OT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LEAD

We partnenered with world leading pharma manufacturer to fill the role of **OT INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES LEAD at Oceanside California** United States. Currently hybrid of 3 days onsite. Subject to change per company policy in the future. Industry: Pharmaceutical / Biotech Job Category: Information Technology Other IT Are you passionate about Information (IT) and Automation Technology (OT) and aspiring to make a meaningful impact Are you curious to shape a digital manufacturing architecture ready to advance competitiveness on the market Starting with Phase I of the development process and continuing through to product maturity PT makes lifesaving medicines at 11 locations with the support of partners from around the world. Information (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) teams are key in producing and delivering medicine to patients. The organization is currently undergoing a transformation towards digitalization advancing fundamental elements to meet future needs such as leveraging new technologies. We are looking for a highly motivated Infrastructure professional to take on the role of the OT Infrastructure & Services Lead as part of the Site IT OT Organization in a 24x7 Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) environment. Management and development of the IT OT infrastructure: Lead people: People leadership responsibility for multiple site network/infrastructure engineers. Hire open roles coach and train new employees and own training curriculum. Incident Change and Problem Management for the services we provide for Site Manufacturing Pilot Plant and quality control. Subject Matter Expert (SME) for problem data risk and impact analyses related to the IT OT infrastructure such as network components servers and clients used in our make assess release processes. Management and implementation of client and server infrastructures throughout the entire lifecycle including continuous improvement of the services provided according to evolving business needs and global harmonization efforts. Participation in business integration and automation engineering projects (e.g. integration of machines and production lines) to develop and leverage standardized solutions. You will be responsible for infrastructure related activities (Patch management Antivirus solution deployment Backup Restore and disaster recovery Management of our local production Active Directory Configuration of file and print services Initial installation configuration and deployment of client hardware). You are providing sitespecific and domain expertise as an SME representing the site or the organization in the IT OT areas for improvements and projects driving the IT OT digitalization strategy in your area. Support need for specialized knowledge during operations (e.g. incidents with significant business impact change impact assessment root cause analysis including participation in oncall team if required). Leadership of OT Infrastructure and services: Professional guidance of employees students and project teams (Instruction coordination and management of team members within the framework of the projects and activities in a matrix structure). **The successful candidate will be:** Site Owner of IT OT Infrastructure for Manufacturing System Platforms including Syncade MES DeltaV Distributed Control System PLCs Lab Data Systems (Smartline Data Cockpit). Site OT Infrastructure Support Lead and Coordinator with Global Infrastructure solutions at site (e.g. support of AD and firewall policies to allow proper access and communication from either AD security or network firewall policies and commissioning and startup support). **What you will be working on:** Collaborate with IT Engineers and Architects Automation Engineers. Lead and/or provide support for the evaluation installation and maintenance of Manufacturing infrastructure including installation and upgrade of control systems hardware software control networks user administration database administration security system monitoring backup and recovery of Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems and SQL Databases. Lead and/or support implementation of OT infrastructure standards and best practices across all Site OT and Process Automation platforms working with other process automation engineers IT and OT professionals. Support commissioning and startup activity of new process control systems and manufacturing systems (Syncade DeltaV PLCs OSI PI historian etc). Be the go to Infrastructure expert at the site who bridges the gap between Automation and underlying Storage Compute and Network infrastructure. Execute control system virtualization administration user administration system monitoring capacity planning design installation configuration and upgrade of platform. Execute computer system validation and control system lifecycle management. **Requirements / Qualifications:** You have 710 years of relevant experience as an IT OT engineer in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent working in complex organizations with local and global interfaces. You completed a Bachelors degree in Engineering or Automation Computer Science Data Science or equivalent. You are experienced in a highlyregulated industry preferably Life Sciences. You have knowledge in the areas of IT architecture IT infrastructure as well as IT quality and security. You are able to manage stakeholders and employees in a good manner and have very good communication skills. You have proven your VACC leadership skills in a matrix organization. Good knowledge of local language and understanding of local culture is an advantage. You preferably bring along experience in Computer Systems Validation (CSV). Relocation assistance will be considered for exceptional candidates.
**7 to 10 years experience** You have 710 years of relevant experience as an IT OT engineer in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent working in complex organizations with local and global interfaces. You are experienced in a highlyregulated industry preferably Life Sciences.

You completed a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Automation, Computer Science, Data Science, or equivalent.,You are experienced in a highly-regulated industry, preferably Life Sciences.,You have knowledge in the areas of IT architecture, IT infrastructure as well as IT quality and security.