OT Technical Lead

Stefanini EMEA; Bologna; Ibrido; EUR 45.000 - 55.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Meal vouchers

Medical insurance

Referral bonuses

LinkedIn Learning trainings

Professional development

International team

Descrizione del lavoro

Stefanini EMEA is seeking an OT Technical Lead to deliver and validate end-to-end OT cybersecurity solutions through controlled pilot deployments in live factory environments.

You will coordinate OT, IT, and vendor teams, ensuring safe pilot execution and alignment with engineering standards. The role stresses collaboration, risk minimization, and documented outcomes across a global initiative.

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of OT/IT experience in OT Engineering, OT Cybersecurity, or OT/IT integration.
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Knowledge of network security, remote access, PAM, AD, SCADA, and industrial networks.
• Experience leading deployments, testing, troubleshooting, and coordinating vendors or teams.
• Experience with risk assessment, compliance, and documentation.

Mansioni

• Translate OT cybersecurity designs into executable pilot technical packages.
• Assess implementation against architecture, standards, and policies.
• Propose practical countermeasures to improve the reference package.
• Act as remote technical lead during pilots, coordinating teams.
• Ensure pilots are safe for production and plant-friendly.
• Coordinate external vendors and ensure alignment with pilot scope.
• Drive validation of configurations and coordinate testing during pilots.
• Troubleshoot OT/IT/cyber issues across networks and tools.
• Ensure compliance with OT security standards and internal policies.
• Produce pilot documentation including reports and manuals.

Conoscenze

OT Engineering

OT Cybersecurity

OT/IT integration

Manufacturing experience

Network Security

PAM

Active Directory

SCADA

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Descrizione del lavoro

We are looking for an OT Technical Lead to deliver and validate end-to-end OT cybersecurity solutions through controlled pilot deployments in live factory environments. You will play a critical role in ensuring both security and operational effectiveness, supporting the scale-up of a global cybersecurity initiative.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate approved OT cybersecurity designs and recommendations into executable pilot technical packages
• Assess implementation against approved architecture, standards, and policies, identifying design gaps and factory-specific constraints
• Propose pragmatic technical and operational countermeasures and improvements to the reference technical package
• Act as the remote technical lead during the pilot phase, coordinating local OT, IT, and act as a bridge between global and local Operations teams
• Ensure pilot implementation and testing activities are safe for production and aligned with plant constraints
• Coordinate and technically steer external vendors (OEMs, integrators), ensuring alignment with pilot scope and targets
• Drive the validation of the delivered configurations and outcomes, and coordinate functional, integration, and security testing during pilots
• Troubleshoot OT/IT/cyber issues across networks, firewalls, access paths, and tools
• Ensure compliance with OT security standards and internal policies, supporting the assessment of cyber risk reduction
• Produce structured pilot documentation, including configuration reports, test scripts, user manuals, procedures, and lessons learned

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in OT Engineering, OT Cybersecurity, OT Consulting, or OT/IT integration.
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Network Security & Remote Access
• PAM & Active Directory
• SCADA and Industrial Networks
• Experience leading technical deployments, testing, troubleshooting, and coordinating vendors or technical teams.
• Experience with risk assessment, compliance, and technical documentation.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Problem-solving and analytical mindset.
• Independence and accountability.
• Agile and solution-oriented approach.
• English: Professional written and spoken proficiency.
• Italian: Professional written and spoken proficiency

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with OT cybersecurity projects in manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of PAM, remote access solutions, and OT security standards (e.g. ISA/IEC 62443).
• Certifications such as GICSP, OT Cybersecurity, Scrum, Agile, or Project Management are a plus.
• Strong testing and validation mindset.
• Experience working with SCADA, industrial networks, and shop floor environments

Work conditions

• Working hours: 40 working hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Working setup (hybrid, on site, remote): Hybrid, 1/2 days from home

What we offer

• Salary starting with 50000 EUR gross/year, depending on seniority level.

The final salary offer will be determined based on gender-neutral, objective criteria, such as, but not limited to the experience and seniority level required for the role, as outlined in the job description. This will be further assessed during the technical interview.

• Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) applied: Terziario Commercio with the following benefits:
• Meal vouchers of 8€ per worked day.
• Medical insurance.
• Special referral bonuses for recommending your friends;
• Possibility to following trainings via Stefanini Linkedin Learning, IT and soft skills training provided by our specialists.
• Opportunities for professional development in a stable multinational environment.
• Exposure to an international environment as part of a multicultural team spread across Europe.

The preceding job description had been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities required of employees assigned to this job.

Diversity & Inclusion

Here at the Stefanini Group, we value plurality and equity, regardless of race, sexual orientation, disability, age, ancestry, religion, gender, and nationality. We understand and encourage the importance of being you!

About us

We are a Brazilian company with over 35 years of experience in delivering IT services worldwide, ranging from IT outsourcing to application development or IT staffing. We have a direct presence in 41 countries, through our 70 offices located throughout the world. We have managed to become the preferred partner of many small-to-midsize local and regional companies as well. Most of our clients come from industries such as financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical, services, technology, public sector and utilities.

Stefanini has career opportunities locally and around the world for professionals interested in a vibrant, passionate, team-oriented workplace. If you are a customer-centric person with a "get it done" attitude, come over for coffee and a talk on your future career with us! Learn more about us on www.stefanini.com and join us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram where we regularly post insights from our colleagues.