OT Cybersecurity Compliance Specialist

Kaizen Global Technologies; Cooma; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaizen Global Technologies is seeking an OT Cybersecurity Compliance Specialist with 10+ years of experience to lead industrial security programs in Australia. You will ensure alignment with IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001, and local frameworks across projects.

The role focuses on risk assessments, secure design reviews, governance, and comprehensive documentation including risk registers, asset inventories, and recovery procedures for OT environments.

Qualifications

• OT/ICS security experience in industrial environments.
• Knowledge of industrial networks and automation security.
• Familiar with vulnerability management and risk assessment processes.
• Ability to document security controls and governance artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain OT cybersecurity compliance processes aligned with IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001, NIS2, and Australian cybersecurity frameworks.
• Conduct OT risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, threat modelling, and remediation tracking for industrial systems.
• Review and support secure design and implementation of PLC, SCADA, HMI, and OT networks.
• Coordinate cybersecurity governance, supplier reviews, audits, FAT/SAT activities, incident response, and lifecycle security across projects.
• Create and maintain cybersecurity documentation including reports, risk registers, asset inventories, diagrams, hardening standards, and recovery procedures.

Skills

OT/ICS security

Industrial networks

Vulnerability management

Risk management

Documentation

Job description

Role: OT Cybersecurity Compliance Specialist

Experience: 10+ Years

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain OT cybersecurity compliance processes aligned with IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001, NIS2, and Australian cybersecurity frameworks.
• Conduct OT cybersecurity risk assessments, vulnerability analysis, threat modelling, and remediation tracking for industrial systems and connected equipment.
• Review and support secure design and implementation of PLC, SCADA, HMI, industrial networks, remote access solutions, and OT infrastructure.
• Coordinate cybersecurity governance, supplier compliance reviews, audits, FAT/SAT activities, incident response, and lifecycle security management across projects.
• Create and maintain cybersecurity documentation including compliance reports, risk registers, asset inventories, network diagrams, hardening standards, and recovery procedures.

Skills Required

• Strong hands-on experience in OT/ICS cybersecurity, industrial automation, and industrial network security environments.
• Expertise in cybersecurity standards and frameworks including IEC 62443, ISO/IEC 27001, NIST, NIS2, and Australian Essential Eight.
• Experience with PLCs, SCADA systems, HMI platforms, industrial communication protocols, firewalls, VLANs, and secure remote access technologies.
• Strong knowledge of vulnerability management, penetration testing support, patch management, backup/recovery, and industrial system hardening.
• Excellent analytical, stakeholder management, technical documentation, communication, and risk management skills with experience working across engineering, IT, and operations teams.