Senior IT/OT Engineer — Live Ops & OT Cyber

Stellix; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continued learning & certification

Employee-owned (ESOP)

Job summary

Stellix seeks a Senior IT/OT Engineer to design, build, and secure converged IT/OT environments for Life Sciences and Critical Infrastructure clients. You will lead technical architecture, hands-on implementation, and commissioning of industrial control systems, virtualization platforms, and OT cybersecurity controls.

As a senior team member, you will balance deep technical execution with mentorship, proposal support, and standardization of repeatable engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in engineering, computer science, or related field.
• 7+ years of IT/OT engineering in industrial or regulated environments preferred.
• Experience with DeltaV and FactoryTalk control systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and commission distributed control and SCADA systems (DeltaV, FactoryTalk).
• Lead FAT and SAT testing in line with ASTM E2500 and client validation requirements.
• Integrate control systems with plant historians, OT networks, and supervisory layers.
• Architect and deploy virtualization/hyperconverged infrastructure (Proxmox VE, VMware) with high availability.
• Specify and deploy server/network hardware for industrial and edge deployments.
• Develop standardized build guides, network diagrams, and configuration baselines.

Skills

IT/OT engineering

Industrial automation

OT cybersecurity

FAT/SAT testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Proxmox VE

VMware

DeltaV

FactoryTalk

OT networks

SANS ICaS

IEC 62443

Job description

Stellix seeks a Senior IT/OT Engineer to design, build, and secure converged IT/OT environments for Life Sciences and Critical Infrastructure clients. You will lead technical architecture, hands-on implementation, and commissioning of industrial control systems, virtualization platforms, and OT cybersecurity controls.

As a senior team member, you will balance deep technical execution with mentorship, proposal support, and standardization of repeatable engineering practices.