Freelance Site Integration & Connectivity Lead

Freelance Site Integration & Connectivity Lead | 12 month Contract  Amsterdam | Occasional Site Visits
Up to €92.50 per hour
We're working with a fast growing energy transition business that is building out a portfolio of grid scale assets. Every new site brings controllers, meters, edge devices, network links and data feeds to grid operators and market partners. This role owns how all of it connects, from design and commissioning through to a repeatable standard for every site that follows.
What you'll do   Design site networks, covering segmentation, industrial firewalls, VPN and remote access, and mobile and fibre backhaul
Integrate site systems and metering with central SCADA, grid operators and market partners over IEC 104, IEC 61850, Modbus, MQTT and REST
Lead design reviews, acceptance testing and commissioning, proving data is complete and accurate before go live
Build and own the site standard that future projects are delivered against
Act as the technical counterpart to vendors and installers, challenging designs and signing off deliverables
Handle escalated connectivity incidents on live sites and feed fixes back into the standard
What you'll need   Medior Level: 3 to 6 years in system integration, industrial IT/OT or network engineering, ideally across energy, storage, solar or grid
Hands on experience designing and troubleshooting industrial networks, not just operating them
Proven FAT/SAT and commissioning experience, holding installers to a standard
Working knowledge of IEC 104, IEC 61850 and Modbus TCP/RTU
Bonus

Skills:

OT security (IEC 62443, NIS2), Dutch, VCA, cloud ingestion (MQTT, Pub/Sub).