OT Cybersecurity Consultant for Critical Infrastructure

Jacobs; Stafford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Holiday allowance

Flexible working arrangements

Training and certifications

Mentoring and career development

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an OT Cybersecurity Consultant to help protect critical infrastructure across energy, water, rail, highways, aviation and defence sectors. You will work at the intersection of engineering, OT and cybersecurity, designing and implementing controls for complex OT estates.

You will assess system architectures, identify security risks, and support incident readiness, threat detection and monitoring initiatives while developing secure OT architectures and documentation for clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in OT cybersecurity within Critical National Infrastructure or industrial environments.
• Familiarity with OT/ICS technologies such as SCADA, DCS, PLCs, RTUs and industrial networking.
• Hands-on security engineering across IT and OT networks (endpoint protection, firewalls, IDS).
• Knowledge of IEC 62443, NIST CSF, ISO27000, MITRE ATT&CK, NIS/NIS2.

Responsibilities

• Support assessment, design and implementation of cybersecurity controls in OT/ICS environments.
• Collaborate with engineers to understand architectures, requirements and risks.
• Review OT networks and ICS to identify security improvements.
• Contribute to secure OT architectures including network segmentation and remote access.

Skills

OT cybersecurity

Industrial networking

Control systems engineering

Automation

SCADA

PLCs/RTUs/DCS

Tools

Endpoint protection tools

Firewalls

Intrusion detection systems

Job description

Jacobs is seeking an OT Cybersecurity Consultant to help protect critical infrastructure across energy, water, rail, highways, aviation and defence sectors. You will work at the intersection of engineering, OT and cybersecurity, designing and implementing controls for complex OT estates.

You will assess system architectures, identify security risks, and support incident readiness, threat detection and monitoring initiatives while developing secure OT architectures and documentation for clients.