Operational Technology Architect

The Challenge

Our client produces large-scale steel structures for the energy transition and is building a Smart Factory environment where production, data, and security seamlessly converge. You will design the OT architecture that makes this production environment as solid as the structures that roll off the assembly line.

What will you do?

As an OT Architect, you are the connecting link between production, engineering, maintenance, IT, and cybersecurity. You will develop and monitor the OT architecture for multiple production locations, ensuring that industrial automation, OT platforms, and data integrations align with business objectives. You will report to the Head of IT and work closely with internal teams, suppliers, and external integration partners.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing and maintaining the OT architecture for all production locations

• Defining OT standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps

• Developing target architectures for Smart Factory, MES, SCADA, and industrial automation

• Determining integrations between IT and OT systems

• Defining OT security architectures in accordance with IEC 62443 and supporting ISO 27001 implementation

• Providing technical direction for suppliers and integration partners

How you make an impact

You bring structure and oversight to the OT landscape of multiple production locations. You ensure that industrial automation, OT platforms, and data integrations connect with each other and that production runs stably and controllably.

Through your architectural choices, the OT environment becomes future-proof. You translate technology roadmaps into concrete standards, monitor security in accordance with IEC 62443, and ensure that suppliers and integration partners work according to clear agreements.

Furthermore, you are a constant point of contact for production, engineering, maintenance, IT, and cybersecurity. You ensure that these disciplines align well. In doing so, you directly contribute to continuity, safety, and a professional, future-oriented production environment.

What you will receive from us

• Salary: €6,000 – €8,500 gross per month (for 40 hours)

• 25 vacation days + 13 ADV (reduction of working hours) days (for 40 hours)

• Travel expense reimbursement of €0.23 per kilometer

• Pension scheme where the employer pays the largest part of the premium

• Close-knit, informal work atmosphere at a stable, growing industrial employer
  

What it yields for you

• A key role in the digitalization of a large-scale industrial production environment

• Direct impact on the energy transition

• Room for initiative, ownership, and career growth

• Working with cutting-edge OT/IT technology in a complex, international environment

Task Distribution

35% Architecture & strategy
20% Industrial automation & integrations
15% Security & compliance
15% Supplier & lifecycle management
15% Innovation & technology exploration

Hard skills

• HBO/WO (Bachelor/Master) degree in Computer Science, Industrial Automation, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in industrial automation or OT, with at least 3 years in an architect role

• Knowledge of PLC platforms (including Siemens), SCADA systems, ThingWorx/PTC, Kepware, OPC-UA, Profinet, Modbus, and/or MQTT

• Experience with industrial IoT platforms, Azure, API integrations, Historian environments, and network components (including Cisco, Mikrotik, Siemens, Fortigate)

Nice to have

• Experience with D365 F&O, MS Fabric, and Power BI integrations

• Knowledge of IEC 62443 and ISO 27001

Soft skills

• Strategic

• Analytical

• Persuasive

• Decisive

• Organizationally sensitive

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