OT Cyber Security Engineer

Posted 11 September 2024
Salary £30000.00 - £60000 per annum + + Benefits
LocationWokingham
Job type Permanent
Discipline Technology
ReferenceBBBH8835_1726128810
Contact NamePetya Stoeva

Job description

The purpose of the OT Cyber Security Engineer role is to ensure the Safety, Reliability, and Availability of our clients' critical operational systems. This involves developing robust security measures, managing security incidents, conducting regular risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
You will play a key role in protecting critical infrastructures and ensuring the smooth operation of essential services. Your expertise will contribute significantly to our mission of providing top-tier managed security services.

Key Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities for the OT Cyber Security Engineer are as per below but are not limited to:

  • Deploying, configuring, maintaining and monitoring networking equipment and server hardware in an OT environment
  • Become an advisor to our customer base, proving solutions to their OT cyber security challenges
  • Design, implement, monitor, and maintain solutions within industrial environments
  • Assist our SOC with Level 2-3 incidents
  • Promote OT cyber security risk improvement and contribute to developing a cyber secure culture in line with business practices across customer.
  • Supporting and co-ordinating response to OT cyber security incidents, working closely with site leadership, particularly Security Operations Centre (SOC) and CISO functions
  • Take a lead role in monitoring unusual activity across OT environments utilising asset management and vulnerability management tools, reporting incidents/vulnerabilities and working with SOC and Site functions for assessment, investigation and resolution
  • Provide guidance on how a client can turn their enterprise requirements into secure ICS designs
  • Developing proposals to meet customer requirements
  • Assisting the sales team with Presales tasks



Essential for the role:

  • 2-3 years + hands on experience working in an IT/OT cyber security role
  • Design and implementation solutions such as: IDS/IPS, SRA, Network Segmentation, Endpoint Security, Monitoring and Vulnerability management
  • Excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to explain complex technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders
  • Ability to conduct site audits and risk assessments
  • Team player with excellent communication skills
  • Full Driving Licence



Desirable for the role:

  • Experience working in an OT environment
  • Experience with PLC/SCADA/Automation Networks/protocols
  • Experience with normal OT project lifecycle and documentation
  • Knowledge of industry legislation, regulations and best practices (NIS Directive, HSE OG - 0086, IEC62443 etc)
  • IT/OT Cyber security qualifications such as CompTIA Security+, SANS GICSP, CISSP etc


Are you interested in the position and do you fit the profile? Then send your CV.