How to become an OT Controls Engineer
Controls and BMS
Designs, separates and governs a data centre’s control networks, and manages their vulnerabilities, at a site or across a region.
There’s a page for this role in , with its licences and local details.
What the role does
Designs, segments and governs the site’s control networks, and runs OT vulnerability management, at a site or across a region.
What a shift looks like
Office hours, with on-call. Control network designs and changes, vulnerability reviews, and work with the site’s controls specialists.
What employers call it
- Critical Environment Industrial Control Systems Engineer (hyperscale)
- Critical Infrastructure Controls Engineer (hyperscale)
- Senior Controls Engineer, Operational Technology Fleet Management (colocation and wholesale)
- Senior Automation Engineer OT (colocation and wholesale)
- DCIM Engineer II (colocation and wholesale)
- BMS Controls Engineer / IoT Operations SME (FM and service contractor)
- OT Network Engineer (Physical Infrastructure) (hyperscale)
- OT Systems Engineer (Physical Infrastructure) (hyperscale)
- Data Center Controls Network Engineer (cloud and AI compute)
- Controls Engineer - Data Center Operations (cloud and AI compute)
Skills
The level the role needs in each, on FacilityVR’s five levels from Aware to Authority.
BMS and fire
- Fire system cause and effect Leads others
- Monitor and control liquid-cooling systems Leads others
- Operate the BMS Leads others
Monitoring and response
- Read trends and capacity Leads others
Network deployment and operations
- IP addressing and subnetting Leads others
Cyber and OT security
- Segment control networks Authority
- Control vendor remote access Leads others
- Govern logical access to control systems Leads others
- IT and OT ownership boundaries Leads others
- Keep the OT asset inventory Leads others
- OT security standards Leads others
- Patch OT through vendors Leads others
- Respond to an OT security event Leads others
Procedures and documents
- Work within change management Leads others
Emergency response
- Recognise and report a suspected cyber incident Independent
Licences and credentials
Licences depend on the country you work in, and sometimes the state. The role’s page for Australia lists them there.
Ways in and ways on
From another data centre role
- From Senior Technician, Controls and BMS, typically 3 years
Where it leads
- OT Cybersecurity Engineer (a sideways move)
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Sources and licences
- Critical Facilities reference framework © Facility Labs. (CC BY 4.0)