Systems Engineer -OT; Decade

Wood is currently recruiting for a System Engineer
- Operations Technology (OT) to join our team in Brownsville, Texas.

This role will support the design, implementation, operation, maintenance, and cybersecurity of Operational Technology (OT) infrastructure and network systems across plant and enterprise environments, ensuring secure, reliable, and efficient operations for critical industrial systems.

#LI-Onsite Autohorization to work lawfully in the United States without sponsorship from Wood is required.

The Role:

Wood is seeking a highly motivated System Engineer
- Operations Technology to support the operation of complex OT environments within a world-class LNG facility. This position will be responsible for managing and maintaining OT infrastructure, industrial networks, cybersecurity systems, virtualization environments, server platforms, backup and recovery systems, and secure remote access solutions.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of industrial control systems, networking, cybersecurity, and modern OT architectures. This role requires close collaboration with operations, engineering, cybersecurity, automation, and IT teams to ensure OT systems remain secure, compliant, and highly available while supporting business and operational objectives, this position reports directly to the Senior Manager
- Operations Technology.

Our Clients and Projects:
Wood delivers critical engineering, consulting, and operations solutions across the energy, minerals, and manufacturing sectors worldwide. Our teams are helping clients advance operational excellence, cybersecurity resilience, digital transformation, and sustainable infrastructure solutions while delivering safe and reliable operations.

What we can offer:
Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across Oil and Gas sector. Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs. Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice. Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.

Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle. Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests. Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession.

• Assist with defining, designing and implementing the OT software/hardware at the plant and enterprise
• Coordinate with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure all requirements are defined and executed to meet the ND IT/OT organization needs
• Continuously monitor the plant OT network infrastructure performance and identify potential issues that could impact operational efficiency
• Coordinate the requirements for routine operations and maintenance tasks, including software updates, patch management, and hardware inspections as well as design modifications and updates as required
• Utilize network monitoring tools to analyze network traffic, identify anomalies, and diagnose network problems
• Deploy and manage firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and secure remote access solutions
• Collaborate with IT teams to integrate cybersecurity measures across enterprise and OT networks.
• Oversee complex restores, periodic validation, application monitoring, simple restores, and compliance reporting for backup and restore systems.
• Manage new server deployments, design tasks, utilization monitoring, alarm and event management, hardware failure resolution
• Handle cluster management, design tasks, utilization monitoring, alarm…