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Capital Projects IT Infrastructure Technical Lead

at Merck

📍 3 Locations Hybrid 💰 $87K – $137K USD / year Posted April 15, 2026
Salary $87K – $137K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or related field
Category Cloud & Infrastructure

This role leads ICT infrastructure planning and implementation for global capital projects, including new pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and major renovations. You will oversee scope, design adherence, and build-out activities spanning technology rooms, physical networking, logical/wireless network designs, and virtualized infrastructure.

  • Design and implement ICT infrastructure aligned to project schedules and budgets
  • Lead logical and wireless network designs and coordinate network requirements and sizing
  • Oversee build-out of technology rooms and physical networking installation
  • Coordinate virtualized computing infrastructure requirements using VMware ESXi clusters and VMs
  • Define and implement digital visual factory and video surveillance system requirements while tracking risks and issues

The technical scope includes design and build-out of server and network infrastructure rooms (MDF/IDF and ISP demarc), structured cabling and switching, logical networking (segmentation and addressing), wireless network design and implementation (predictive models, surveys, WAPs), and virtualized computing infrastructure using VMware ESXi clusters and VMs. You must understand OT vs. IT integration using the Purdue Model and support manufacturing environments with GxP considerations, including digital visual factory and video surveillance systems.

The ideal candidate is an IT infrastructure technical lead with hands-on experience designing and building technology rooms (Server, MDF, IDF, ISP Point of Entry/Demarc) and delivering physical and logical network designs for large facility capital projects. They are strong in wireless and virtualized infrastructure (VMware ESXi clusters and VMs), understand the Purdue Model and OT vs. IT, and have exposure to GxP manufacturing environments.

Bachelor's degree in computer scienceEngineeringBusinessor related fieldExperience in the design and build of technology rooms (ServerMDFIDFISP Point of Entry/Demarc)Experience with physical networking (structured cabling-backbone/horizontal/patchingswitchesetc.)Experience with logical networking (network architecturesegmentationlogical addressingetc.)Familiarity with wireless network design and implementation (predictive modelssurveysWAPsetc.)Familiarity with virtualized computing infrastructure (VMware ESXi clustersVMsetc.)Understanding of the Purdue ModelOT vs. ITand process automationExposure to manufacturing environmentsespecially GxP
BICSI RCDD or similar certification is an asset
VMware ESXiVirtual machines (VMs)Not specified for ticketing/dashboards tooling
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructuretechnology rooms (ServerMDFIDFISP Point of Entry/Demarc)structured cabling (backbone/horizontal/patchingswitches)network architecturesegmentationlogical addressingwireless network design (predictive modelssurveysWAPs)VMware ESXi clustersvirtual machines (VMs)shop-floor hardware solutionsdigital visual factoryvideo surveillance systemPurdue ModelOT vs. ITprocess automationGxPtechnical project managementproject cost estimatesproject schedulesdocumentation deliverablesdashboardsrisk/issue escalation
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructureICT infrastructure scope across large facility capital projectsPhysical networkingStructured cablingBackboneHorizontal cablingPatchingSwitchesLogical networkingNetwork architectureSegmentationLogical addressingWireless network design and implementationPredictive modelsSurveysWAPsVirtualized computing infrastructureVMware ESXi clustersVirtual machines (VMs)Virtual machinesTechnology rooms design and build-outServer roomMDFIDFISP Point of Entry/DemarcShop-floor hardware solutionsLogical and wireless network designsDigital visual factoryVideo surveillance systemPurdue ModelOT vs. ITProcess automationGxPFamiliarity with technical project managementProject cost estimatesProject schedulesDocumentation deliverablesDashboardsRisk managementIssue trackingEscalation of actionsrisksissuesand challenges
CollaborationResourcefulnessContinuous improvementLeading-edge technology mindsetOwnership and impactFacilitate weekly status and technical meetingsPresent at higher-level meetingsMaintain dashboardsCoordinate requirements and sizingDocumenttrackand escalate

Preferred

BICSI RCDD
Industry Manufacturing
Job Function Lead ICT infrastructure design and execution for pharmaceutical manufacturing capital projects across IT/OT networking and virtualized environments.
Role Subtype IT Infrastructure Admin
Tech Domains VMware
Capital Projects IT Infrastructure Technical LeadIT InfrastructureInformation and Communications Technology (ICT)ICT infrastructure scopepharmaceutical manufacturing facilitiescapital projectstechnology roomsServerMDFIDFISP Point of Entry/Demarcstructured cablingbackbonehorizontalpatchingswitchesnetwork architecturesegmentationlogical addressingwireless network designpredictive modelssurveysWAPslogical and wireless network designsvirtualized computing infrastructureVMware ESXi clustersVMsvirtual machinesshop-floor hardwaredigital visual factoryvideo surveillance systemdashboardsBICSI RCDDPurdue ModelOT vs. ITprocess automationGxPtechnical project managementproject cost estimatesproject schedulesdocumentation deliverablesrisk issues challenges escalation

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or related field, Experience designing and building technology rooms (Server, MDF, IDF, ISP Point of Entry/Demarc), Experience with physical networking (structured cabling, backbone/horizontal/patching, switches), Experience with logical networking (network architecture, segmentation, logical addressing), Understanding of Purdue Model, OT vs. IT, and process automation, Exposure to manufacturing environments, especially GxP

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