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Jr OT Network Engineer (Operational Technology)

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Jr OT Network Engineer (Operational Technology)

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Base pay range

$70,000.00/yr - $80,000.00/yr

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

Are you passionate about cybersecurity ? Does configuring and securing high criticality industrial networks excite you? Are you interested in taking your networking engineering career to the next level with one of the largest technology and engineering firms in the world? As a senior network engineer with Jacobs, you will work at the forefront of contemporary industrial network design and cybersecurity. Jacobs design and builds the worlds infrastructure and youll play a key role delivering high-uptime, highly secure networks that enable business operations.

As a network engineer , you will be at the forefront of designing, implementing, and maintaining the operational technology (OT) network infrastructure at one of our industrial sites. Your expertise will be critical in ensuring the reliability, security, and performance of our OT systems. You will partner with Jacobs Industrial Control Systems (ICS) teams to deliver communication networks that are optimized for reliable automation and business operations. In this role, you will also design scalable and reliable network infrastructure in greenfield and brownfield environments. Youll leverage your understanding of network telecommunications, firewall, Windows OS, and TCP/IP protocols to engineer robust and secure networks of varying sizes and complexity.

Are you ready to build a career in network engineering at the cutting edge of OT network design and engineering? At Jacobs, we are building a more connected and sustainable world. Come join us as we engineer and secure networks at the heart of todays global infrastructure.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for assisting with design, implementation, and maintenance of the operational technology (OT) network infrastructure. As a junior engineer, this includes selecting and configuring network hardware and software, such as switches, routers, firewalls, and industrial protocols. You will be responsible for network security and providing monitoring and troubleshooting of performance issues and for resolving network-related problems to minimize downtime.

• This position sets up and maintains networking and control infrastructure in accordance with company standards and works with OT Network Management to provide solutions for maintenance and operations. This includes but is not limited to Process Control Infrastructure and Third Party Vendor Packages
• Create and maintain detailed network diagrams of the manufacturing industrial infrastructure, network, server, cabling, rack level, and logical architecture including procedures and plans to support current and future projects.
• Travel to project sites to provide support of ICS networks, manage and maintain converged platforms, virtualization, networks, security platforms and various other OT/IoT technologies
• Review of network architectures and determining if good practices are being followed and provided recommendations to comply with applicable cybersecurity framework for industrial environment controls

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Here's what you'll need

• Experience with/or demonstrated aptitude to be trained on Industrial control systems (DCS/PLC)
• Some networking technology knowledge (TCP/IP, routing, or switching)
• Experience working with firewalls and wireless communication technology
• Experience working with virtualization platforms, Active Directory, DNS, and Domain Controller
• Cisco CCNA, Fortinet NSE-4, JNCIA or equivalent network certification
• Some knowledge of PLC/SCADA and/or DCS network architecture with the ability to learn from network SMEs

Preferred

• Experience with IIoT and edge computing

Posted Salary Range Minimum

70,000.00

Posted Salary Range Upper

80,000.00

Jacobs health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Eligible employees and their dependents may elect medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our companys 401k plan, and, if eligible, a deferred compensation plan and Executive Deferral Plan. Employees will also receive 17 days of vacation per year, seven paid holidays, plus floating holidays and caregiver leave. Hired applicants will be able to purchase company stock and have the opportunity to receive a performance discretionary bonus.

The base salary range for this position is $70,000.00 to $80,000.00. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Civil Engineering, Design Services, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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