Senior OT Network Architect: Secure Industrial Infrastructures

Appathon; Georgetown (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Appathon seeks a seasoned OT Network Architect to lead secure, resilient OT and industrial network infrastructures in a Georgetown, KY site. You will drive deployment, segmentation, IDMZ, and secure connectivity between IT and OT environments, while mentoring teams and coordinating with production engineering and maintenance.

This role demands deep expertise in industrial networking and high-availability design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive network engineering experience.
• OT/industrial network environment experience is required.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, architecture, and secure design.
• Hands-on routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls, segmentation, and redundancy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment, implementation, and adoption of OT network infrastructure.
• Design secure, resilient network architectures for industrial environments.
• Support plant-floor, automation, controls, and edge-connected systems.
• Participate in network cutovers, maintenance, deployments, and readiness planning.
• Ensure network implementations minimize disruption to manufacturing operations.
• Incorporate OT cybersecurity requirements into network architecture and implementation.
• Support firewall configuration and secure IT-OT connectivity.
• Provide escalation support for OT and enterprise network incidents.
• Mentor and train support personnel on OT networking fundamentals.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

CCNA

CCNP

CISSP

Job description

Appathon seeks a seasoned OT Network Architect to lead secure, resilient OT and industrial network infrastructures in a Georgetown, KY site. You will drive deployment, segmentation, IDMZ, and secure connectivity between IT and OT environments, while mentoring teams and coordinating with production engineering and maintenance.

This role demands deep expertise in industrial networking and high-availability design.