IT Infrastructure Engineer

Akkodis has an onsite IT/OT Infrastructure Integration Engineer role for a client in Sanford NC. In this role, you will be to help manage the planning, implementation, and execution of IT infrastructure at the new manufacturing site. This role is technical and execution-focused — not managerial. The contractor will act as a technical integrator, ensuring alignment across network, server, cybersecurity, automation, validation, and cloud integration workstreams.

The ideal candidate brings strong real-world implementation experience in regulated manufacturing environments and is comfortable operating across on-premises, hybrid, and segmented IT/OT architectures. This role will be responsible for both the manufacturing and the site office space infrastructure. This technical role requires deep infrastructure experience from strategic planning to tactical implementation, technical support, and ongoing change in a Life Sciences Manufacturing environment.

Rate Range: $45/hour to $55/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight and quality control of IT/OT infrastructure implementation (network, servers, storage, backup, DR, segmentation).
• Review and validate High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLD/LLD).
• Ensure alignment with Purdue Model segmentation, zero-trust principles, and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate infrastructure dependencies with Automation, MES, LIMS, SCADA, and laboratory system teams.
• Support integration between on-premises infrastructure and corporate/cloud environments (Azure hybrid integration).
• Validate configuration standards, hardening baselines, and network segmentation controls.

Experience

• 10 years of hands-on experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering.

• 5 years in manufacturing or industrial environments (OT exposure required).

• Proven experience implementing:

• Segmented IT/OT networks

• Cisco/Fortinet environments (or equivalent)

• Hyper-V or VMware virtualization

• Enterprise storage and backup (Veeam preferred)

• Active Directory in regulated environments

• Service Now (Incident Management; CMDB) or similar

• Experience working in GMP/GxP-regulated industries (pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, etc.).

• Familiarity with infrastructure validation support in regulated environments.

• Experience with hybrid infrastructure (on-prem Azure integration).

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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