This role will be responsible for ensuring that the Operational Technology (OT) architecture within Canadian Operations supports the Operational and Security demands. The Operational Technology Engineer will develop and secure a reliable OT environment for manufacturing based on best praxis in the group. Contribute to develop the environment and contribute to the global community dedicated to this topic. Committed to achieving excellence in quality, health and safety, the environment and product safety.

Key Responsibilities

OHSA - Ensure compliance of Occupational Health & Safety Act (section 25, 26, 27, and 28) per Hiram Walker & Son’s Ltd Policy- Management-Supervision-Worker Safety Responsibilities.
Ensure that, together with the global Expert team, global IT Operations and the global Cybersecurity team the cybersecurity of the ICS environment shall be maintained and developed.
Manage OT network support: Maintain and coordinate, together with the global teams
OT network design, asset monitoring, security
OT firewall rules
Remote access
Wireless communications for IT and OT
Moves, Adds, Changes on switch configurations
Report network security status
Hardware: failures on servers, switches and firewalls, IOS + firmware updates
Manage Patching: Maintain and coordinate, together with the global teams
Perform security watch
Assess patching needs when an advisory is posted
Report patching status
Fully Accountable, global teams available for support:
Watch for OT application and control devices security patch release
Patch Process: Perform patching testing in specific OT setup
Patch Process: deploy patches to workstations, to servers, to OT firewall and OT switches and to IT firewall
Manage OT related equipment, including: Maintain and coordinate, together with the global teams:
Manage, monitor and maintain the Virtual Machines stack
Design Virtual Machine templates
Define backup strategy and schedule
Tools + Configuration backup system
Manage and maintain end point protection system
Compliance OT local site equipment to policy and procedures
Security Governance & Organization
Fully Accountable, global teams available for support:
Provision of Virtual Machines
Perform back up restores
OT applications and their availability
Local workstations on OT network as well as Thin client
3rd parties dedicated application/network solutions within existing OT environment
PLC, other industrial controllers, Human Machine Interfaces
Industrial Internet of Things
Ensure up to date documentation related to OT network
Ensure security in Projects
Manage Active Directory (AD), including: Maintain and coordinate, together with the global teams:
Domain controller maintenance
Group Policy management
AD Organizational Unit structure management
AD Object management
DNS administration
Manage Incident management, including: Maintain and coordinate, together with the global teams:
Cyber Security incident management
Cyber Incident and crisis management process
Cyber Crisis declaration and communication with site, IT and business
Develop recovery procedures
Report on past cyber incidents
Fully Accountable, global teams available for support:
Manage non cyber security related incidents
Non-Cyber Crisis declaration and communication with site, IT and business
Test backups and recovery procedures (all OT equipment)
Manage, analyze and correlate logs at the site level
Stay closely aligned to Global Expert team, provide feedback and ideas for improvement.
Contribute to sites development of Industrial Automation platform and OT related initiatives (e.g. Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, MES systems).
Participate or individually drive Industrial automation/instrumentation projects or provide topic specific input to projects with Industrial Automation aspects in it.
Ensure sites Industrial Automation platform is and stays agile, fit for purpose to serve the affiliates ambitions.
PLC/HMI development and troubleshooting understands industrial communications, -safety, -manufacturing and -project management.
Drive the industry 4.0/IIOT/MES solutions forward.
Specify, design, purchase and supervise the installation and commissioning of instrumentation and industrial automation projects.

Required Skills & Abilities

Experience with platforms such as CISCO, Microsoft Server, VMWare, Rockwell as well as one or several Industrial automation platforms (Siemens, Allen Bradley or similar)
5+ years of experience developing and maintaining industrial automation systems
Proven experience with cybersecurity strategy items
Deep knowledge of IT basics as per platforms above

Education

Required - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Industrial Automation or IT/OT Engineering

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