Senior Automation Specialist - OT, Global

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well‑known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

The global Innovation team curates efficient and agile strategies and solutions to enable rapid, quality deployments through consistent and scalable products across Vantage’s company wide portfolio. We collaborate with a wide breadth of global and regional teams and recognize that continuous learning and development requires a culture of openness, transparency, and trust. We are dedicated to investing in channels for collaboration that encourage our team members to amplify their individual ideas and impact.

We believe in the power of data and technology to drive progress, and we invest in the tools and resources that will help us stay ahead of the curve. By embracing innovation, we cultivate meaningful and lasting impact for the company, its shareholders, and our customers.

Vantage is seeking a Senior OT Specialist to lead global industrial automation initiatives and drive advancements in Operational Technology (OT). In this role, you will combine technical expertise with strategic oversight to develop, standardize, and implement scalable automation solutions across our global data center product line. You will work closely with cross‑functional teams to create secure and reliable OT network and infrastructure designs.

You will also be responsible for establishing and maintaining global standards, promoting best practices, and driving continuous improvement.

• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including design, engineering, IT, cybersecurity, operations, and sustainability to develop, implement, and optimize industrial automation designs and standards across Vantage’s global data center product line.
• Build relationships with regional peers and internal customers to understand their needs, discover opportunities, develop solutions, solicit feedback, capture lessons learned, and facilitate the transfer of knowledge globally.
• Provide operational technology expertise and guidance across all regions and organizational levels.
• Develop and maintain global automation standards such as industrial control network specifications and architecture drawings, switch and firewall specifications, detailed design specifications, ITS network monitoring and security specifications, etc.
• Create robust and adaptable OT solutions that meet internal and external customer requirements while ensuring compliance with cybersecurity standards and OT best practices.
• Develop OT architectures that enable digital transformation, including IIoT devices, MQTT brokers, machine learning, AI operators, and digital twins.
• Work with multi‑functional partners in support of internal and external telemetry for customer billing, enterprise reporting, and notification.
• Contribute to QA/QC standardization to enhance quality product turnover.
• Partner with regional teams to take new technologies and designs from concept to first‑of‑kind deployment.
• Craft business cases for research and development opportunities including cost, schedule, performance, and testing requirements.
• Provide leadership and training to team members, contractors, and consultants.

• Knowledge of industry standards, including ISA‑95, the Purdue model, ISA/IEC 62443, etc.
• Experience authoring automation design standards, specifications, and requirements.
• Deep understanding of OT network topologies and protocols, such as device level ring (DLR), resilient ethernet protocol (REP), Ether Net/IP, Modbus, and OPC‑UA.
• Experience with designing OT/ICS networks and security to include firewalls, switches, and secure remote access solutions.
• Experience working with virtualization platforms, high availability and redundancy configurations, Windows and Linux server software,…