Automation Engineer OT Network & Systems Integration

Are you passionate about automation network infrastructure? Do you have a knack for ensuring secure and future-ready integration between automation systems and plant-wide networks? If so, we invite you to join our team as a Mid-Level Engineer at Novo Nordisk. Read more and apply today for a life-changing career. This role is based in Bohumil, Central Bohemia. We are open to meeting fresh graduates as well.

The position
As an Automation Engineer you will design, extend, and maintain OT network infrastructure (L2/L3 switches, firewalls, VLANs). You will define secure network architecture for integration of new systems into existing infrastructure.

Your other responsibilities will include:

• Establish and enforce secure communication (ports/protocols), data flows, and segregation policies.
• Support FAT/SAT in terms of network readiness and integration validation.
• Collaborate with control system engineers to support process-level data access and visibility.
• Maintain and update engineering stations and automation tools.
• Avoid vendor lock-in and support long-term, future-proof infrastructure strategy.

Qualifications:

• At least secondary school in technical field, ideally Technical University.
• Fluent in English language.
• Ideally some working experience in industrial or OT networking environments.
• Solid understanding of the OSI model and its application in OT.
• Familiarity with ISA-95 reference model and integration layers.
• Experience with common OT protocols (MQTT, OPC-UA, S7comm, Profinet).
• Hands-on experience with industrial switches, firewalls, and VLAN configurations.
• Knowledge of cyber-security practices in OT (e.g., port/protocol filtering, DMZs).
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines, including IT, automation, and operations.
• Ability to commute to Bohumil.
• You are a Team player with strong communication skills and initiative to drive technology learning, with attention to detail, creativity, willing to learn, having good problem solving-skills.

About the department
We are a dedicated and essential team that ensures the seamless operation of automated control systems, crucial for the smooth running of our pharmaceutical production. Our expertise spans all aspects of control systems, from field instrumentation and infrastructure to configuration and programming. We take pride in being a highly skilled, friendly, and efficient team of professionals who are passionate about our work.

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.