OT Solutions Architect

OT Solutions Architect

Location: Remote EMEA (with travel as required)

Employment: Permanent

Role Overview:

The OT Solutions Architect will support the OT/IT Integration Lead by translating Morgan's digital manufacturing and OT cybersecurity strategy into secure, scalable and supportable technical solutions across global manufacturing sites. The role is the hands-on architecture and technical delivery authority for OT connectivity, industrial networks, asset visibility, secure remote access, SCADA, MES, historians, IIoT and manufacturing data integration.

Working across site engineering, operations, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, vendors and system integrators, the postholder will develop solution designs, guide implementation, assure technical quality and enable consistent adoption of Morgan standards. Strategic ownership, governance accountability and portfolio leadership remain with the OT/IT Integration Lead

Key Responsibilities:

OT Solution Architecture and Design

· Develop high-level and low-level designs for secure, resilient and scalable OT solutions in line with Morgan architecture principles and approved standards.

· Design solutions across industrial networks, OT zones and conduits, firewalls, secure remote access, asset visibility, SCADA, MES, historians, edge platforms and IIoT connectivity.

· Produce architecture diagrams, bills of materials, interface definitions, data flows, security requirements, implementation patterns and handover documentation.

· Assess site constraints and brownfield dependencies, balancing standardization with practical manufacturing requirements.

IT/OT Integration and Manufacturing Data

· Design secure integration between PLCs, DCS, SCADA, MES, historians, ERP, cloud services and enterprise data platforms.

· Define appropriate protocols, interfaces and data exchange patterns, including OPC UA and other industrial communications where relevant.

· Support edge-to-cloud and manufacturing data enablement use cases while maintaining OT security, availability and performance requirements.

· Work with enterprise architecture and data teams to ensure solutions are interoperable, scalable and supportable.

OT Cybersecurity by Design

· Embed cybersecurity requirements into OT solution designs and implementation plans.

· Support deployment of network segmentation, industrial firewalls, secure remote access, asset discovery, monitoring and vulnerability management capabilities.

· Perform technical risk assessments and design reviews, recording risks, assumptions, dependencies and required mitigations.

· Apply relevant OT security good practice, including ISA/IEC 62443 and NIST-aligned principles, in coordination with Morgan Cybersecurity.

Project Delivery and Technical Assurance

· Provide technical leadership from discovery and options assessment through pilot, deployment, testing, commissioning and transition to support.

· Lead technical workshops, site readiness reviews, design reviews, factory or site acceptance activities and implementation assurance checkpoints.

· Guide vendors and system integrators, review technical submissions and challenge designs that do not meet requirements.

· Troubleshoot complex cross-domain issues and coordinate resolution across site, IT and supplier teams.

Standards, Documentation and Reuse

· Support the OT/IT Integration Lead in developing and maintaining reference architectures, design patterns, technical standards and deployment playbooks.

· Maintain accurate solution records, network and data-flow diagrams, configuration baselines, decision logs and technical debt registers.

· Capture lessons learned from pilots and deployments and convert them into repeatable patterns for future sites.

· Contribute technical knowledge to Morgan's OT Community of Practice and support capability uplift across sites.

Stakeholder and Supplier Collaboration

· Build effective working relationships with site engineering, operations, IT, cybersecurity, digital manufacturing and business stakeholders.

· Communicate architecture decisions and technical risks clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

· Support product and supplier evaluations, proof-of-concept activity, scope definition and technical input to commercial processes.

· Work across cultures, time zones and manufacturing environments, with travel to Morgan sites as required.

Requirements:

· Typically 8+ years of experience in operational technology, industrial automation, manufacturing IT, digital manufacturing or a related engineering environment.

· Practical experience designing and delivering OT or industrial automation solutions in live manufacturing environments.

· Experience across several of the following domains: industrial networking, OT cybersecurity, SCADA, MES, historians, asset visibility, secure remote access or industrial data integration.

· Experience working with system integrators, equipment vendors and multidisciplinary site teams through design, implementation and commissioning.

· Demonstrable experience producing clear architecture, design and operational handover documentation.

· Good understanding of industrial control environments, including PLC, HMI, SCADA and DCS architectures.

· Strong knowledge of industrial Ethernet, IP networking, routing, switching, VLANs, firewalls, segmentation and secure remote access.

· Working knowledge of industrial protocols such as OPC UA, Modbus TCP, EtherNet/IP and Profinet.

· Understanding of MES, historian and manufacturing data architectures, including integration with ERP and enterprise data platforms.

· Understanding of OT cybersecurity risks and controls, including zones and conduits, least privilege, monitoring, backup and recovery, and secure lifecycle practices.

· Familiarity with edge computing, IIoT gateways, virtualization and cloud integration in manufacturing environments.

· Ability to create and interpret logical and physical architecture diagrams, network designs, data flows and interface specifications.

· Strong analytical, problem-solving and structured decision-making skills.

· Ability to translate operational needs and risks into practical technical requirements and solution choices.

Desirable Experience and Certifications

· Experience with platforms such as, Armis, Claroty, , Ignition, AVEVA, Siemens Opcenter, Rockwell FactoryTalk or comparable industrial solutions.

· Experience with Microsoft Azure, industrial data platforms or analytics solutions.

· Exposure to Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi or comparable automation technologies.

· ISA/IEC 62443, GICSP, CISSP, CCNA, Microsoft Azure, TOGAF, PRINCE2, PMP or equivalent relevant certification.

· Experience supporting global rollouts or multi-site standardization programs.

Morgan Advanced Materials is an EEO/AA/M/W/D/V Employer Ind-1

Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.

We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them.

We help our customers push the limits of their processes and products to meet the demanding requirements they face, from higher process temperatures to higher product performance to increasing miniaturisation.

Key Figures: Revenue £1,100.7m (2024), ~8,000 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK.  Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.