Sr. Engineer, AMI Technology

TAQA Distribution; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

TAQA Distribution in the United Arab Emirates seeks a Senior AMI Cybersecurity & OT Engineer to secure end-to-end AMI systems, including meters, gateways, HES/MDMS, and networks. You will lead the implementation of cybersecurity controls across IT/OT in line with IEC 62443, UAE standards, NIST and ISO 27001.

You will develop robust OT security architecture, coordinate with IT/OT teams and contractors, and monitor security events to safeguard confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant working experience in AMI/smart metering or OT security.
• Experience with OT cybersecurity standards (IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001).
• Certifications in information security (CIA, CISA, CISSP, CISM) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead OT cybersecurity architecture for AMI systems and assets.
• Develop and update OT cybersecurity policy, procedures, and tools.
• Coordinate with IT/OT and contractors for secure meter integration.
• Monitor security events, support SIEM use cases, and risk assessments.
• Ensure secure data flows across Meter–Gateway–HES/MDMS.

Skills

OT cybersecurity

Threat monitoring

Incident response

Security architecture

Tools

PKI/KMS/HSM

DLMS/COSEM

TLS/VPN

Job description

Senior AMI Cybersecurity & OT Engineer responsible for securing end-to-end AMI systems (meters, gateways, HES/MDMS, and networks). Leads implementation of cybersecurity controls across IT/OT in line with IEC 62443, DOE UAE, UAE IA, NIST, and ISO 27001, covering security architecture, PKI/KMS, secure communications, and threat monitoring to ensure system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

General Responsibilities:

• Policy, Procedures, Process and Systems
• Ensure the compliance of organization’s policy, systems, processes, procedures, and controls in line with group delegation of authority policy so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service in a consistent manner.
• Reporting
• Ensure that all reports are completed timely and comply with the business policies and standards.
• Manage the preparation of periodical management reports and progress reports to keep the business senior management informed about the progress of various initiatives and to facilitate decision-making.
• Comply with organization’s requirements in a timely manner.

Job Specific Responsibilities:

• To lead and develop a robust OT Cyber security architecture and system and to provide expert technical knowledge in the identification, monitoring and remedy of cyber security threats to TAQA Operational Technology systems and assets.
• To develop and update OT Cyber security policy procedure, systems and tools.
• Act as the focal point for AMI cybersecurity on the meter and field device side, coordinating with IT/OT and contractor.
• Support implementation of secure communication for meters (DLMS/COSEM, TLS/VPN, encryption) in alignment with defined standards.
• Coordinate with IT/OT teams on PKI/KMS, access control, and network security requirements for meter integration.
• Validate and ensure meter and gateway security features are properly configured during onboarding and deployment.
• Assist in defining and verifying secure data flow across Meter–Gateway–HES/MDMS communication layers.
• Support implementation of access controls (RBAC, MFA) for meter-related systems in collaboration with IT teams.
• Monitor meter-level security events and support SIEM use cases, log validation, basic incident analysis and SOC integration.
• Participate in risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities, security reviews, and audits focused on AMI field devices.
• Identify for attacks and intrusions and plan all prevention and remedial measures.
• Support incident response activities by coordinating with IT/OT teams for meter-related security issues.
• Work closely with vendors and contractors to ensure compliance with cybersecurity requirements during deployment and operations.

HSE, Security, and Risk Protocols:

• The Employee shall adhere to all the HSE, Security and Risk Management Rules & Procedures communicated by the company, including:
• Taking reasonable care of their own health, safety, and security.
• Taking reasonable care of the health, safety and security of persons that may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
• Co-operate with their employer with respect to any instruction and/or actions taken by the employer to protect the employee and/ or comply with HSE and security requirements.
• Report to their immediate line manager any situation which they have reason to believe could present a risk, hazard, or issue to an individual or the company and which they cannot correct themselves.
• Report all HSE and security incidents and work-related injuries.
• Not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace that supports the interest of HSE, security and welfare.
• 8 years of relevant working experience
• Experience in AMI / smart metering systems (meters, HES, MDMS, gateways)
• Hands-on knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards (IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001)
• Professional Information & Cyber Security certification (such as CIA, CISA, CISSP, IEC 62443, SANS GISCP, CISM..etc) desirable.
• Expertise in secure communications (DLMS/COSEM, TLS, VPN) and key management (PKI/KMS/HSM)
• Experience with telecom-integrated AMI environments (M2M/APN, MPLS, utility-scale deployments)
• Knowledge of cloud-based OT/AMI architectures and security (hybrid cloud, secure integrations)