-Promote and lead in the implementation of Santos Ltd policies and procedures, including Safety, health, environment, process, people and planning. -Oversee performance, lifecycle health, obsolescence, and resilience of OT and telecom assets; drive upgrades, patching, redundancy, and hardware refresh programs. -Manage strategic vendor and supplier relationships, contracts, and service delivery to support operations, projects, and continuous improvement. -Coordinate scopes of work, maintenance activities, corrective actions, and project deliverables across OT, control systems, and communications infrastructure. -Ensure compliance with enterprise cybersecurity, reliability, and regulatory requirements (e.g., NIST, NERC CIP where applicable, SOCI, and company standards); lead mitigation of identified risks and gaps. -Strengthen cybersecurity posture through hardening, segmentation, monitoring, logging, and secure remote access; partner with SOC and network security teams to respond to incidents and vulnerabilities. -Maintain forward-looking roadmaps, operational workplans, and capital strategies for OT and telecommunications capability aligned to business objectives. -Support budget planning, forecasting, and cost optimization for systems, services, and infrastructure investments. -Provide strategic advice to senior leadership on infrastructure risks, opportunities, and long-term direction. -Collaborate with enterprise OT/engineering functions to align standards, governance, technical authority, and global improvement initiatives. -Enable collaboration and capability development across BU engineers within OT and control system disciplines. -Foster a culture of safety, learning, accountability, and continuous improvement within technical teams. -Ensure compliance with the Santos Management System, Delegation of Authority, corporate governance, and safety requirements.
Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Required
Degree IT, Engineering (automation/industrial controls), or related, or equivalent experience. •10 years of experience in OT, industrial networking, automation, or IT infrastructure support. •Working knowledge of OT network architectures, industrial control systems, and cybersecurity, including implementation of IEC 62443 Industrial Communication Networks - Network and System Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS), IEC 61508 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems, and IEC 61511 Functional safety - Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector
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Experience supporting network hardware and control systems in operational environments. •Knowledge of Crowdstrike, Splunk, and Veeam preferred •Ability to work safely in live operational settings with strong situational awareness.
Strong troubleshooting and analytical abilities. •Effective communication across multiple teams (i.e. Ops, Engineering, IT, GOT). •Attention to detail and disciplined execution. •Ability to prioritize competing demands in a dynamic operational environment. •Commitment to safe work practices, reliability, and continuous improvement.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. •25% travel to operating facilities.
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