OT Infrastructure Solution Architect

Cognizant; Baton Rouge (LA); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 165.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid Time Off

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Zusammenfassung

Cognizant in Baton Rouge, LA seeks an OT Infrastructure Solution Architect with 16+ years of experience to lead OT infrastructure design and validation. You will collaborate with client technical architects, security teams, site teams and infrastructure SMEs to capture requirements and define the target-state architecture.

Responsibilities include assessing current environments, ensuring secure IT/OT integration and guiding migration plans, while reviewing designs and implementation plans for

Qualifikationen

• 16+ years of experience in OT/industrial infrastructure
• Strong knowledge of Windows/Linux, DNS/DHCP/NTP/DFS
• Experience with OT security concepts and industrial networks
• Ability to collaborate with architects, site teams and security SMEs

Aufgaben

• Understand and validate OT infrastructure architecture and technology stack
• Collaborate with client technical architects, program stakeholders, site teams, security teams and SMEs
• Assess current-state environments and identify architecture dependencies and migration needs
• Validate target-state OT architecture across network, IAM, endpoint management and security tooling
• Provide guidance for secure IT/OT integration and compliant operations
• Review designs, build documents and implementation plans for architecture alignment
• Act as design authority for architecture decisions and deviations
• Identify risks, gaps and blockers and drive timely resolutions
• Support governance forums, design reviews and architecture walkthroughs
• Ensure deliverables are scalable, secure and aligned with standards and timelines

Kenntnisse

OS & Core Services

OT Platforms

Industrial Network & Security

Storage & Backup

Jobbeschreibung

OT Infrastructure Solution Architect

Experience: 16+ years

Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future *

Required Skills:

• Operating Systems and Core Services (Windows/Linux, DNS, DHCP, NTP, DFS)
• Storage & backup
• OT Platforms
• Industrial Network & Security

Responsibilities:

• Understand and validate the overall OT infrastructure architecture and associated technology stack
• Collaborate with Client’s Technical Architects, program stakeholders, site teams, security teams, and infrastructure SMEs to capture business, technical, operational, compliance, and site-specific requirements
• Assess current-state site environments and identify architecture dependencies, technical constraints, integration requirements, and migration considerations.
• Validate target-state OT infrastructure architecture across network, identity, access management, endpoint management, security tooling, and operational support components.
• Define, review, and validate network segmentation strategy aligned with Purdue Model principles, including separation of enterprise IT, site operations, industrial DMZ, supervisory control, and control system layers
• Provide architecture guidance for secure IT/OT integration, ensuring that communication paths, access patterns, and infrastructure services are aligned with approved security and operational standards.
• Validate integration architecture for core infrastructure components such as Active Directory, Privileged Access Management, Public Key Infrastructure, endpoint protection, ePO, SCCM, and related enterprise services.
• Review engineering designs, build documents, high-level designs, low-level designs, implementation plans, and migration approaches to ensure consistency with the approved architecture.
• Act as a technical design authority for architecture-related queries, design decisions, technical exceptions, and implementation deviations.
• Identify architecture risks, design gaps, security concerns, operational dependencies, and implementation blockers, and work with stakeholders to drive timely resolution.
• Support governance forums, design review meetings, architecture walkthroughs, and technical decision reviews with clear recommendations and documented outcomes.
• Ensure that engineering and migration deliverables are scalable, secure, supportable, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards and program timelines

Applications will be accepted until 10/9/2026

The annual salary for this position is between $110,000- $165,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and is subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contribution
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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