OT Security Engineer

Sword Group; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Aberdeen City, United Kingdom is seeking a candidate for a consultancy role in cyber security related to operational technology. The position requires strong communication and analytical skills, relevant qualifications, and knowledge in process control systems. The ideal candidate will engage in audits and create processes to enhance security measures for clients. Competitive package offered.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or any relevant experience.
• Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) desirable.
• Working knowledge of process control systems and components.

Responsibilities

• Participate in control system cyber security audits.
• Gather inventory on offshore and onshore industrial locations.
• Create and interpret OT network topology diagrams.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MCSE

MCSA

CCNA

Job description

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals.

The Sword IACS Consulting Security team provide consultancy services to help our customers understand the existing security posture of their Operational Technology (OT) environment, identifying where potential gaps or vulnerabilities exist while introducing appropriate security improvements and ways of working.

Description of Duties:

• The candidate should have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and the ability to interact effectively with fellow team members and our customers
• Customer interaction can be from executive level down to highly technical analysts working in structured and unstructured situations

• Participation in control system cyber security audits and risk assessments
• Inventory gathering on offshore and onshore industrial locations
• Creation and interpretation of OT network topology diagrams and data flows
• Creation and installation of baseline cyber security controls
• Creation of relevant customer focused processes and procedures based on industry standards (e.g., IEC62443, OG86 etc.)
• Implementation of defined cyber security controls on customer systems
• Deployment of cyber security technologies, standards, processes and procedures.

Basic Qualifications \ Requirements \ Skills:

• Relevant degree or any relevant experience
• Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (BOSIET) desirable but not mandatory
• MCSE/MCSA/CCNA or any equivalent knowledge in these areas
• Working knowledge of basic process control systems and components
• Good analytical skills