Industrial Network & Security Consultant

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• Competitive total rewards package.
• Profit sharing available.
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• Employee perks and discounts.
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What will you do?

Siemens RUGGEDCOM Canada is looking for a motivated, self-driven Industrial Network & Security Consultant to join its Professional Services team. Siemens Digital Industries is a leader in the development of networking solutions for mission-critical applications operating in harsh industrial environments. This position provides an opportunity to deliver expert consultation on IT/OT networking and cybersecurity while supporting customers through their digital transformation journeys.

The consultant will support Siemens RUGGEDCOM and SCALANCE customers through network architecture, detailed design, staging, commissioning, troubleshooting, training, security assessments, and technical enablement. In addition to customer-funded work, the team supports regional and partner enablement activities.

• Develop end-to-end OT network and security architectures, including integration between operational technology and enterprise IT environments.
• Create detailed design documentation for complex industrial network and security solutions.
• Design and optimize industrial networks and stage systems for testing as required.
• Prepare and present detailed technical proposals, product demonstrations, and solution prototypes.
• Resolve complex technical problems to meet customer requirements.
• Perform on-site configuration, integration, commissioning, and testing of industrial network and security solutions.
• Perform system tests and produce technical and customer-facing reports.
• Conduct network and OT/ICS cybersecurity assessments.
• Lead customer workshops and executive readouts.
• Develop training course curricula and technical training material.
• Deliver technical training virtually and in person.
• Develop white papers, blueprints, application notes, technical presentations, and other technical collateral.
• Support regional teams, partners, and customers through technical enablement activities.
• Apply project-management skills to coordinate technical activities, deliverables, customer expectations, and project schedules.

Technical Skills and Experience

Pillar 1: RUGGEDCOM Industrial Networking

The successful candidate should have hands-on experience designing, configuring, commissioning, and troubleshooting industrial Ethernet networks. Experience with Siemens RUGGEDCOM products is strongly preferred.

Industrial switching and redundancy

• Hands-on experience with managed industrial Ethernet switches.
• Configuration and troubleshooting of:
  • VLANs
  • RSTP
  • MSTP
  • MRP
  • HRP or comparable industrial ring protocols
  • PRP
  • HSR
  • Link aggregation
  • Redundant network paths
• Ability to diagnose Layer 2 loops, topology changes, blocked links, intermittent connections, multicast flooding, and redundancy failures.
• Experience designing highly available networks for utilities, substations, manufacturing, transportation, or other critical-infrastructure environments.

Industrial routing

• Experience with routed industrial networks and Layer 3 switching.
• Working knowledge of:
  • Static routing
  • OSPF
  • BGP
  • VRRP
  • VRF
  • MPLS
• Experience with inter-VLAN routing, network segmentation, routing redundancy, and integration between OT and IT networks.
• Ability to troubleshoot routing, convergence, reachability, and path-selection problems.

Utility and substation networking

• Experience with utility, substation, or critical-infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of IEC 61850 environments.
• Familiarity with:
  • GOOSE messaging
  • Sampled Values
  • Protection and control networks
  • Substation network redundancy
  • Multicast behavior in utility networks
• Ability to work with SCADA, DCS, PLC, RTU, IED, protection, and automation-system stakeholders.

Multicast, monitoring, and diagnostics

• Experience with IGMP, multicast traffic, QoS, NMS, SNMP, LLDP, Syslog, and network monitoring.
• Strong packet-level troubleshooting skills using Wireshark or equivalent tools.
• Ability to distinguish among application, endpoint, switching, routing, redundancy, multicast, and physical-layer issues.
• Experience performing system tests and producing technical test reports.

Physical and legacy communications

• Knowledge of industrial fiber and copper networks.
• Familiarity with serial, fiber, copper, WLAN, LTE, and 5G data-link technologies.
• Experience integrating legacy serial devices and industrial assets into Ethernet-based systems.
• Understanding of industrial environmental and reliability requirements for mission-critical networks.

RUGGEDCOM security and routing platforms

• Experience with RUGGEDCOM switching and routing platforms is strongly preferred.
• Experience with RUGGEDCOM ROX or comparable industrial routing and security platforms is an asset.
• Familiarity with IPsec, MACsec, industrial firewalling, NAT, VPNs, secure remote access, and network segmentation.
• Experience integrating RUGGEDCOM networks with multi-vendor industrial and enterprise systems.

Pillar 2: SCALANCE, PROFINET, and Industrial WLAN

The successful candidate should understand Siemens industrial networking environments and be able to design, commission, analyze, and troubleshoot networks supporting industrial automation.

SCALANCE industrial Ethernet

• Hands-on experience with Siemens SCALANCE managed switches is strongly preferred.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting:
  • VLANs
  • RSTP and MSTP
  • MRP
  • HRP or similar industrial redundancy protocols
  • PRP and HSR
  • VRRP
  • Link aggregation
  • IGMP and multicast
  • Layer 2 and Layer 3 industrial networks
• Experience integrating SCALANCE infrastructure with RUGGEDCOM and other vendors’ networking equipment.

PROFINET networking

• Understanding of technologies, systems, protocols, and architectures used in OT environments compared with enterprise IT.
• Practical knowledge of PROFINET network design, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of:
  • PROFINET communication
  • Industrial Ethernet topology
  • Device connectivity
  • VLAN and QoS considerations
  • Multicast behavior
  • Network redundancy
  • Packet-level diagnostics
• Ability to analyze PROFINET traffic using Wireshark and relevant industrial network diagnostic tools.
• Experience working with PLC, SCADA, DCS, RTU, and industrial automation teams.

Industrial WLAN and wireless surveys

• Experience designing and troubleshooting industrial wireless networks.
• Hands-on experience conducting wireless site surveys.
• Understanding of:
  • RF coverage
  • RSSI
  • Signal-to-noise ratio
  • Interference
  • Channel planning
  • Capacity
  • Roaming
  • Antenna selection and placement
• Experience with SCALANCE W or comparable industrial WLAN solutions is an asset.
• Experience using Ekahau or equivalent professional wireless survey and design tools is strongly preferred.
• Ability to document wireless survey findings and translate them into an implementable WLAN design.

Industrial network management

• Experience with NMS, SNMP, network discovery, monitoring, topology visualization, diagnostics, and alarm management.
• Familiarity with Siemens industrial network-management platforms, such as SINEC NMS or comparable tools, is an asset.
• Ability to create network diagrams, design documents, configuration records, test procedures, and commissioning reports.

Multi-vendor industrial networking

• Extensive hands-on experience with multi-vendor network infrastructure.
• Ability to integrate and troubleshoot Siemens infrastructure with other industrial and enterprise networking products.
• Familiarity with networking technologies including:
• VLAN
• RSTP
• MSTP
• MRP
• HRP
• PRP
• HSR
• VRRP
• OSPF
• BGP
• VRF
• MPLS
• IPsec
• MACsec

Pillar 3: OT Cybersecurity

The successful candidate should understand how industrial network design, cybersecurity controls, automation systems, and operational requirements interact in critical-infrastructure environments.

OT/ICS security experience

• Three or more years of OT/ICS assessment experience.
• Understanding of OT technologies, industrial assets, communications protocols, and technical architectures.
• Experience with OT/ICS systems, including:
  • SCADA
  • DCS
  • PLC
  • RTU
• Experience assessing and securing industrial networks and systems.
• Ability to identify security risks without unnecessarily disrupting production or critical operations.

Network security architecture

• Experience developing end-to-end OT network and security architectures, including integration with IT.
• Knowledge of:
  • Network segmentation
  • Industrial firewalls
  • Security zones and conduits
  • Access control
  • NAT
  • VPN and IPsec
  • MACsec
  • Secure remote connectivity
  • Defense-in-depth
• Familiarity with IEC 62443 concepts and industrial cybersecurity architecture is strongly preferred.
• Experience integrating security controls into brownfield and greenfield industrial environments.

Security assessments and reporting

• Ability to perform OT/ICS network and cybersecurity assessments.
• Ability to gather technical evidence, identify risks, document findings, and develop practical recommendations.
• Experience leading customer workshops and technical discussions.
• Ability to present technical findings to both engineering and executive audiences.
• Ability to produce professional reports, design documents, blueprints, white papers, application notes, and technical presentations.

Virtualization and technical environments

• Working knowledge of:
  • Linux
  • KVM
  • Docker
  • VMware ESXi
  • Comparable virtualization platforms
• Ability to build or support virtualized test, demonstration, training, and solution-prototyping environments.
• Familiarity with Windows and Linux-based engineering and diagnostic tools.

What will you need to succeed?

• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Three or more years of relevant professional experience, or strong academic credentials supported by applicable technical certifications.
• Three or more years of OT/ICS assessment experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with multi-vendor network infrastructure.
• Experience with utilities, substations, industrial automation, or critical-infrastructure projects.
• Previous experience with Siemens SCALANCE or RUGGEDCOM products is strongly preferred.
• Strong customer-facing consulting, troubleshooting, documentation, presentation, and project-management skills.

Professional Certifications

Networking certifications are considered an asset, including:

• CCNP
• CCIE
• Siemens RUGGEDCOM certifications
• Siemens SCALANCE certifications
• Other comparable industrial networking credentials

Cybersecurity certifications are considered an asset, including:

• GICSP
• IEC 62443 certifications
• OSCP
• GPEN
• Other comparable OT or cybersecurity credentials

Personal and Customer-Facing Capabilities

• Must enjoy working directly with customers.
• Passion for delivering technical training virtually and in person.
• Motivated, self-driven, and comfortable working independently.
• Able to resolve complex technical problems while considering customer operations and business requirements.
• Demonstrated project-management skills.
• Ability to lead technical workshops, reporting activities, and executive readouts.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, project stakeholders, partners, and customer management.
• Comfortable supporting customer projects as well as regional and partner enablement activities.

Communication and Digital Skills

• Excellent command of the English language.
• Professional knowledge of French, Spanish, or Portuguese is an asset.
• Excellent working knowledge of:
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • AI-enabled productivity tools

Work Arrangement and Travel

• Comfortable working from home and from the office.
• Able to accommodate approximately 30% to 50% domestic and international travel.
• Travel may include assignments within Canada, the United States, South America, and Europe.

Salary is commensurate with experience, and ranges between $ 85,000 CAD - $ 108,000 CAD, excluding bonus and benefits. In addition to base salary, this role includes eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus ranging up to 18% of base salary, based on Company performance metrics.  

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