OT Security Architect in Cincinnati, OH (Fulltime, Onsite)

OT Security Architect

Cincinnati, OH

Fulltime, Onsite

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Proven experience defining OT/ICS security architectures for manufacturing, engineering, research, laboratory, supply-chain, overhaul, repair, assembly, or test environments.

Hands-on architecture experience for IT/OT network segmentation, zones and conduits, industrial DMZs, secure remote access, firewalls, switching, load balancing, and passive OT monitoring.

Ability to lead site discovery, current-state assessment, architecture-gap analysis, target-state design, design reviews, implementation governance, validation, stabilization, and operational handover.

Experience developing and approving High-Level Designs, Low-Level Designs, network and data-flow diagrams, bills of materials, security patterns, implementation roadmaps, technical standards, and architecture decision records.

Strong knowledge of IEC 62443, NIST SP 800-82, Purdue-model concepts, Zero Trust principles, least privilege, defense in depth, and secure change practices for operational environments.

Knowledge of OT assets and protocols, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, historians, engineering workstations, industrial servers, network appliances, and industrial communications.

Architecture knowledge of Nozomi Guardian/CMC or similar OT visibility platforms, Check Point and Palo Alto firewalls, Cisco or industrial switching, Zscaler, CyberArk, Splunk, ServiceNow, and CMDB integrations.

Experience assessing security impact and operational risk for live-environment changes, including availability, safety, production continuity, rollback, testing, outage, and maintenance-window considerations.

Experience establishing architecture governance, conducting design assurance and peer reviews, managing technical risks and exceptions, and ensuring alignment with customer policies and approved reference architectures.

Experience supporting build and managed-service teams across incidents, vulnerabilities, changes, lifecycle refresh, platform optimization, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Working knowledge of ITAR/export-control requirements, CUI or EC environments, RBAC, segregation of duties, secure administration, and evidence requirements.

Relevant certifications such as CISSP, GICSP, GRID, IEC 62443, TOGAF, SABSA, or vendor architecture certifications are preferred.

Roles & Responsibilities

Own and govern the OT security architecture for Secure Connected Shops and related OT network services across assigned sites and delivery towers.

Lead discovery and assessment of existing IT/OT networks, assets, security controls, connectivity, data flows, remote-access paths, operational dependencies, and architecture gaps.

Define target-state OT security architecture and site patterns covering segmentation, zones and conduits, industrial DMZs, firewalls, switching, load balancing, secure remote access, monitoring, logging, and management connectivity.

Create, review, approve, and maintain HLDs, LLDs, Visio network diagrams, data-flow diagrams, bills of materials, implementation timelines, architecture standards, design patterns, and configuration requirements.

Ensure proposed designs and changes align with approved customer architectures, cybersecurity policies, implementation processes, ITAR/export-control boundaries, and applicable OT-security practices.

Provide architecture oversight to network, OT, firewall, Nozomi, Zscaler, CyberArk, cloud, infrastructure, SOC, and site implementation teams throughout build and rollo ut.

Review changes proposed for live OT environments and evaluate security, safety, availability, production, dependency, testing, rollback, and maintenance-window risks before implementation.

Chair or support architecture and design reviews, document decisions, technical debt, risks, exceptions, assumptions, and dependencies, and drive remediation to closure.

Validate implementation against the approved design through design assurance, configuration review, evidence checks, testing support, and as-built documentation review.

Support incident, vulnerability, problem, and major-change investigations where architecture analysis or cross-domain technical leadership is required.

Define reusable templates, playbooks, guardrails, standards, and reference patterns to enable consistent execution across global sites and delivery pods.

Guide operational readiness, stabilization, knowledge transfer, SOP development, monitoring requirements, support-model definition, and handover to L1/L2/L3 operations.

Collaborate with site IT/OT, engineering, facilities, maintenance, network, cybersecurity, compliance, business-validation, vendor, and governance stakeholders.

Identify architecture optimization and continuous-improvement opportunities while preserving operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and production continuity.

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

Strong architecture leadership, stakeholder influence, workshop facilitation, technical writing, design governance, risk-based decision-making, and ability to translate complex OT security requirements into executable site designs and standards.