OT Cybersecurity Consulting Lead

Accenture Middle East; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Middle East seeks an OT Cybersecurity Manager to lead consulting engagements across OT/ICS security strategy, architecture, risk assessments and program delivery. You will guide client advisory, delivery management, and business development for critical industrial environments.

Responsibilities include designing secure OT networks, managing governance, and enabling IT/OT convergence while preserving safety and production uptime. Relevant certifications are advantageous.

Qualifications

• 8-12+ years of cybersecurity, industrial automation or OT experience with hands-on exposure to OT/ICS cybersecurity.
• Experience delivering OT security assessments, architecture, transformation or implementation programs.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management and executive communication capabilities.
• Experience applying ISA/IEC 62443 within industrial environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end OT IC cybersecurity consulting engagements from assessment and strategy through architecture remediation and implementation.
• Assess and secure industrial environments including SCADA, DCS, PLCs, HMIs, historians and industrial networks.
• Lead OT cybersecurity maturity assessments, risk assessments and site-level security reviews.
• Develop OT cybersecurity strategies, transformation roadmaps and governance models.
• Design secure OT network architectures including segmentation, security zones, DMZs and IT/OT connectivity
• Advise clients on OT asset discovery, vulnerability management, remote access, privileged access and monitoring
• Lead the design and implementation of cybersecurity controls ensuring production availability and safety
• Develop OT incident response and cyber-resilience capabilities including integration with enterprise security operations
• Assess legacy systems and apply risk-treatment approaches where upgrades may be constrained
• Provide leadership on IT/OT convergence adapting enterprise controls for OT environments
• Apply OT security standards and frameworks including ISA/IEC 62443 and NIST guidance
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to ensure delivery quality and client outcomes
• Build relationships with CISOs, OT leaders and engineering teams
• Facilitate workshops, risk discussions and executive presentations
• Support proposals, RFPs and business development for OT cybersecurity
• Contribute to Accenture’s OT security capabilities and market offerings

Skills

OT cybersecurity

Consulting leadership

Client advisory

Delivery management

IT/OT convergence

Security architecture

Risk assessment

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Tools

ISA/IEC 62443 framework

Job description

Accenture Middle East seeks an OT Cybersecurity Manager to lead consulting engagements across OT/ICS security strategy, architecture, risk assessments and program delivery. You will guide client advisory, delivery management, and business development for critical industrial environments.

Responsibilities include designing secure OT networks, managing governance, and enabling IT/OT convergence while preserving safety and production uptime. Relevant certifications are advantageous.