OT Technical Lead – DERMS & Critical Infrastructure

SSE plc; Perth; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Gym memberships

Cycle to Work scheme

Family entitlements

Job summary

SSE plc is seeking a senior OT engineer to support the DERMS and Enabling Systems pillar, ensuring operational technology systems remain secure, resilient and highly available across live and pre-production environments.

You will provide day-to-day leadership for the OT support team, drive cyber security activities, govern assets and standards, and coordinate incident readiness and response with cross-functional teams to achieve 99.999% system availability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Operational Technology, technical support or a related engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the support, security and resilience of critical OT systems.
• Manage cyber security activities across operational systems, including patching and monitoring.
• Provide day-to-day leadership for the support team, developing capability and delivering operations.
• Oversee asset, engineering and technical governance across key control room systems.
• Coordinate project and incident response governance during operational or cyber incidents.

Skills

Operational Technology

OT security

SCADA systems

Cyber security

Incident response

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Job description

SSE plc is seeking a senior OT engineer to support the DERMS and Enabling Systems pillar, ensuring operational technology systems remain secure, resilient and highly available across live and pre-production environments.

You will provide day-to-day leadership for the OT support team, drive cyber security activities, govern assets and standards, and coordinate incident readiness and response with cross-functional teams to achieve 99.999% system availability.