Security Consultant

Accenture Middle East; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Middle East is seeking an OT Cybersecurity professional to support the delivery of engagements across advisory and hands-on engineering. You will partner with OT teams, OEMs, and vendors to design, implement and maintain secure OT environments aligned with business goals.

The role requires experience in OT/ICS architectures, industry standards, and a track record of delivering end-to-end OT security solutions in critical infrastructure sectors.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of cybersecurity experience with exposure to OT/ICS environments.
• Experience delivering OT cybersecurity consulting, engineering, design, and implementation engagements.
• Strong understanding of OT/ICS architectures and industrial networks.
• Hands-on experience designing or supporting OT security technologies.
• Certifications like GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443, CISSP, or CISM are advantageous.
• Experience with Energy, Oil & Gas, Utilities or other critical infrastructure sectors is preferred.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end OT Cybersecurity engagements across assessments, strategy, architecture, engineering, design and implementation.
• Conduct maturity assessments, gap analyses, risk assessments and security reviews.
• Design and engineer OT cybersecurity solutions aligned with client needs.
• Develop high/low level designs, security architectures, and implementation roadmaps.
• Support implementation and configuration of OT security technologies.
• Participate in design workshops, system integration testing, and handover activities.
• Collaborate with OT, IT and cybersecurity teams to translate requirements into secure solutions.
• Work with OT OEMs, system integrators and vendors to validate solutions.
• Apply IEC 62443, NIST, NERC CIP and ISO 27001/27019 standards.
• Produce technical deliverables and implementation documentation.
• Support client workshops, demonstrations and proposals.
• Stay current with OT technologies, threats and regulatory requirements.

Skills

OT/ICS cybersecurity

OT architectures

IEC 62443

NIST

HLD/LLD design

System integration

Vendor collaboration

Cybersecurity certifications

Stakeholder management

Job description

Role Overview

Support the delivery of OT Cybersecurity engagements across consulting engineering architecture design and implementation This role combines advisory expertise with hands-on technical delivery partnering with clients OT teams OEMs and technology vendors to design implement and maintain secure OT environments that align with business and operational objectives

Key Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end OT Cybersecurity engagements spanning assessments strategy architecture engineering design and implementation
• Conduct OT cybersecurity maturity assessments gap analyses risk assessments and security reviews across industrial and critical infrastructure environments
• Design and engineer OT cybersecurity solutions aligned with client requirements operational needs and industry best practices
• Develop detailed OT security architectures network designs technical specifications security controls and implementation roadmaps
• Support the implementation and configuration of OT security technologies including network segmentation firewalls secure remote access asset visibility monitoring vulnerability management and other cybersecurity controls
• Participate in technical design workshops solution engineering system integration testing commissioning and operational handover activities
• Collaborate with OT engineering IT and cybersecurity teams to translate business and operational requirements into secure practical technical solutions
• Work closely with OT OEMs system integrators and technology vendors to design integrate and validate cybersecurity solutions
• Apply industry-leading OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks including IEC 62443 NIST NERC CIP and ISO 27001 27019
• Develop technical deliverables such as High-Level Designs HLDs Low-Level Designs LLDs security architectures assessment reports technical specifications and implementation documentation
• Support client workshops technical presentations demonstrations and stakeholder engagement activities
• Contribute to proposals RFP responses solution development initiatives and the creation of new OT cybersecurity offerings
• Stay current with emerging OT technologies cybersecurity threats regulatory requirements and engineering best practices

Desired Experience & Qualifications

• 4-8 years of cybersecurity experience, including significant exposure to OT/ICS cybersecurity environments.
• Proven experience delivering OT cybersecurity consulting, engineering, design, and implementation engagements.
• Strong understanding of OT/ICS architectures, industrial networks, communication protocols, control systems, and engineering environments.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, or supporting OT security technologies and solutions.
• Experience working with OT OEMs, system integrators, and industrial technology vendors.
• Strong knowledge of OT cybersecurity frameworks and standards, particularly IEC 62443 and NIST.
• Experience developing HLDs, LLDs, network and security architectures, technical designs, and implementation specifications.
• Experience supporting system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational handover activities is highly desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent are advantageous.
• Experience within Energy, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, Mining, or other Critical Infrastructure sectors is preferred.
• Strong analytical, technical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to operate across both advisory and hands-on engineering environments, translating cybersecurity requirements into practical and implementable solutions.