Principal Lead- Plant Network Engineer

Prestige Staffing; Dallas (TX); Híbrido; USD 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Prestige Staffing in Plano, TX seeks a Principal OT Network Engineering Lead to standardize and advance OT network engineering across multiple manufacturing sites. This hands-on leadership role combines enterprise networking expertise with cross-site coordination, incident leadership, and continuous service improvement.

The role emphasizes cybersecurity, scalable design, and professional development, with travel to sites and potential international assignments.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical/computer engineering, computer science, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in network engineering with progressive responsibility.
• 5+ years leading technical teams including senior engineers.
• Experience in OT/industrial/manufacturing networks.
• Strong enterprise networking and secure design expertise.
• Cisco tech stack: SD-Access, Catalyst Center, Wireless, ISE, ACI.
• Knowledge of SD-WAN, VLANs, routing, switching, redundancy, monitoring and HA.
• Familiarity with OT cybersecurity, firewalls, segmentation, IDMZ architecture.
• Experience managing services across sites with KPIs, reporting, capacity and backlog.
• Proven ability to collaborate across IT/OT/manufacturing/operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; mentoring abilities.
• Willingness to travel to multiple sites and internationally if needed.
• Preferred: automation/industrial networking experience; CCNP/CISSP/ISA ISA/IEC 62443 certifications.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical leadership and coaching for plant OT network engineers.
• Standardize OT network services across multiple sites.
• Define and improve OT network standards, docs, support models and SLAs.
• Offer guidance and escalation for complex designs.
• Advise leadership on priorities, risks, and resourcing.
• Monitor service performance via KPIs and regular reporting.
• Lead status meetings with site engineers and drive improvements.
• Provide on-site backup during critical cutovers and incidents.
• Improve outage response and maintenance procedures.
• Act as primary communicator for multi-site incidents and updates.
• Lead post-incident reviews and incorporate lessons learned.
• Build relationships with plant stakeholders and align with business partners.
• Translate production requirements into secure network designs.
• Oversee project delivery and production support across sites.
• Assist hiring and onboarding of OT engineers and certification planning.
• Maintain knowledge of site-specific networking tech and requirements.

Conocimientos

Leadership experience

Cross-site coordination

Mentoring engineers

Strong communication

Incident leadership

Strategic thinking

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Herramientas

Cisco SD-Access

Catalyst Center

ISE

ACI

SD-WAN

Industrial networking equipment

Descripción del empleo

Job Title

Principal OT Network Engineering Lead

Pay

Competitive compensation package based on experience. One-year contract with potential for hire.

Location

Plano, Texas — Hybrid

Summary

Lead the standardization and advancement of operational technology (OT) network engineering across multiple manufacturing sites. This hands-on leadership role combines deep enterprise and industrial networking expertise with coaching, cross-site coordination, incident leadership, and continuous service improvement. Join a growing technology organization where cybersecurity, innovation, and professional development are strategic priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years of progressive network engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading technical teams, including senior engineers.
• Experience supporting OT, industrial, or manufacturing network environments.
• Strong expertise in enterprise networking and secure network design.
• Experience with Cisco technologies, including SD-Access, Catalyst Center, Wireless, ISE, and ACI.
• Knowledge of SD-WAN, VLANs, routing, switching, redundancy, network monitoring, and high-availability design.
• Familiarity with OT cybersecurity, firewalls, network segmentation, secure connectivity, and IDMZ architecture.
• Experience managing network services across multiple sites, including KPIs, service reporting, capacity, workload, and backlog.
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues in high-availability environments.
• Experience supporting deployments, maintenance windows, critical cutovers, and major incident response.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across IT, OT, manufacturing, production engineering, maintenance, and operations teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, drive accountability, and support professional development.
• Ability to travel to manufacturing sites, including potential international travel, for site visits and on-site support.
• Preferred: Experience with automation, controls, industrial networking systems, large-scale OT deployments, or plant modernization.
• Preferred certifications include CCNP, CISSP, or ISA/IEC 62443.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and development for plant-base OT network engineers.
• Integrate network engineering services across multiple manufacturing sites into a standardized service model.
• Establish and improve OT network standards, implementation practices, documentation, support models, and service levels.
• Provide technical guidance and escalation support for complex network issues, designs, and changes.
• Advise network leadership on priorities, risks, resourcing, technical direction, and operational readiness.
• Manage service performance through KPIs, regular reporting, workload and capacity reviews, and backlog oversight.
• Conduct regular status meetings with site network engineers and drive continuous improvements in support quality.
• Provide on-site backup coverage during critical cutovers, network incidents, and other high-priority events as needed.
• Define and improve procedures for major outage response, maintenance windows, network cutovers, and operational readiness.
• Serve as a primary communication point for multi-site or major network incidents, including incident updates and business-impact reporting.
• Lead post-incident reviews and ensure lessons learned are incorporated into future standards and procedures.
• Build strong relationships with plant stakeholders and serve as a bridge between engineering teams and business partners.
• Translate business and production requirements into practical, secure network designs and solutions.
• Oversee and prioritize project delivery and production support across multiple sites.
• Participate in the hiring and onboarding of OT network engineers and support development and certification plans.
• Maintain knowledge of site-specific network technologies, plant requirements, operating procedures, and industrial connectivity needs.