Cybersecurity & OT manager (f/m/d)

Axpo Group; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Inclusive culture

Hands-on ownership

Job summary

Axpo Group is seeking a cybersecurity leader for its Biogas International unit to govern NIS2 compliance and secure biomethane plant networks across Europe. You will own the security framework, guide incident response, and partner with engineering and IT teams to implement pragmatic architectures.

You will inspect sites, assess risks, and design secure IT/OT networks, including VLANs, industrial DMZs, and firewall governance. Fluent English and willingness to travel internationally are required.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience in cybersecurity for critical infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with network architecture, firewalls and privileged/remote access.
• Proven ability to inspect sites and design pragmatic target-state architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own the cybersecurity framework for Axpo Biogas International, focusing on NIS2 compliance across Europe.
• Lead incident response and liaison with national authorities.
• Define target architectures, create network diagrams, data-flow maps and test plans.
• Assess cyber risks across design, construction, and operation of biomethane plants; perform on-site reviews.
• Design secure plant networks (IT/OT segmentation, industrial DMZs) and govern firewall configurations.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Construction, Operations, IT, Legal and external integrators to deliver practical security guidance.

Skills

NIS2 governance

Industrial cybersecurity

Network architecture

Windows & Linux security

OT security

Data & logs analysis

Education

Degree in Cybersecurity or related

Tools

Firewalls

VLAN/Network segmentation

Vulnerability management

Job description

Join Axpo Biogas International and make cybersecurity tangible: from NIS2 governance to the networks and controls that keep biomethane plants safe. Shape scalable security architecture across Europe and turn regulation into practical, on-the-ground decisions.

What you will do:

• Own the cybersecurity framework for Axpo Biogas International, with a strong focus on NIS2 and the applicable national requirements across Europe.
• Lead incident response and act as the company's liaison with the relevant national competent authorities.
• Define target architectures and produce or approve designs, network diagrams, asset inventories, data-flow maps, migration plans, test plans and rollback procedures.
• Assess cybersecurity risks and lead technical validation across due diligence, design, construction, commissioning and operation of biomethane plants, including on-site visits.
• Design and improve secure plant networks – VLANs, IT/OT segmentation, industrial DMZs and controlled conduits between PLC, HMI, SCADA and enterprise systems – and select, configure and govern firewalls and other network-security components.
• Partner with Engineering, Construction, Operations, IT, Legal and external integrators, evaluate suppliers and technical proposals, and deliver practical security guidance and awareness to plant teams.

What you bring & who you are:

• You have experience in cybersecurity for production plants, industrial environments, energy, utilities, process industries or comparable critical infrastructure.
• You know NIS2, cyber-risk management and incident-notification obligations, and you have hands-on experience with network architecture, firewalls and privileged or remote access.
• You can inspect a site, understand current-state infrastructure and design a pragmatic target state, and you bring sound knowledge of Windows and Linux security, virtualisation, backup and recovery, endpoint protection and vulnerability and patch management.
• You hold a degree or equivalent professional experience in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Automation, Telecommunications or a related discipline, you're fluent in English and open to travelling internationally.
• Ideally, you bring OT security expertise – Purdue architectures, industrial protocols, PLC/HMI/SCADA environments or industrial firewalls.
• Ideally, you're comfortable using data-analysis tools to work with logs, asset data, vulnerabilities and operational trends.

You are pragmatic and hands-on, equally comfortable in a regulatory discussion, a firewall rule review or a plant walkdown. You build trust across cultures and make clear, risk-based decisions.

About the team:

You will work closely with Asset Management and interact with Engineering, Construction, Operations and Plant Managers across our international biomethane portfolio, while connecting with Axpo's IT and cybersecurity specialists. The environment is collaborative and hands-on, with real ownership and visible impact.

At Axpo Group, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of non-discrimination, tolerance, and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications regardless of race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, as well as socioeconomic, cultural, and religious background. We are committed to ensuring a respectful and inclusive recruiting process and workplace for everyone.