Role Overview
The Jr. OT Infrastructure & Tools Engineer will be responsible for managing, supporting and improving critical Operational Technology infrastructure tools used across manufacturing and production environments. The role covers Functional File Transfer, PRTG Monitoring and Acronis Backup platforms, along with the underlying server, network and firewall components required to run these services securely and reliably. The objective is to ensure high availability, secure operations, compliance, timely troubleshooting and proper lifecycle management of OT infrastructure tools.
Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain Functional File Transfer, PRTG, and Acronis Backup globally.
- Build, configure and maintain Windows and Linux servers used for OT infrastructure tools.
- Perform operating system installation, hardening, patch coordination, and performance tuning.
- Support physical, virtual and hosted server environments, including VMware or Hyper-V.
- Work with network and firewall teams to define, validate and troubleshoot firewall rules and routing requirements.
- Troubleshoot TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, VPN, RDP/SSH and application connectivity issues.
- Ensure OT infrastructure tools follow cybersecurity, access control and compliance requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve automation, monitoring, reliability and operational efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 0-5 years experience in infrastructure engineering or a related role.
- Basic understanding of network administration, server management, and virtualization technologies.
- Basic knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and cloud infrastructure.
- Basic understanding of network protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPN, etc.).
- Familiarity with server and storage systems.
- Exposure to virtualization technologies.
- Some experience with scripting and automation.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
Skills
- Windows Server
- Linux
- VMware
- TCP/IP
- PRTG