Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- IT, Network
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Kirchheimbolanden
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you are responsible for the local IT infrastructure, lead technical projects, and ensure the security and availability of systems at the plant while collaborating closely with global teams.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- The Infrastructure Senior IT Engineer is a plant/site-facing role that ensures reliable, secure, and well-integrated plant IT infrastructure and supports IT/OT convergence at the location.
- This role provides on-the-ground technical leadership at the plant and serves as the extended hand of the global infrastructure team - acting as the local technical interface, accelerating execution, improving responsiveness, and ensuring consistent implementation of global infrastructure and security standards in the plant environment.
- Working closely with global/regional Infrastructure teams and local stakeholders, the role maintains deep understanding of the local configuration, dependencies, and connectivity across networks, servers, core services, end-user computing, and critical shopfloor/OT-connected environments.
- In addition, this position leads and coordinates local infrastructure related initiatives and site readiness activities for global deployments, ensuring changes are delivered safely with minimal production disruption.
- The position reports into the Site IT Manager of the site and/or plant.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the site infrastructure landscape (LAN/WAN/Wi-Fi, server/virtual environments, core services, backups, printing, end-user compute) including local configurations, dependencies, and operational constraints.
- Act as the site technical point of contact for infrastructure incidents and problems; coordinate diagnosis and resolution with central Infrastructure teams and service providers.
- Support lifecycle activities at site (patching coordination, hardware refresh, capacity and performance monitoring, documentation/CMDB accuracy as applicable).
- Ensure local execution and validation of backup/restore procedures for site-relevant systems and services (in alignment with global standards and service owners).
- Provide site ownership for end-user computing (EUC) fundamentals: coordination of endpoint rollouts and refresh, local device standards adherence, collaboration/meeting room technology support, and escalation management with global workplace/EUC teams.
- Support plant-specific software solutions from an IT perspective (e.g., local manufacturing support tools, label/printing solutions, shopfloor data capture clients): manage infrastructure dependencies, connectivity, access, deployments, and coordination with application owners/vendors.
- Partner with Automation/Engineering and OT owners to support OT-connected systems (e.g., SCADA/MES interfaces, historians, engineering workstations) by understanding connectivity requirements, dependencies, and integration points to enterprise IT.
- Help implement and sustain IT/OT network segmentation and secure connectivity in alignment with enterprise standards (e.g., zone/conduit principles, firewall rules coordination, remote access patterns).
- Support risk assessments and change impact analysis for shopfloor/OT environments; ensure changes are planned to minimize production disruption.
- Lead or co-lead local infrastructure projects (network upgrades, server/storage changes, site moves/expansions, industrial connectivity improvements) from scope definition through execution and handover.
- Act as the site point of contact for global/regional deployments; coordinate site readiness, cutover planning, communications, and hyper care support.
- Manage local delivery governance: track actions, risks, dependencies, and status; escalate issues early; ensure documentation and operational acceptance are completed.
- Support site Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) readiness for IT services: identify critical dependencies, maintain local recovery procedures/runbooks, and coordinate testing and remediation actions with global service owners.
- Lokale Umsetzung von Sicherheitskontrollen und Compliance-Anforderungen für Infrastruktur- und OT-verbundene Umgebungen (z. B. Koordination der Schwachstellenbehebung, sichere Konfigurationen, Audit-Unterstützung).
- Drive continuous improvement by identifying recurring issues, improving operational procedures, and promoting standard tools and best practices at the site.
- Maintain clear technical documentation (network diagrams, server/application dependencies, OT/IT interfaces, runbooks) to improve resilience and reduce recovery time.
- Serve as a technical liaison between plant leadership, IT teams, and OT stakeholders; translate technical constraints and impacts into clear, business-relevant messaging.
- Coordinate on-site activities for vendors and service partners (access, safety requirements, scheduling, acceptance testing) to ensure work is completed to standard.
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Our expectations of you
Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or comparable practical experience.
Qualifications
- Hands-on familiarity with end-user computing (EUC) in a manufacturing context (endpoint lifecycle coordination, collaboration/meeting room technology, and local onsite support/escalations).
- Working knowledge of core enterprise services and infrastructure dependencies (identity, DNS/DHCP, certificates, backups, monitoring, remote access, printing).
- Exposure to plant-specific software solutions and their IT dependencies (e.g., shopfloor clients, label/printing solutions, data capture tools), including coordinating deployments, access, and vendor/application-owner troubleshooting.
- High-level understanding of application and database concepts as they relate to infrastructure (e.g., client/server dependencies, basic SQL concepts, connectivity, performance and availability considerations).
- Demonstrated project leadership skills: defining scope, building plans, managing risks/dependencies, coordinating stakeholders and vendors, and driving execution to closure.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-management mindset; able to lead technical triage across teams and communicate clearly during incidents and changes.
- Strong communication skills; comfortable translating technical impacts and options for plant leadership and non-IT stakeholders.
- Knowledge of security and compliance practices for infrastructure (patch/vulnerability remediation coordination, secure configuration, access control principles); cybersecurity awareness for OT is a plus.
- Ability to work independently on site, prioritize effectively, and collaborate in a global team environment; willingness to travel as needed.
Experience
- Strong experience in plant/site IT infrastructure: networking (switching/routing fundamentals, VLANs, Wi-Fi), Windows Server and/or Linux administration basics, virtualization, and endpoint environment integration.
- Experience working in or alongside OT environments and understanding of IT/OT convergence needs (shopfloor connectivity, segmentation concepts, production-critical change planning, vendor-managed OT systems).
- Experience supporting business continuity and disaster recovery activities (BCP/DR): identifying critical dependencies, maintaining recovery procedures/runbooks, and participating in backup/restore and DR testing.
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BorgWarner GmbH
Transforming vehicles to more fuel efficient, cleaner technologies requires a collaborative partner who understands the evolution of mechanical to electric systems. Our expertise in both provides the critical underpinnings of efficient and powerful propulsion. Integrating electronics into the mechanical system is the key to performance, packaging and cost. This is evidenced across a full line of our combustion, hybrid and EV products for light vehicles, medium & heavy duty vehicles as well as off-highway applications.
Description
- Company Size
- 250+ Employees
- Founding year
- 1982
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Vehicle Manufacturing, Supplier
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Senior IT Infrastructure Engineer
- Location
- Kirchheimbolanden
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
