Senior OT Cybersecurity Lead: Patch & Risk Strategy

HERO Recruitment Ltd.; Galway; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HERO Recruitment Ltd. invites applications for an OT Cybersecurity Lead to serve as the senior technical authority for cybersecurity across manufacturing equipment and production systems in Ireland.

The role spans supplier requirements through to patching, legacy management and incident response, delivering defensible risk decisions to engineering, automation, manufacturing and procurement. The post holder will own the OT patching and firmware strategy, define compensating controls for legacy

Qualifications

• At least four years of hands-on OT cybersecurity experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain OT asset inventory and identify OS/firmware gaps.
• Decide to patch, delay or compensate for vulnerabilities with rationale.
• Own OT patching and firmware strategy including testing and deployment.
• Define cybersecurity requirements for components, builds and supplier equipment.
• Review designs from a cybersecurity and obsolescence perspective.
• Define compensating controls for legacy systems (segmentation, access control).
• Track EU regulation (Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2, AI Act) and respond with Legal/Regulatory teams.
• Provide technical direction to engineering and enterprise cybersecurity teams.

Skills

OT cybersecurity

Asset inventory

Vulnerability remediation

Patch management

PLC/PC control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS/C cybersecurity

Job description

HERO Recruitment Ltd. invites applications for an OT Cybersecurity Lead to serve as the senior technical authority for cybersecurity across manufacturing equipment and production systems in Ireland.

The role spans supplier requirements through to patching, legacy management and incident response, delivering defensible risk decisions to engineering, automation, manufacturing and procurement. The post holder will own the OT patching and firmware strategy, define compensating controls for legacy