Smart Manufacturing Consultant (Hands-on IT/OT + Cloud)

We’re looking for a hands-on Smart Factory Architect who can design and drive delivery of edge-to-cloud industrial data & application architectures across global manufacturing sites. You’ll bridge OT systems (PLC/SCADA/DCS/MES/Historians) with cloud services (Azure/AWS/Snowflake, etc.), ensuring ISA-95 interoperability, robust cybersecurity (Zero Trust), and reliable data flows for use cases like performance analytics, predictive maintenance, and digital twins. You’ll operate as a technical leader who can review architecture, validate implementation plans, unblock delivery, and communicate clearly across engineering, OT, security, networking, and site stakeholders. Key responsibilities Architecture & technical leadership Act as the technical expert for Smart Factory / Edge architectures in a multi-site, multi-stakeholder environment. Review architectural designs (edge, network, cloud, security, data models) and confirm the feasibility of implementation plans. Align with Cloud Engineers and OT consultants to ensure ISA-95 compliant IT/OT integration and interoperability across layers (L0–L4/5). Validate that all required services are deployed and configured correctly (cloud resources, edge runtime, connectivity, identity, monitoring). Edge-to-cloud integration & data flow validation Define and validate edge-to-cloud data flow requirements, including: o Tag list/signals, payload schemas/formats, naming conventions o Frequency, buffering, store-and-forward, latency/a