IT/OT Consultant and Architect

IT/OT Consultant andamp; Architect 3 month contract (extensions likely) Immediate start London (3-4 days per week onsite) Inside IR35We are urgently seeking an IT/OT Consultant andamp; Architect, for an initial 16-week position, starting immediately, that can be on client site in London 3 or 4 days per week. Key Responsibilities;Conduct multi-site OT assessments, maturity evaluations, and discovery activities across manufacturing facilities to establish the OT baseline, identify gaps, and define standardization opportunities.Lead workshops, site surveys, Gemba walks, and stakeholder interviews to analyze OT systems, industrial networks, data flows, PLC/Scada/Historian environments, and IT/OT integration landscapes.Define scalable OT Data Foundation and North-Star Reference Architectures encompassing edge, cloud, cybersecurity, integration, and enterprise manufacturing data platforms.Design and standardize OT information models, asset hierarchies, naming conventions, and governance frameworks to enable consistent, trusted, and interoperable manufacturing data across sites.Architect industrial connectivity and data integration solutions using OPC UA, MQTT, Historians, and Unified Namespace (UNS) principles to support Real Time data access, enterprise visibility, and AI-ready manufacturing ecosystems.Develop transformation ..... full job details .....