Senior OT Engineer

GE HEALTHCARE AS; Oslo fylke; On-site; NOK 950,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare in Oslo is seeking a Senior OT Engineer to oversee and ensure the compliance and reliability of the site’s digital OT/IT infrastructure.

Reporting to the Head of IT/OT, Automation and Digitalization, the role focuses on managing mission-critical systems in a manufacturing environment and collaborating with global stakeholders to advance process optimization. The position is primarily site-based and requires extensive IT/OT experience in manufacturing, preferably pharmaceutical.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline (or a minimum of 5 years of relevant IT experience).
• Proven IT/OT support experience in manufacturing, preferably pharmaceutical.
• Demonstrated IT project and lifecycle management experience.
• Experience with VMware ESXi, Windows operating systems, Active Directory, and ServiceNow.
• Knowledge of network technologies (Palo Alto, Cisco) and monitoring tools.
• Knowledge of industrial communications (ProfiNET, ProfiBUS, Modbus, OPC).

Responsibilities

• Support Critical Systems & Infrastructure.
• Maintain and troubleshoot the OT/IT network and relevant applications to ensure operational availability.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, compliance, and obsolescence to deliver optimum performance and reliability.
• Administrative Tasks: manage users/groups, certificates, GPOs, DNS records.
• Join machines to the domain and install infrastructure software (e.g., Veeam, Symantec, CheckMK).
• Respond to monitoring alarms and take swift action on issues.
• Manage onboarding/offboarding of applications within security, risk, and compliance framework.
• Identify risks and implement upgrades and patches as necessary.
• Ensure compliance of site OT systems by collaborating with local and global functions.
• Coordinate with external vendors for project support.
• Generate and maintain OT/site documentation and trackers.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Team player

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

5+ years IT experience

Tools

VMware ESXi

Windows OS

Active Directory

ServiceNow

Palo Alto

Cisco

CheckMK

SolarWinds

Job description

• Sektor Privat

Oversee and manage the compliance of the digital infrastructure (OT and IT networks) at the Oslo manufacturing site.

• Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or at least 5 years of relevant IT experience
• Experience with IT/OT support in manufacturing, preferably pharmaceutical
• Experience with VMware (ESXi), Windows OS, Active Directory, and ServiceNow
• Knowledge of network technologies (Palo Alto, Cisco) and monitoring tools
• Knowledge of industrial communications (ProfiNET, ProfiBUS, Modbus, OPC)

Join GE HealthCare as Senior OT Engineer

Join a fast-paced and dynamic environment at GE HealthCare’s PDX-ISC Global Automation & Digital function, where you will play a pivotal role in transforming manufacturing operations and advancing digital capabilities.

Reporting to the Head of IT/OT, Automation and Digitalization at Oslo, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of process optimization in a rapidly growing organisation.

The Senior OT Engineer is responsible for overseeing the management and compliance of the digital infrastructure at our Oslo site, focusing on Operational Technology (OT) and IT networks.

This role demands a seasoned professional with extensive experience in managing mission critical systems and networks within a manufacturing environment.

The engineer will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, system owners, and global functions to ensure the site’s OT infrastructure is optimally configured and compliant with industry standards.

The role is primarily site based.

Main duties and responsibilities

The chosen candidate would typically be accountable for the following activities (but not exclusively):

• Support Critical Systems & Infrastructure
• Maintain and troubleshoot the OT/IT network and relevant applications to ensure operational availability.
• Monitor infrastructure performance, compliance, and obsolescence to deliver optimum performance and reliability
• Administrative Tasks
• Administer users and groups, request certificates, GPOs, and DNS records.
• Join machines to the domain and install infrastructure software (e.g., Veeam, Symantec, CheckMK).
• Perform actions on monitoring alarms, ensuring swift response to any issues
• Application Support
• Manage the onboarding and offboarding of applications within the security, risk, and compliance framework.
• Identify risks and improvement opportunities, implementing upgrades and patches as necessary.
• Ensure compliance of site OT systems by collaborating with local and global functions.
• Coordinate with external vendors to support project implementation and ongoing infrastructure support.
• Documentation & Compliance
• Generate, maintain, and improve site OT and system documentation, ensuring alignment with best practices and industry standards.
• Contribute in OT/IT related projects, managing relevant project change documentation.
• Assist project owners in meeting requirements, including interfacing new equipment with existing site networks.
• Provide input for developing project schedules and document trackers for OT/IT connectivity objectives.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.

While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Qualifications/Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline (or a minimum of 5 years of relevant IT experience).

Proven experience in IT/OT support within the manufacturing industry, with a preference for pharmaceutical experience.

Demonstrated experience in executing IT projects and lifecycle management.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience with incident, problem, change, or configuration management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of interfacing and influencing at all organizational levels.

Experience

• VMware (ESXi)
• Experience with windows operating systems.
• Configuration Management Database experience e.g Service now or other similar applications
• Network technologies e.g. switches and Firewalls (Palo Alto & Cisco).
• Experience with Infrastructure & Application Monitoring software e.g. Solar Winds, Checkmk etc.
• Experience working in a manufacturing pharmaceutical environment & working with and creating procedural controls around daily operations.
• Experience with Active directory set up / configuration.
• Experience with system disaster recovery & back up software e.g. Acronis etc.
• Demonstrate knowledge of industrial communications e.g. ProfiNET, ProfiBUS, ASiBus, Modbus RS485/ TCP/IP, OPC DA/UA

Personal Attributes

• Strong Team player.
• Works well in multicultural and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to resolve conflicts in priorities in line with business need.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to interface and influence.
• Analytic, creative, and technical problem solver.
• Technically minded but can explain to those with less technical knowledge.
• Be able to work independently, as well as being a core member within a team
• Disaster Recovery (IKT)
• Microsoft Active Directory (AD)
• Operating System (ICT)
• ServiceNow
• VMware ESX

GE HealthCare’s PDX-ISC Global Automation & Digital function is a fast-paced and dynamic environment focused on transforming manufacturing operations and advancing digital capabilities. The organisation is rapidly growing and operates a site in Oslo, where it manages mission critical systems and networks within a manufacturing environment, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry.