Senior OT & Building Automation Technician

CloudHQ, LLC; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CloudHQ, LLC is seeking a Senior Technician to manage building automation, OT/IT convergence, and data center operations across multiple sites. The role emphasizes hands-on support for BMS/EPMS, telemetry validation, and collaboration with IT and OT teams to ensure reliable facility performance.

You will help with commissioning, fault diagnostics, and energy optimization while supporting cybersecurity and audit readiness in critical environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience supporting controls, OT, or IT systems in mission-critical facilities.
• Experience with multi-site BMS/EPMS/DCIM and alarm response tasks.
• Ability to support commissioning, maintenance windows, and vendor coordination in live data centers.
• Knowledge of BAS/BMS, EPMS, DCIM, SCADA concepts and OT cybersecurity basics.
• ISO27001/SOC audit support and change management familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and support centralized facilities monitoring workflows for BMS/EPMS across campuses.
• Assist with alarm management, trend analysis, and fault detection & diagnostics.
• Maintain records and produce reports on telemetry completeness and system health.
• Support integration of BAS/BMS, EPMS, DCIM, SCADA with OT network infrastructure.
• Coordinate commissioning, turnover activities, and vendor interactions for new facilities.
• Contribute to OT cybersecurity practices and audit readiness.

Skills

BMS

DCIM

SCADA

Alarm management

OT cybersecurity

Tools

BACnet/IP

Modbus RTU/TCP

SNMP

MQTT

OPC-UA

Job description

CloudHQ, LLC is seeking a Senior Technician to manage building automation, OT/IT convergence, and data center operations across multiple sites. The role emphasizes hands-on support for BMS/EPMS, telemetry validation, and collaboration with IT and OT teams to ensure reliable facility performance.

You will help with commissioning, fault diagnostics, and energy optimization while supporting cybersecurity and audit readiness in critical environments.