Remote OT Security Engineer - 6 Month Contract (UK)

NP Group; Greater London; Remote; GBP 92,000 - 101,000; Full time

Job summary

NP Group is seeking an OT Security Engineer for a 6-month contract. You will perform hands-on security verification, conduct detailed configuration reviews across multiple sites, and support evidence-based decision making for OT capabilities and controls.

The role requires extensive experience with OT remote access, micro-segmentation, and industrial cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST SP 800-82, the Purdue Model, and IEC 62443, working in complex, multi-vendor environments.

Qualifications

• Must have experience with OT remote access and Micro Segmentation.
• Hands-on OT/ICS security engineering experience in industrial or critical infrastructure environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of NIST SP 800-82, the Purdue Model, and IEC 62443 in real OT environments.
• Experience conducting OT security assessments, configuration reviews, and capability gap analysis.
• Familiarity with OEM vendor tooling and regional and regulatory constraints affecting OT security
• Proven ability to document findings clearly - evidence registers, gap analysis, constraint registers.
• Comfortable working independently in complex, multi‑vendor environments.
• Experience in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, or life sciences OT environments.
• Familiarity with OT asset visibility tools - Claroty, Nozomi, Dragos or equivalent.
• ISA/IEC 62443 certification or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Gather evidence for each in-scope OT security capability and control, populating and maintaining the evidence register with sources.
• Conduct configuration and capability reviews at the comparator plant, the regional proximity hub, and shared IT/OT services.
• Validate regional viability per capability and control, including in-country OEM and regulatory availability and
• Provide hands‑on technical verification supporting the reuse, extend, and new status calls in the capability and control map.
• Feed findings into the regional constraints register and support gap identification where evidence cannot be closed remotely.
• Must have experience with OT remote access and Micro Segmentation
• Hands‑on OT/ICS security engineering experience in industrial or critical infrastructure environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of NIST SP 800-82, the Purdue Model, and IEC 62443 in real OT environments.
• Experience conducting OT security assessments, configuration reviews, and capability gap analysis.
• Familiarity with OEM vendor tooling and regional and regulatory constraints affecting OT security
• Proven ability to document findings clearly - evidence registers, gap analysis, constraint registers.
• Comfortable working independently in complex, multi‑vendor environments.
• Experience in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, or life sciences OT environments.
• Familiarity with OT asset visibility tools - Claroty, Nozomi, Dragos or equivalent.
• ISA/IEC 62443 certification or equivalent.

Skills

OT security engineering

OT/ICS security

Remote access

Micro Segmentation

NIST SP 800-82

Purdue Model

IEC 62443

Vendors & multi-vendor envs

OEM tooling familiarity

Tools

Claroty

Nozomi

Dragos

Job description

NP Group is seeking an OT Security Engineer for a 6-month contract. You will perform hands-on security verification, conduct detailed configuration reviews across multiple sites, and support evidence-based decision making for OT capabilities and controls.

The role requires extensive experience with OT remote access, micro-segmentation, and industrial cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST SP 800-82, the Purdue Model, and IEC 62443, working in complex, multi-vendor environments.