Senior Network Engineer - IT/OT and AI-Driven Manufacturing

PDS Tech, Inc.; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 84,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

PDS Tech Commercial is hiring a Senior Network Engineer to architect, deploy, and support enterprise and OT networks at a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Richardson, TX. You will configure Cisco routers, switches, wireless, firewalls, and VPNs, and implement secure IT/OT networking across plant operations.

The role emphasizes SD-WAN, network segmentation, and automation using PowerShell and IaC, with collaboration across IT, security, and manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of enterprise and industrial networking experience.
• Strong Cisco networking experience in manufacturing/OT environments.
• 2+ years of PowerShell scripting.
• 1+ year of ServiceNow (or similar).
• Excellent troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support enterprise, OT, and manufacturing networks, including SD-WAN and equipment-level connectivity.
• Configure and maintain Cisco routers, switches, wireless networks, firewalls, and VPNs.
• Implement network segmentation and cybersecurity solutions for manufacturing environments.
• Manage VLANs, routing, switching, DNS, DHCP, NAT, IP addressing, and QoS.
• Monitor network performance, troubleshoot issues, and support high availability and disaster recovery.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, IT, and security teams.
• Support automation initiatives using PowerShell, Infrastructure-as-Code, and DevOps practices.

Skills

Cisco networking

PowerShell scripting

IT/OT integration

Network security

VPNs

LAN/WAN

Education

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

Tools

Arista

Dell

Palo Alto

Tanium

Chef

DMZ architectures

Backup/recovery

Job description

PDS Tech Commercial is hiring a Senior Network Engineer to architect, deploy, and support enterprise and OT networks at a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Richardson, TX. You will configure Cisco routers, switches, wireless, firewalls, and VPNs, and implement secure IT/OT networking across plant operations.

The role emphasizes SD-WAN, network segmentation, and automation using PowerShell and IaC, with collaboration across IT, security, and manufacturing teams.