August Bioservices, LLC · 1 day ago
Manager, IT Infrastructure & Security Operations
Nashville, Tennessee
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expAugust Bioservices is a high-growth Contract Development Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) headquartered in Nashville, TN, providing essential drug discovery and manufacturing services. The role is responsible for ensuring high availability and security across IT systems and manufacturing environments while collaborating with various teams to implement infrastructure standards and compliance measures.
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Responsibilities
Plan, design, deploy, and operate on-premises, cloud, and manufacturing OT infrastructure, including enterprise networks, plant-floor networks, servers, virtualization, storage, endpoints, and industrial connectivity
Own infrastructure operations across IT and OT environments, including servers, storage, virtualization, enterprise and manufacturing networks (LAN, WAN, VPN), firewalls, industrial demilitarized zones (IDMZ), backup, disaster recovery, and system monitoring
Ensure reliable and secure connectivity for manufacturing execution systems (MES), historians, SCADA, PLC-connected systems, laboratory systems, and validated production platforms
Lead business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR) planning and testing for both enterprise and manufacturing-critical systems, minimizing downtime and production risk
Develop scalable infrastructure roadmaps that support manufacturing expansion, new production lines, onboarding equipment, and technology modernization
Architect, implement, and maintain LAN/WAN segmentation strategies, including VLANs, subnetting, firewalls, NAT, and routing controls to reduce blast radius and enforce least-privilege access
Lead the adoption of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) principles across IT and OT environments, including identity-based access, device trust, network micro-segmentation, and continuous monitoring
Implement secure remote access models for internal users, vendors, and OEMs supporting manufacturing systems, ensuring controlled, auditable, and time-bound access
Partner with Security, Manufacturing, and Automation teams to align segmentation and ZTA controls with operational uptime, validation, and safety requirements
Design and enforce IT/OT security architectures that protect manufacturing operations while supporting validated and regulated production environments
Drive vulnerability and patch management strategies tailored to OT systems, balancing cybersecurity risk with manufacturing availability and change control requirements
Elevate cybersecurity posture across IT and OT by leading infrastructure hardening, threat detection, monitoring, and remediation initiatives
Lead IT and OT security incident response, including containment, investigation, remediation, root-cause analysis, and executive and regulatory reporting
Ensure IT and OT infrastructure operations comply with GxP, FDA/EMA, SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, Privacy, and internal Quality Management System (QMS) requirements
Support CSV/CSA and validation activities by providing compliant infrastructure designs, access controls, change management, and operational evidence
Develop and maintain IT and OT infrastructure, cybersecurity, network segmentation, and data protection policies, standards, and SOPs
Support audits, inspections, and assessments by providing documentation, diagrams, risk assessments, and remediation plans
Govern managed service providers (MSPs), network vendors, OT integrators, automation partners, and cloud providers, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and operational expectations
Collaborate closely with Manufacturing, Automation, Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain teams to ensure infrastructure and security controls supporting production schedules and equipment lifecycles
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Information Management/Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent field
5-8 Years of increasingly responsible experience in IT Infrastructure Management and operation in manufacturing and regulated industrial environments
Network Architecture & Segmentation: VLANs, Subnetting, Routing, NAT, Firewalls, Industrial DMZs, Micro-segmentation and secure remote access
Manufacturing * OT Infrastructure: Plant-floor networking, Vendor/OEM connectivity, Industrial equipment integration
Systems & Platforms: Windows, Linux OS, Virtualization and Hyperconverged Platforms (Nutanix, Hyper V, VMWare)
Cloud Services: Azure and/or AWS, including hybrid IT/OT architectures
Enterprise Technologies: Cisco, Meraki, Enterprise Storage, Backup, Disaster Recovery solutions
Security Operations: Vulnerability Management, IAM, Incident Response, Infrastructure Security Controls
Familiarity with OT cybersecurity Frameworks
Preferred
Master's Degree or equivalent work experience is a plus
Experience managing OT infrastructure in Pharmaceutical, biotech, life sciences or CDMO/CMO manufacturing environment is a plus
Company
August Bioservices, LLC
August Bioservices, a leading sterile injectable CDMO headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, delivers end-to-end contract development and manufacturing services for pharmaceutical and biotech clients.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$88.6MKey Investors
Oak HC/FTPolaris Partners
2022-12-01Series B· $65M
2021-05-27Series A· $23.6M
2020-07-16Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Mats Bjoerkman
Chief Financial Officer
Colette Lanzon
Talent Acquisition Business Partner
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