CyberSecurity OT & Network Operations Engineer
Summary
Maintains and secures global OT/IT networks for a 24/7 manufacturing-healthcare supply chain, troubleshooting incidents and deploying changes to keep critical systems running.
CyberSecurity OT & Network Operations Engineer
You’ve built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As a CyberSecurity OT & Network Operations Engineer, you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler, smarter and more human.
About the job:
The CyberSecurity OT & Network Operations Engineer is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and continuously improving Opella’s Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) networking environments across global manufacturing and supply operations. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the availability, security, and reliability of network infrastructure supporting a 24/7/365 manufacturing environment.
- Lead initiatives that strengthen the resilience, security, and performance of critical manufacturing networks worldwide.
- Collaborate with global teams to protect and optimize OT and IT environments while supporting operational excellence across manufacturing sites.
- Put purpose into practice by ensuring secure and reliable systems that enable access to essential healthcare products for consumers around the world.
- Model the challenger mindset by simplifying complex networking and cybersecurity challenges while maintaining high standards of security and operational continuity.
- Help shape a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
Main responsibilities:
- Monitor, maintain, and support global OT and IT network infrastructure, ensuring high availability and operational stability across manufacturing environments.
- Respond to service requests, incidents, outages, and operational issues within agreed service levels, coordinating with relevant teams to restore services quickly and effectively.
- Validate, test, and deploy network and security changes designed by architecture teams while minimizing operational risk.
- Support incident response and recovery activities related to cybersecurity events affecting OT and manufacturing environments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure network and security requirements are incorporated into operational projects and business initiatives.
- Maintain lifecycle management documentation for networking assets, including installation, patch management, maintenance planning, and technology refresh activities.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement by evaluating emerging technologies and recommending solutions that enhance security, performance, and operational efficiency.
About you:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Proven experience in network operations and/or cybersecurity with strong expertise in networking infrastructure, firewalls, and operational support.
- Knowledge of industrial networking environments, SCADA architectures, and OT cybersecurity frameworks such as the Purdue Model.
- Experience working with SD-WAN technologies and managing complex enterprise network environments.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to perform effectively during critical incidents and outages.
- Relevant industry certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, Network+, Security+, HPE Aruba, Azure, AWS, or equivalent are highly valued.
- Demonstrated commitment to continuous learning, continuous improvement, and a proactive approach to maintaining mission-critical 24/7/365 environments.
This is more than the next step in your career, it’s a chance to lead change and help reinvent self-care for the world. If you’re ready to challenge, inspire and deliver impact that matters, we’re ready for you. We are challengers. We are Opella.
Opella values diversity in all its forms and is committed to fostering a workplace where everyone can belong and excel. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.
About Us:
Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over The Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.
At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.
As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.