OT Infrastructure Solution Architect - Secure OT Networks

Cognizant; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an OT Infrastructure Solution Architect in Augusta, ME, with 16+ years of experience. This role focuses on validating OT infrastructure architecture, security integration, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

The candidate will work with security, network, and IT teams to align with enterprise standards. Responsibilities include architecture validation, migration planning, and governance participation to ensure compliance and timely project

Qualifications

• Experience with OT infrastructure and security concepts.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience in complex IT/OT environment design and governance.

Responsibilities

• Understand and validate the overall OT infrastructure architecture and tech stack.
• Collaborate with architects, program stakeholders, site and security teams, and SMEs to capture requirements.
• Assess current-site environments and identify dependencies, constraints, integration, and migration needs.
• Validate target-state OT infra architecture across network, identity, access management, endpoint management, security tooling, and ops.
• Define and review network segmentation aligned with Purdue Model principles (enterprise IT, site ops, industrial DMZ, etc.).
• Provide architecture guidance for secure IT/OT integration and approved security/operational standards.
• Validate integration architecture for Active Directory, Privileged Access Management, PKI, endpoint protection, ePO, SCCM, etc.
• Review designs, build docs, and migration plans to ensure consistency with architecture.
• Act as technical design authority for architecture queries, decisions, exceptions, and deviations.
• Identify risks, gaps, security concerns, and blockers; drive timely resolutions with stakeholders.
• Support governance forums, design reviews, architecture walkthroughs, and technical decision reviews with clear outcomes.
• Ensure engineering and migration deliverables are scalable, secure, and aligned with standards and timelines.

Skills

Operating Systems

Storage & Backup

OT Platforms

Industrial Network

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an OT Infrastructure Solution Architect in Augusta, ME, with 16+ years of experience. This role focuses on validating OT infrastructure architecture, security integration, and cross-team collaboration to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

The candidate will work with security, network, and IT teams to align with enterprise standards. Responsibilities include architecture validation, migration planning, and governance participation to ensure compliance and timely project