Associate Engineer, Manufacturing Process

Role Overview:

Manage, secure, and maintain OT assets to ensure seamless manufacturing operations while aligning with corporate IT security standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Asset & Network Management: Onboard new OT machines, ensure proper network segmentation (VLANs), and maintain accurate asset records in the CMDB.
• Security Deployment: Install and manage mandatory security tools (CrowdStrike, BigFix, etc.) based on OT system classifications without disrupting production.
• Risk Management: Identify vulnerabilities, report policy exceptions, and manage the Risk Acceptance (RA) process for legacy or unsupported machines.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Act as the bridge between the engineering team (Operations) and enterprise IT/Security teams.
• Support: the evaluation of new equipment, coordinate software and hardware upgrades, set equipment specifications and qualification tests with supervision.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Solid understanding of OT environments.
• Familiarity with IT/OT cybersecurity and ITSM tools.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.