Rail Cybersecurity Lead - OT/ICS Security & Assurance

Hitachi, Ltd.; København; Hybrid; DKK 900,000 - 1,250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

6 weeks holiday

Canteen facilities

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager to assure security across IT/OT systems, defining security requirements, managing vulnerabilities and coordinating with engineering and supplier teams. The role focuses on secure configurations, testing, and evidence for project readiness.

You will lead cybersecurity planning, risk assessments, and escalation processes while upholding Hitachi's Code of Conduct and integrity standards.

Qualifications

• Cybersecurity experience in rail, industrial control, OT networks or critical infrastructure.
• Knowledge of IEC 62443/NIS-style principles, secure architecture, hardening, vulnerability and access management.
• Ability to balance security controls with safety, availability and maintainability.
• Resilience and resistance to stress during security findings, late configuration changes and commissioning windows.
• Confidentiality, ethical judgement and technical credibility.
• More than 5 years in OT/rail/industrial cybersecurity, hardening, vulnerability response and security-by-design.

Responsibilities

• Define cybersecurity management plan, security requirements, risk assessments, hardening baselines and evidence strategy.
• Coordinate cybersecurity across all systems, remote access and supplier configurations.
• Review supplier designs, accounts/privileges, logging, patching, vulnerability handling and secure commissioning arrangements.
• Plan security tests, support incident-response preparation and define handover requirements for operator/maintainer security teams.
• Assess cybersecurity impact of changes, defects, temporary configurations and remote-support proposals.
• Apply the Hitachi Code of Conduct in role-specific decisions, including ethical escalation, anti-bribery discipline, confidentiality, data protection, fair supplier/customer conduct and transparent records.
• Manage vulnerability responses and evidence.
• Functional authority on cybersecurity controls and secure-change principles.
• Can block or escape non-compliant security design/deployment decisions.

Skills

Rail cybersecurity

IEC 62443/NIS

Security architecture

Vulnerability management

Ethical judgement

Security-by-design

Job description

Hitachi Rail is seeking a Cybersecurity Manager to assure security across IT/OT systems, defining security requirements, managing vulnerabilities and coordinating with engineering and supplier teams. The role focuses on secure configurations, testing, and evidence for project readiness.

You will lead cybersecurity planning, risk assessments, and escalation processes while upholding Hitachi's Code of Conduct and integrity standards.