OT Network Engineer: Industrial Networking & Incident Response

Akkodis; Fort Worth, Arlington, Dallas (TX, TX, TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision assistance

Paid Time Off

401(k) with match

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking an OT Network Engineer to support industrial networking within a large, distributed manufacturing environment. The role focuses on hands‑on troubleshooting, incident response, and stabilization of OT network infrastructure, resolving connectivity issues across plant locations, and ensuring secure access and segmentation.

As experience grows, you will improve network documentation, identify recurring issues, evaluate site readiness, and assist with proactive monitoring and

Qualifications

• Hands-on troubleshooting across OT networks including switches, firewalls, VLANs, interfaces, routing, ACLs, and remote connectivity.
• Experience with manufacturing/OT environments and ability to distinguish between network, PLC, SCADA, HMI, or production application issues.
• Cisco networking experience focusing on switches and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Ewon or comparable industrial remote-access appliances.
• Ability to collaborate with IT networking teams when issues span IT/OT.
• Strong documentation and communication skills with change-control awareness.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot OT networking incidents on industrial switches, firewalls, VLANs, interfaces, and remote connectivity.
• Diagnose Ewon remote-access connectivity and similar industrial remote-access solutions.
• Support OT network connectivity downstream of the IT/OT firewall boundary.
• Collaborate with IT networking teams on shared infrastructure and policies.
• Review site diagrams, inventories, and existing documentation to understand plant environments.
• Create and maintain network diagrams, port maps, and as-built records.
• Follow change-control, maintenance-window, and escalation procedures.

Skills

Network troubleshooting

Industrial networking

OT/IT boundary

Cisco ISE/SD-WAN

Remote-access technologies

Documentation

Change control

Tools

Ewon

VLANs

Firewalls

Cisco switches

Network diagrams

Job description

Akkodis is seeking an OT Network Engineer to support industrial networking within a large, distributed manufacturing environment. The role focuses on hands‑on troubleshooting, incident response, and stabilization of OT network infrastructure, resolving connectivity issues across plant locations, and ensuring secure access and segmentation.

As experience grows, you will improve network documentation, identify recurring issues, evaluate site readiness, and assist with proactive monitoring and