OT Systems Subject Matter Expert
Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years in OT, industrial control or building automation systems, with at least 3 in mission-critical environments
Requirements
- Bring 8+ years of experience in OT, industrial control, or building automation systems, including at least 3 years in mission-critical environments.
- Have hands-on experience designing, integrating, configuring, and troubleshooting BMS, EPMS, SCADA, PLC, and DCIM systems.
- Have delivered OT scope through design, construction, and full commissioning of critical facilities.
- Have experience implementing OT cybersecurity controls and secure remote access in live operational environments.
- Have working knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks.
- Understand OT architectures and protocols including Modbus TCP/RTU, BACnet IP/MSTP, SNMP, and IEC 61850.
- Understand data centre infrastructure including MV/LV power distribution, UPS, generators, cooling systems, and fire detection.
- Have knowledge of alarm management, change management, and safe working practices on live systems.
- Have experience managing system integrators, OEMs, and service providers across multi-site, multi-country portfolios.
- Be able to conduct structured fault-finding and root cause analysis and review electrical, mechanical, and controls drawings, points lists, and sequences of operation.
- Hold a degree in Electrical, Control, Automation, Mechatronics, or Computer Engineering, or an equivalent technical qualification and experience.
- Vendor certifications in BMS, EPMS, or SCADA platforms and data centre certifications are a plus.
Responsibilities
- Own OT system standards, reference architectures, and design guidelines across Volta's AI factories.
- Review and approve OT designs, control philosophies, points lists, and sequences of operation.
- Lead OT input into commissioning, including integrated testing, and sign off readiness for handover to Operations.
- Implement the OT cybersecurity framework with the IT team, covering segmentation, access control, patching, backups, and vulnerability management.
- Maintain OT asset inventories, network architecture documentation, and configuration baselines across sites.
- Provide escalation support for OT incidents, lead root cause analysis, and drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Govern live-system changes through risk assessment and testing.
- Manage system integrators, OEMs, and other OT vendors, including scopes, performance reviews, and lifecycle planning.
- Align OT/IT integration, data flows, and alarm management with IT, Design, Construction, and Site Operations.
- Protect OT resilience and business continuity through redundancy reviews, drills, and documented disaster recovery plans.