Senior Automation Engineer, OT Infrastructure & Integration

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Wilson, NC

18d•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Site Automation organization, the Automation Engineering Manager, OT Infrastructure & Integration provides leadership, technical direction, and delivery accountability for manufacturing OT infrastructure and integrated automation systems across the site. This role owns the OT infrastructure strategy and execution model required to support reliable, secure, compliant, and scalable manufacturing operations. Senior Automation Engineer will lead internal team members, suppliers, OEMs, system integrators, Digital/IT partners, automation-system owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver OT infrastructure, industrial networking, integration, historian, virtualization, cybersecurity, and lifecycle initiatives in a cGMP manufacturing environment.

Requirements

A minimum Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Science, or a related technical field; required
Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in manufacturing OT infrastructure, industrial automation infrastructure, or closely related regulated manufacturing systems, with direct responsibility for OT architecture, implementation, integration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle support.
Demonstrated experience leading OT infrastructure or manufacturing integration initiatives in a pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or other GMP-regulated manufacturing environment.
Experience providing technical leadership for engineers, contractors, suppliers, OEM technical teams, vendors, or system integrators, including accountability for technical direction, resource planning, issue resolution, and delivery of OT infrastructure scope.
Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing OT architecture, including industrial networking, network segmentation, virtualized server environments, VLANs, communication paths, cybersecurity controls, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
Experience designing, administering, or supporting historian infrastructure, including OSI PI or comparable platforms, and integrating historians with manufacturing systems such as DCS/PAS, MES, BAS, PLC systems, and data platforms.
Hands-on experience with OT network design, switch configuration, and management of communication paths in a manufacturing environment; Cisco experience is preferred.
Strong understanding of ISA-95 Level 1, Level 2, and applicable Level 3 manufacturing systems, including how automation, OT infrastructure, MES, historians, and related site systems interact within a regulated manufacturing architecture.
Strong communication, stakeholder-management, organizational, and project-execution skills, with the ability to define requirements, coordinate cross-functional delivery, manage dependencies, and track OT infrastructure work packages.
Ability and willingness to travel internationally to equipment suppliers, system integrators, and Johnson & Johnson affiliate sites for technical training, knowledge transfer, FAT/integration testing, and OT infrastructure readiness activities. Occasional short-term stays may be required during project execution and start-up.
Experience limited to enterprise IT, process engineering, manufacturing operations, equipment engineering, or validation without substantive manufacturing OT infrastructure ownership will not meet this requirement.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing OT network architecture and industrial network solutions for pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or other GMP-regulated manufacturing environments.
Familiarity with Emerson DeltaV or comparable DCS/PAS platforms, Werum PAS-X or comparable MES platforms, PLC systems, BAS platforms, historians, and related integrations across the manufacturing technology landscape.
Experience supporting greenfield or brownfield manufacturing facility start-up, including automation, utilities, facilities, integration, commissioning, and operational-readiness activities.
Knowledge of domain controllers, Active Directory, authentication services, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and related infrastructure used in regulated OT environments.
Experience applying global engineering standards, cybersecurity standards, and site or enterprise governance requirements in collaboration with multi-site or affiliate technical teams.
Experience supporting highly automated Drug Product, sterile manufacturing, or other complex GMP manufacturing operations.

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy, execution, and lifecycle management of manufacturing OT infrastructure and integration solutions across the site.
Lead, coach, and develop OT infrastructure and integration team members, contractors, suppliers, OEM technical teams, and system integrators; provide technical direction, resource planning, delivery governance, and performance alignment.
Define and execute the site OT infrastructure and integration strategy, including industrial network architecture, server and virtualization platforms, historian infrastructure, system interfaces, cybersecurity controls, lifecycle standards, and support models.
Provide end-to-end leadership for OT infrastructure project delivery, including concept development, detailed design, procurement support, build/configuration, FAT/integration testing, commissioning, qualification, start-up, handover, troubleshooting, and steady-state support.
Serve as the technical authority for manufacturing OT infrastructure, ensuring solutions are secure, reliable, scalable, maintainable, and aligned with global automation, cybersecurity, Digital/IT, and site standards.
Lead all aspects of design and lifecycle management for virtualized server environments, virtual machines, VLANs, network segmentation, domain services, authentication, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and related OT infrastructure components.
Lead integration of OT infrastructure with automation and manufacturing systems, including DCS/PAS, PLC systems, SCADA/HMI, MES, BAS, historians, data platforms, and other Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 systems.
Establish and maintain standards, templates, design specifications, network diagrams, interface definitions, support documentation, and lifecycle practices for OT infrastructure and integrated manufacturing systems.
Review and approve supplier, OEM, and system-integrator designs, configurations, test documentation, and turnover packages to ensure alignment with technical, compliance, cybersecurity, and lifecycle requirements.
Partner with Automation, Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, CSV, MES, BAS/Utilities, Lab Systems, Digital/IT, Cybersecurity, and project leadership to align requirements, resolve risks, and deliver integrated site solutions.
Ensure OT infrastructure deliverables comply with cGMP requirements, computerized system validation expectations, data-integrity principles, cybersecurity controls, and applicable site and global standards.
Support inspections, risk assessments, investigations, deviations, corrective and preventive actions, change controls, and remediation activities related to OT infrastructure and integrated manufacturing systems.
Manage scope, schedule, cost, quality, resources, dependencies, and risks for OT infrastructure work packages; escalate issues and key decisions to project and business leadership as appropriate.
Define, monitor, and report metrics for OT infrastructure delivery, system performance, cybersecurity readiness, reliability, compliance, and lifecycle health.
Identify and lead continuous improvement opportunities that enhance OT infrastructure reliability, manufacturing-system integration, cybersecurity posture, data availability, operational support, and lifecycle efficiency.