OT Security & Architecture Lead – Renewable Energy Ops

Vena Group; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Vena Group leads the assessment and modernization of OT across its solar, wind, and BESS sites. The role evaluates SCADA, networks, and telecom setups, closing cybersecurity and infrastructure gaps with ISA/IEC 62443, NIST, and ISO mappings to deliver safe, reliable plant operations.

You will set reference architectures, govern changes, manage vendors and ISPs, and partner with IT and security teams while traveling domestically and internationally as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Control Systems Engineering or related.
• 8-12+ years in OT/SCADA/network engineering and operations.
• 3-5+ years in a leadership/manager role.
• Hands-on with renewables (solar PV, wind) and/or BESS.
• OT cybersecurity: segmentation/DMZ, secure remote access, MFA, backups.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive OT assessments at solar, wind, and BESS sites (SCADA, network, telecom/ISP, remote access, endpoint/security).
• Benchmark and uplift cybersecurity controls against OT standards (ISA/IEC 62443, NIST 800-82, ISO 27001 mappings).
• Define and enforce standard OT reference architectures (segmentation, firewalls, VPN, DMZ/jump hosts, backup links, time-sync).
• Oversee SCADA reliability and data integrity (HMI, historians, gateways, protocol converters; interfaces to enterprise systems).
• Lead remediation and upgrade projects (hardware refresh, network reconfiguration, security tooling, telemetry improvements).
• Establish OT monitoring and incident response (logging/SIEM ingestion, detection, playbooks, drills; remote access governance).
• Manage ISPs and telecoms (last-mile, cellular/satellite backup, SLAs) and OT vendors/integrators/OEMs
• Govern OT change management and configuration baselines (config backups, versioning, approvals, rollback plans).
• Develop and deliver OT cybersecurity and operations training for site technicians and engineers.

Skills

OT cybersecurity

Industrial networking

SCADA/HMI

Vendor management

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

SCADA

ABB

Siemens

AVEVA PI

Cisco Fortinet

Job description

Vena Group leads the assessment and modernization of OT across its solar, wind, and BESS sites. The role evaluates SCADA, networks, and telecom setups, closing cybersecurity and infrastructure gaps with ISA/IEC 62443, NIST, and ISO mappings to deliver safe, reliable plant operations.

You will set reference architectures, govern changes, manage vendors and ISPs, and partner with IT and security teams while traveling domestically and internationally as needed.