, Engineering, HR, Finance, Supply Chain and other functions to understand technology requirements.
• Provide IT infrastructure support for new projects, plant expansion and digital transformation initiatives.
• Participate in technology evaluations and infrastructure architecture decisions.
• Ensure IT deliverables are completed within agreed timelines, budgets and quality standards.