We are Uisce Éireann. Every day, we are responsible for the delivery of secure, safe, and sustainable water services for the people of Ireland. As Ireland’s national regulated water utility, our vision is a sustainable Ireland where water is respected and protected, for the planet and all the lives it supports.
Our purpose at Uisce Éireann is to rise to the challenge of delivering transformative water services that enable communities to thrive. That means we are proud to take on the responsibility of protecting our water supply and passing on a safe and secure water system to a rapidly growing population and empowering Ireland’s social and economic growth.
So, we’re passionate about helping our people to do the best work of their lives, to enable them to make a positive difference to communities all over Ireland. Our aim is to attract and develop talented and skilled people with diverse backgrounds and an evolving range of expertise and insight. We believe that such a strong workforce will help us achieve our goals and allow us to continue investing in, and advancing, Ireland’s water services.


The Role:
Uisce Éireann IT (UÉ IT) provides IT services and support to the wider Uisce Éireann business, and across the Local Authority user base.


The IT-OT (Operational Technology) team houses the Operational Technology skills necessary to ensure the implementation and availability of all IT-OT applications and infrastructure, including hardware, networks, data centre and disaster recovery. The IT-OT team plan and manage technical OT projects to renew and update the underlying OT infrastructure and safeguard UÉ OT systems by implementing robust security standards such as the Network and Information Systems Directive. The team play a critical role in the operation, integration and connectivity of systems such as the National Telemetry System, Leakage Management System, Operational Data Store and Enterprise Data Historian . The team manages and maintains these systems as befitting UÉ designation as an Operator of Essential Services.


Reporting to the IT-OT Infrastructure Manager, the IT-OT Networks Technical Lead will be responsible for managing the design, implementation and maintenance of secure and efficient network infrastructures within Uisce Éireann.


Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the IT-OT network team to ensure efficient network operations and seamless communication between different systems
• Evaluate IT-OT network vulnerability and implement risk mitigation strategies to protect data
• Ensure the reliability and availability of IT-OT systems by implementing best practices and standards
• Review, prioritise and schedule the IT-OT Network workload across BAU operations project delivery (in close collaboration with the IT-OT Delivery Lead), transitioning to BAU operations implementing/adhering to a set of best practice processes, including release management, configuration management, asset management, and change management
• Implement and maintain robust security measures to protect the system and maintain availability
• Design, implement and maintain secure and reliable IT-OT network infrastructures
• Drive compliance with cybersecurity compliance requirements and best practice in line with the Network and Information Systems Directive (e.g: NIST Controls, CIS Hardening, IEC 62443 etc)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the business to understand their network requirements and implement network strategies to ensure alignment with UÉ objectives
• Monitor network performance, identify bottlenecks and troubleshoot network related issues to minimise errors and down time
• Manage the planning and implementation of any improvement, modification, or replacement of network infrastructure components
• As part of the overall IT-OT Support Model Resolver Group network, manage day to day network issues and resolution of incidents and tickets raised, acting as an escalation point, taking ownership through to resolution
• Ensure that the network infrastructure complies with relevant industry standards and regulations
• Perform review of new network service changes and signing off against acceptance and quality assurance criteria
• Day-to-day management of OT Network vendors
• Stay up to date with industry trends and nest practices in network management and security
• Assist in the implementation of the Uisce Éireann Telemetry Strategy as a key contributor for Uisce Éireann IT, Asset Operations and Asset Management through the Telemetry Programme’s work streams
• Support in management of IT-OT legacy systems as required
• Participation in On Call Rota and flexibility for out of hours work as required
Other duties are required from time to time

General Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaboration with key internal stakeholders across the UÉ business, including but not limited to;
  • Other IT-OT pillar Managers and Leads
  • Wider IT Teams
  • Teams across the Business Units (e.g. Asset Operations, Asset Management)
• Responsible for promoting and delivering health and safety commitments across UÉ and its supply chain, reinforcing positive behaviours and delivering health and safety objectives and requirements to the highest industry standards
• Support the delivery of the Uisce Éireann Transformation Programme, driving results required within the Directorate and supporting organisation-wide objectives
• Provide visible leadership for your team, coaching and developing them to achieve their full potential and deliver business objectives, promoting collaboration and highlighting the behaviours that are expected from everyone in the team
• Other duties as required

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Experience in an IT or OT networks operations management role is desirable.
• Relevant third level qualification and or accreditation is desirable and or relevant experience
• A minimum of 5 years experience in the water, utilities or similar industries is desirable
• Demonstrated people management experience, with strong people, change management and conflict resolution skills
• Experience providing coaching in the development of the technical skills and abilities in others
• Highly motivated individual, working to the highest professional standards and with proven ability to deliver results
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify and analyse problems and potential improvements, and propose and implement solutions
• Demonstrate adaptability and the ability to change focus and direction in line with business strategy and requirements
Proactively identifying new areas of improvement and using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job

*Please be advised that if successful you will be placed on the salary range based on your skills and experience. Please note the Market reference point (midpoint) of the range is generally the upper end of the offer where someone is deemed to be fully competent to take on the duties of the role, and leaves room for the employee to progress through the pay range as their experience develops further
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive place of work and have a robust strategy and framework called ibelong to enable this. We are an equal opportunity employer and through our recruitment process we welcome and encourage applications from interested and suitably qualified individuals regardless of gender, age, racial or ethnic origin, membership of the traveller community, religion or beliefs, family or civil status, sexual orientation/gender identity or disability.