Operational Technology Architect / SME
Posted Today by Montash
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Operational Technology Architect / SME will oversee the delivery of applications and infrastructure projects within the energy sector, focusing on performance improvement and operational management of critical OT applications. This role requires collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure effective design, testing, and operational support. The position also involves mentoring engineers and maintaining technical standards across platforms. The role is primarily remote with occasional travel to client sites in Edinburgh.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide SME leadership for performance improvement of business-critical OT applications
- Improve monitoring, fault detection, and operational management to minimise service disruption
- Develop and maintain a Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Design Authority for changes to existing landscape
- Review, challenge, and approve architectural changes to platinum, gold, and silver applications
- Work closely with application vendors, internal IT teams, network providers, and operational stakeholders to design, test, and authorise change
- Authorise completion of Operational Acceptance Testing
- Approve handover into live operational support
- Own and approve key go / no-go decisions for upgrades and releases
- Set technical standards and best practices for the application portfolio
- Mentor and develop Engineers
- Ensure a robust support and project engineering service
- Maintain and develop knowledge across platforms
- Engage with external technical forums and contribute to internal documentation, standards, and processes
- Lead or support root cause analysis for serious incidents
- Act as a senior escalation point, working with service providers
- Ensure incident resolution aligns with SLAs and operational priorities
Key Skills:
- Expert in enterprise operational technology
- Expert in SCADA & ADMS platform architecture
- GE Vernova PowerOn (strong preference)
- Expert in ODMS architecture
- AVEVA PI (strong preference)
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Energy
Job Title: Operational Technology Architect / SME
Location: Remote - (ad-hoc travel to client site in Edinburgh)
Contract Duration: 9 months (extensions available)
Industry: Energy
We are seeking a highly experienced OT Subject Matter Expert to oversee delivery of applications & infrastructure projects across a portfolio of platforms & applications.
Key Responsibilities
- OT Application Performance & Resilience
- Provide SME leadership for performance improvement of business-critical OT applications
- Improve monitoring, fault detection, and operational management to minimise service disruption
- Develop and maintain a Strategic Asset Management Plan
- Technical Authority & Design Governance
- Design Authority for changes to existing landscape
- Review, challenge, and approve architectural changes to platinum, gold, and silver applications
- Work closely with application vendors, internal IT teams, network providers, and operational stakeholders to design, test, and authorise change
- Upgrade Approval & Operational Assurance
- Authorise completion of Operational Acceptance Testing
- Approve handover into live operational support
- Own and approve key go / no-go decisions for upgrades and releases
- SME Leadership & Knowledge Development
- Set technical standards and best practices for the application portfolio
- Mentor and develop Engineers
- Ensure a robust support and project engineering service
- Deep Technical Expertise
- Maintain and develop knowledge across platforms
- Engage with external technical forums and contribute to internal documentation, standards, and processes
- Major Incident & Fault Analysis
- Lead or support root cause analysis for serious incidents
- Act as a senior escalation point, working with service providers
- Ensure incident resolution aligns with SLAs and operational priorities
Essential Skills:
- Expert in enterprise operational technology
- Expert in SCADA & ADMS platform architecture
- GE Vernova PowerOn (strong preference)
- Expert in ODMS architecture
- AVEVA PI (strong preference)