Information and Operations Technology (ITOT) Lead

Peraton is looking for a seasoned Manufacturing Information and Operations Technology (IT/OT) Lead to provide technical leadership for the integration modernization and sustainment of manufacturing technology supporting the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). The qualified candidate will lead efforts to integrate MES and enterprise IT systems with manufacturing equipment industrial control systems intelligent sensors automation and other operational technology across BEPs manufacturing environment.

The candidate will help BEP introduce next-generation manufacturing capabilities IoT automation and data and analytics while maintaining secure reliable and highly available production operations. The position requires strong knowledge of IT/OT architecture and integration industrial systems and manufacturing operations along with the ability to translate business and production requirements into practical technical solutions.

Work Location: This is a hybrid position with the expectation to work on-site 3 days per week in Washington DC

Travel: This position will require periodic support at the Fort Worth TX location as required by the customer.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for BEP manufacturing IT/OT integration and modernization initiatives.
• Develop and maintain IT/OT integration architectures showing how ERP MES SCADA PLCs equipment sensors and related systems interconnect.
• Develop strategies and data flows supporting real-time manufacturing operations analytics and enterprise decision-making.
• Lead the integration of new and legacy manufacturing equipment and control systems with MES and enterprise IT environments.
• Develop standardized approaches for onboarding new machines and equipment using appropriate industrial communication standards and protocols.
• Support BEPs planned introduction of new presses and manufacturing technologies by assessing integration interoperability commissioning validation and operational readiness requirements.
• Develop and execute roadmaps for advanced automation robotics PLC integration and automated workflows.
• Define and support IoT device onboarding device management monitoring updating and edge-computing capabilities.
• Coordinate with MES Oracle EBS/OCI data/AI Maximo network infrastructure and application teams to ensure end-to-end integration.
• Support manufacturing data analytics and AI/ML use cases such as predictive maintenance quality control process optimization downtime analysis throughput and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Identify and resolve complex IT/OT integration issues including interface failures interoperability problems performance constraints and production-impacting technical issues.
• Ensure IT/OT solutions address availability resiliency performance maintainability safety cybersecurity and operational continuity requirements.
• Develop and maintain system design documents configuration documentation SOPs integration specifications runbooks and other technical artifacts.
• Support testing UAT commissioning validation production deployment and post-implementation verification of manufacturing technology solutions.
• Work within SAFe Agile delivery teams to translate manufacturing and technical requirements into Epics Features Stories and deliverable increments.
• Provide technical recommendations to BEP leadership concerning manufacturing technology modernization priorities automation integration reliability and operational efficiency.
• Support knowledge transfer and training for operators engineers IT personnel and other stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Public Trust level clearance
• Bachelors Degree and 8 years professional experience or an Associates Degree and 10 years professional experience or a High School Diploma/equivalent and 12 years professional experience
• Minimum 8 years of demonstrated experience in manufacturing IT operational technology (OT) industrial automation industrial control systems systems integration or a closely related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing IT/OT architectures in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Hands-on experience integrating manufacturing systems and equipment with enterprise IT systems including MES and/or ERP platforms.
• Experience with industrial control technologies such as SCADA PLCs industrial networks sensors or related automation systems.
• Experience developing enterprise or plant-level IT/OT integration architectures data flows interface specifications and technical integration plans.
• Experience supporting the full system lifecycle including requirements architecture design development/configuration testing commissioning deployment operations and maintenance.
• Experience troubleshooting complex IT/OT integration and production issues while minimizing manufacturing downtime.
• Experience with cybersecurity considerations for industrial control systems and manufacturing environments.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary technical teams business stakeholders engineers operators developers and cybersecurity personnel.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate technical concepts to Government leadership and manufacturing stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Information Technology Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• Experience supporting MES environments integrated with Oracle E-Business Suite or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Experience with robotics automated material handling automated workflows or advanced manufacturing automation.
• Experience with IoT platforms intelligent sensors/actors edge computing and real-time manufacturing data collection.
• Experience integrating new production equipment into existing manufacturing systems including interoperability testing commissioning and validation.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Azure or AWS in support of manufacturing/IT solutions.
• Prior experience supporting the U.S. Treasury Department BEP or other Federal manufacturing environments.
• Active Federal Public Trust or other applicable security clearance.

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