<h2>Overview</h2>Pattern Energy is a leading renewable energy company that develops, constructs, owns, and operates high-quality wind and solar generation, transmission, and energy storage facilities. Our mission is to transition the world to renewable energy through the sustainable development and responsible operation of facilities with respect for the environment, communities, and cultures where we have a presence. Our approach begins and ends with establishing trust, accountability, and transparency. Our company values of creative spirit, pride of ownership, follow-through, and a team-first attitude drive us to pursue our mission every day. Our culture supports our values by fostering innovative and critical thinking and a deep belief in living up to our promises.   Headquartered in the United States, Pattern has a global portfolio of more than 30 power facilities and transmission assets, serving various customers that provide low-cost clean energy to millions of consumers.<h2>Responsibilities</h2>The Network Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, resilient, and scalable network infrastructure across both corporate IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments. This includes leading firewall architecture (Palo Alto and Fortigate), SD-WAN, dynamic routing, network segmentation, and NAT design, while ensuring the network's security posture meets NERC CIP compliance requirements. This position plays a critical role in protecting generation, substation, and SCADA environments while enabling reliable connectivity across the enterprise. Key Accountabilities<ul> <li>     Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise firewall architecture across Palo Alto and Fortigate platforms, including policy standardization and rule-base optimization</li> <li> Architect and manage SD-WAN fabric across corporate and OT sites, including transport selection, path steering policies, and failover design</li> <li>Design and maintain dynamic routing (BGP/OSPF) across the WAN, data center, and OT environments to ensure resilient, redundant connectivity</li> <li>Own network segmentation strategy (VLANs, zones, micro-segmentation) separating IT, OT, and DMZ environments per Purdue Model best practices</li> <li>  Lead NERC CIP compliance efforts for network infrastructure, including Electronic Security Perimeter (ESP) design, access controls, and audit evidence support</li> <li>Design and support OT network infrastructure connecting SCADA, substations, and generation sites, ensuring reliability and security</li> <li>Serve as escalation point for complex network, firewall, and routing incidents; lead root-cause analysis</li> <li>Maintain network architecture documentation, standards, and disaster recovery/failover runbooks</li></ul> <h2>Qualifications</h2>Experience/Qualifications/Education Required Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Network Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience. 8-10 years of progressive experience designing and supporting enterprise network and security infrastructure, with deep, hands-on expertise in Palo Alto and Fortigate firewall platforms (including Panorama and Fortimanager), SD-WAN architecture, dynamic routing protocols (BGP, OSPF), NAT design, and network segmentation. Direct experience with NERC CIP compliance and OT/ICS/SCADA network environments strongly preferred. Relevant certifications such as PCNSE, Fortinet NSE, or CCNP are a plus. Additional RequirementsThis position must balance strong network security with the operational reliability requirements of critical OT and generation environments, where downtime carries significant business and safety impact. Typical challenges include troubleshooting complex routing and firewall policy interactions across segmented IT/OT zones, maintaining NERC CIP audit readiness, and evaluating new technologies for compatibility with legacy SCADA systems. These are addressed through structured change management, close coordination with OT and compliance stakeholders, thorough documentation, and staying current on evolving security and regulatory requirements. The expected starting pay range for this role is $111,000.00 - $139,000.00 USD. This range is an estimate and base pay may be above or below the ranges based on several factors including but not limited to location, work experience, certifications, and education. In addition to base pay, Pattern’s compensation program includes a bonus structure for full-time employees of all levels. We also provide a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits, family care benefits, employee assistance program, paid time off and bonding leave, paid holidays, 401(k)/RRSP retirement savings plan with employer contribution, and employee referral bonuses.  Pattern Energy Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. #LI-MK1 #LI-Hybrid

Pattern Energy Group is an independent, fully integrated energy company that develops, constructs, owns and operates renewable energy projects and transmission assets across North America, Japan, and parts of Latin America. The company focuses primarily on wind, solar and transmission. The Pattern Energy Group team has a history as one of the top North American renewable energy and transmission providers in the industry. The team is dedicated to delivering the highest value for its customers, partners, financial supporters and the communities in which it works, while exhibiting a strong commitment to promoting environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility. This is a temporary assignment expected to last two months.
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Pattern Energy Group operates in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Mexico with offices in San Francisco, Houston, San Diego, New York, Tokyo, and Toronto. Pattern Energy Group's corporate headquarters is in San Francisco.

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