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OT Functional Architect – Water & Utilities (SCADA/IT-OT Convergence)
About the Role
The OT Functional Architect operates at enterprise and practice level to translate operational realities within water and utilities environments into robust functional and non-functional requirements for enterprise SCADA and IT-OT convergence solutions. This role ensures:
- Safe, operable, maintainable, and resilient solution designs
- Scalable transformation across multi-site estates with minimal operational disruption
Key Responsibilities
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Lead OT capability discovery
- Conduct enterprise and site-level assessments of PLC, SCADA, HMI, control strategies, alarm philosophies, interlocks, and safety constraints
- Capture and model operational processes across the asset lifecycle (commissioning, maintenance, incident response, overrides, escalation, and ICC-to-site handover)
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Define technical requirements
- Develop functional and non-functional requirements for remote monitoring and control, including:
- Authorisation models
- Auditability
- Fallback modes
- Resilience expectations
- Assess migration constraints in brownfield environments, considering:
- Cutover strategies
- Downtime tolerances
- Rollback requirements
- Legacy/vendor limitations
- Develop functional and non-functional requirements for remote monitoring and control, including:
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Optimise deployment strategies
- Create site categorisation models (considering criticality, complexity, and connectivity)
- Conduct readiness assessments to inform phased enterprise rollouts
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OT functional authority
- Bridge IT and OT convergence initiatives, ensuring alignment between:
- Operational needs
- Solution architecture
- Delivery approaches
- Bridge IT and OT convergence initiatives, ensuring alignment between:
Your Profile
Essential Qualifications
- Hands-on OT/ICS engineering experience within water or utilities, with:
- Direct exposure to PLC and SCADA integration, commissioning
- Operating safely in regulated environments
- Proficiency in brownfield estate transformation across multi-vendor OT landscapes
- Strong stakeholder management (operations, engineering, leadership)
- Awareness of emerging IT-OT technologies and architectural patterns
Key Strengths
- Expertise in safe change, alarm management, and operational governance
- Ability to translate operations into clear functional requirements and architectural inputs
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- Learning & growth: Access to digital learning platforms and inclusive employee networks (e.g., OutFront, CapAbility, Women@Capgemini)
- Inclusive workplace: Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) – eligible interviewees with disabilities meet minimum criteria
- Diversity initiative: Capgemini is committed to bringing your "whole self" to work, fostering a representative and welcoming culture
Need to Know
- Security clearance required: BPSS, Security Clearance, or Developed Vetting
- Company culture: Inclusivity at the core of daily operations
About Capgemini
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, driving innovation through AI, technology, and people. As a 60+ year legacy organisation, Capgemini boasts:
- 420,000+ global team members across 50+ countries
- €22.5bn global revenue (2025)
- Full-spectrum solutions in strategy, technology, design, engineering, and business operations
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