Business R&D Senior Professional - Cybersecurity | Chennai, India

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Energy Ltd. in India seeks a Business R&D Senior Professional in Cybersecurity to lead end-to-end secure product development, align with IEC 62443 and CRA, and strengthen SDLC across the lifecycle.

You will translate security requirements into architectures, perform threat modeling and risk assessments, implement controls like RBAC and secure protocols, and collaborate with product, platform, and vendor teams to support deployments and incident response.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering in electronics or computer science. Cybersecurity Certifications shall be an added advantage.
• At least 7+ years of experience in cyber security related to industrial control system design and development, preferably in power industry.
• SDLC Experience in the domain of cybersecurity, secure data communication, network security and compliances in Energy industries and associated systems according to IEC 62443 cyber security standard, EU CRA guidelines, and industry best practices for building highly resilient hardened software systems
• Strong Knowledge of Industrial control system, SCADA Systems, Communication Gateways, Network architecture, System administration, Infrastructure (servers, workstation, switches, routers, firewalls) configuration, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end product cyber security compliance and secure product development by ensuring adherence to Hitachi Energy cyber security requirements, customer standards, and IEC 62443 standards.
• Own and continuously improve the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and translate cyber security requirements into product capabilities.
• Develop security architecture and design solutions; conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, vulnerability management, and release security clearances.
• Ensure compliance with evolving regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
• Lead implementation of security controls including RBAC, secure protocols, hardening, firewalls, routers, gateways, and data protection mechanisms.
• Collaborate across product, platform, assurance, and vendor teams; support customer deployments and incident response.
• Act as the primary cyber security interface throughout the product lifecycle from requirements engineering to release qualification and operational support.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Industrial control systems

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Network security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering in electronics or computer science

Job description

Business R&D Senior Professional - Cybersecurity

Identification, exploration and implementation of technology / product development and growth strategies to enhance and secure global product positioning. Ensure project execution, foster innovation and develop and secure R&D capabilities in the business for profitability. Devising research methods, focus on future technical direction, future scenarios in transforming technology landscape. Preparing technical specifications and specifying laboratory test equipment and processes. Making recommendations concerning acquisition and use of new technological equipment and materials within budgets and targets set. Coordinating pilot runs on new products or processes.

How you\'ll make a impact:

This role is responsible for driving end-to-end product cyber security compliance and secure product development by ensuring adherence to Hitachi Energy cyber security requirements, customer standards, and IEC 62443 (4-1, 4-2, and 3-3) standards.

The position owns and continuously improves the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC), translates cyber security requirements into product capabilities, develops security architecture and design solutions, conducts threat modeling, risk assessments, vulnerability management, and release security clearances, while ensuring compliance with evolving regulations such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).

The role also leads implementation of security controls including RBAC, secure protocols, hardening, firewalls, routers, gateways, and data protection mechanisms, collaborates across product, platform, assurance, and vendor teams, supports customer deployments and incident response activities, and acts as the primary cyber security interface throughout the product lifecycle from requirements engineering to release qualification and operational support.

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering in electronics or computer science. Cybersecurity Certifications shall be an added advantage.
• At least 7+ years of experience in cyber security related to industrial control system design and development, preferably in power industry.
• SDLC Experience in the domain of cybersecurity, secure data communication, network security and compliances in Energy industries and associated systems according to IEC 62443 cyber security standard, EU CRA guidelines, and industry best practices for building highly resilient hardened software systems
• Strong Knowledge of Industrial control system, SCADA Systems, Communication Gateways, Network architecture, System administration, Infrastructure (servers, workstation, switches, routers, firewalls) configuration, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

We are a global leader in electrification, powering the electricity era to meet the energy demands of today, and the next 25 years. As the energy arm of Hitachi Group, over three billion people depend on our pioneering, mission-critical technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century of innovation, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time: driving the evolution of the world’s energy system to ensure abundant, secure, affordable, and sustainable power for today’s generation and the next.

With an unparalleled installed base in over 140 countries, we are the grid ecosystem partner across the utility, industry, data center, and transportation sectors. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 56,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $20 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.