Senior OT Network Architect & Lead Engineer

Prestige Staffing; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Leadership experience

Cross-site coordination

Mentoring engineers

Strong communication

Incident leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Cisco SD-Access

Catalyst Center

ISE

ACI

SD-WAN

Industrial networking equipment

Job description

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.