OT Network Engineer - SCADA & Industrial Cybersecurity

Southern Company

Atlanta (GA)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 140,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Southern Company seeks an Generation OT Network Engineer to design, implement, and support secure OT network infrastructure across generation facilities. You will work on control systems, SCADA, DCS, and historians, ensuring reliable connectivity for generation and battery storage projects.

You will configure and commission Cisco routing/switching gear, manage firewalls, and perform end-to-end troubleshooting with tools like Wireshark, while aligning with NERC CIP cybersecurity requirements and

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Networking, or related field preferred.
Typically 3–5 years of progressively responsible network engineering/administration experience with switches, routers, and firewalls.
Experience in OT, industrial control, SCADA, utility, power-generation, or critical-infrastructure environments preferred.
Experience with Palo Alto firewalls; DNP3, Modbus, OPC, ICCP, historian connectivity, data diodes, relays, or RTAC communications preferred.
Network automation or scripting experience for configuration, backup, validation, or reporting preferred.
Relevant Cisco, Palo Alto, networking, or cybersecurity certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

Design standardized OT network architectures for control systems, SCADA, DCS, historians, relays, remote operations, and vendor systems.
Engineer routing, switching, segmentation, firewalls, redundancy, secure remote access, and controlled data flows.
Configure, install, test, and commission switches, routers, firewalls, and related equipment at generation sites.
Support factory and site acceptance testing, cutovers, outages, equipment replacements, and project turnover.
Troubleshoot outages and degraded communications using end-to-end packet, traffic, routing, switching, firewall, and protocol analysis.
Execute changes through planning, risk review, validation, rollback, documentation, and closure processes.
Apply Generation cybersecurity requirements and applicable NERC CIP controls to OT network work.
Maintain diagrams, IP records, firewall documentation, configurations, backups, inventories, reports, and lifecycle plans.
Partner with plant personnel, project teams, cybersecurity, Technology Organization groups, engineering firms, OEMs, and vendors.
Provide escalation support and participate in after-hours or on-call rotation as assigned.