Job description
Senior OT Specialist / OT Architect Location: Onsite (5 Days/Week) Duration: 12 Months (Possible Extension) Role Overview Seeking an experienced OT Specialist/Architect with strong expertise in PLC, SCADA, DCS, Historian, and PI Systems to assess, modernize, and optimize Operational Technology environments across multiple Oil & Gas facilities.
The role focuses on OT assessments, digital transformation readiness, technology strategy, architecture recommendations, and roadmap development.
Key Responsibilities
Assess existing OT environments, including DCS, SCADA, PLC, Historian, and downstream OT systems. Conduct OT readiness assessments and identify modernization opportunities. Develop OT technology strategies, target architectures, and transformation roadmaps. Perform environmental scans, evaluate solutions, and develop business cases.
Analyze operational processes, requirements, and standards across multiple facilities. Design, implement, and optimize OT systems and infrastructure. Configure OT networking components including switches, routers, firewalls, and virtualized servers. Create documentation, process flows, system specifications, and recommendation presentations.
Maintain troubleshooting, networking, and operational procedures documentation.
Required Skills
Strong experience with PLC, SCADA, DCS, Historian, and PI Systems. Experience conducting OT assessments and modernization initiatives within Oil & Gas environments. Expertise with platforms such as AVEVA, Ignition, Cyg. Net, Rockwell, and Emerson. Strong knowledge of OT architecture, networking, system integration, and digital transformation.
Experience developing technology roadmaps, target-state architectures, and business cases. Excellent analytical, documentation, and stakeholder management skills. Preferred Industry Experience Oil & Gas Industrial Automation Process Control Systems Industrial Operations