Senior OT Modernization Architect

Avacone; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Avacone is seeking an experienced OT professional to support modernization of industrial, manufacturing, and laboratory technology environments, with a focus on brownfield migrations and infrastructure upgrades. You will coordinate with engineering teams, automation vendors, OEMs, system integrators, and service providers to ensure secure, standardized enterprise infrastructure.

Candidates must reside in India at the time of application.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Operational Technology or OT cybersecurity.
• Experience with brownfield migrations or industrial modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of industrial control systems and manufacturing OT.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration across engineering, IT, OT, and vendors.
• Familiarity with industrial networking, Windows platforms, and cybersecurity technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and execution of brownfield OT migrations, infrastructure upgrades, and industrial modernization initiatives.
• Assess existing industrial control, manufacturing, and laboratory environments, identifying dependencies, risks and integration requirements.
• Coordinate technical activities across engineering, IT, OT, cybersecurity teams, vendors, and service providers.
• Support the integration of legacy and vendor-managed systems into standardized enterprise infrastructure.
• Contribute to OT infrastructure design and implementation, including industrial networking, Active Directory, virtualization, Windows platforms, and firewall-based LAN segmentation.
• Support secure OT architecture and network segmentation initiatives in collaboration with cybersecurity teams.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and coordinate resolution across internal teams and external partners.
• Maintain technical documentation, migration plans, and implementation records.
• Collaborate with quality and validation teams to support GMP qualification and validation requirements.

Job description

Avacone is seeking an experienced OT professional to support modernization of industrial, manufacturing, and laboratory technology environments, with a focus on brownfield migrations and infrastructure upgrades. You will coordinate with engineering teams, automation vendors, OEMs, system integrators, and service providers to ensure secure, standardized enterprise infrastructure.

Candidates must reside in India at the time of application.