Operational Technology - Senior Consultant

PA Consulting; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in London is seeking a Senior Consultant in Operational Technology to tackle cybersecurity challenges. The role involves working with various teams to deliver innovative software solutions while adhering to agile practices. Candidates will engage in a hybrid work environment, collaborating on diverse projects across critical sectors. The firm emphasizes a culture of inclusion, offering extensive benefits and growth opportunities.

Benefits

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Performance-based bonus

PA share ownership

Qualifications

• Experience in security management of operational technology systems.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity standards relevant to critical infrastructure.
• Familiarity with IoT and Industrial IoT applications.

Responsibilities

• Work on cybersecurity challenges in Operational Technology.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions.
• Engage in agile best practices and work on diverse projects.

Skills

Security management

Cybersecurity

IoT

Industrial cyber security risk management

Education

ISO 27001

NIST CSF

Tools

SCADA

PLCs

RTUs

Job description

Operational Technology - Senior Consultant

• Full-time

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. We have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. We challenge where it matters and own the outcome. We combine strategic thinking, customer-centric service design, and agile engineering practices to accelerate innovation in a tech-driven world.

• Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design, and a wide range of other experts and cross-disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesn’t align with what you want to do.
• Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors - no project is ever the same.
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative tech community through knowledge-sharing, peer-level support, coaching, and mentoring.
• Deepen your expertise through our culture of learning and growth – you’ll have a budget to take courses (technical and non-technical training), plus gain certifications.

What you can expect

• Work to agile best practices and cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders. You’ll be using your technical skills to problem solve with our clients, as well as working on internal projects.
• Tackling cybersecurity hurdles for organisations, particularly in Operational Technology (OT).
• Hybrid working with the team on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week. The actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Even if you don’t meet every requirement below, feel free to still apply as we are often hiring for similar roles which your background might be better suited to.

• Security management of industrial control and operational technology systems and applications such as:
• Process control
• SCADA
• Distributed control
• PLCs and RTUs
• Industrial cyber security and data communications
• Electricity transmission and distribution network control.
• IoT and Industrial IoT
• Industrial cyber security risk management, architecture, and security monitoring
• Key industries such as:
• Electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and distributed energy
• Smart energy and metering
• Oil and gas
• Water
• Civil Nuclear
• Transport (including aviation, rail, maritime, road, and autonomous vehicles)
• Wider critical infrastructure
• Security standards relating to the sector, including:
• NCSC NIS Guidance and CAF
• ISO 27001 and ISO 27005
• NERC CIP
• ISA-99/IEC 62443
• NIST CSF

Please note that the interview stages may be subject to change based on the specific requirements of the role.

• Quick call with one of our Tech Recruiters – to discuss your application, the role, and PA
• Round 1: Either a competency or technical interview (60 mins)
• Round 2: Either a competency or technical interview, whichever you didn’t do at first round (60 mins)
• Final round: Meeting with a PA leader - a mini case study and discussion around your client-centricity (60 mins)

Life At PA encompasses our peoples' experience at PA. It's about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose-led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax-efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward, and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or other human differences. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations - Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us at [e-mail]