OT Security Consultant

Accenture PLC; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking an OT Cybersecurity professional to support end-to-end engagements across advisory and hands-on delivery. You will conduct maturity assessments, risk analyses, and design OT security architectures for industrial environments, collaborating with OT teams, OEMs, system integrators, and vendors.

The role emphasizes translating business needs into secure, scalable technical solutions, with strong emphasis on IEC 62443, NIST, and ISO standards.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of cybersecurity experience with OT/ICS environments.
• Experience supporting OT cybersecurity consulting, engineering, and implementation projects.
• Strong OT/ICS architectures, industrial networks, and control systems knowledge.
• Certifications such as GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443, CISSP/CISM are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end OT cybersecurity engagements across delivery lifecycle.
• Conduct OT maturity assessments, risk analyses, and security reviews.
• Design and engineer OT security solutions and reference architectures.
• Assist with implementation, testing, and operational handover of security controls.
• Collaborate with OT, IT, and cybersecurity teams and vendors.

Skills

OT/ICS security

Cybersecurity consulting

Stakeholder mgmt

IEC 62443

Job description

Role Overview

Support the delivery of OT Cybersecurity engagements across consulting, engineering, architecture, design, and implementation. This role combines advisory expertise with hands‑on technical delivery, partnering with clients, OT teams, OEMs, and technology vendors to design, implement, and optimize secure OT environments that align with operational and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of end-to-end OT Cybersecurity engagements, including assessments, strategy, architecture, engineering, design, and implementation activities.
• Conduct OT cybersecurity maturity assessments, gap analyses, risk assessments, and security reviews within industrial and critical infrastructure environments.
• Design and engineer OT cybersecurity solutions aligned to client requirements, operational objectives, and industry best practices.
• Develop OT security architectures, network designs, security controls, technical specifications, and implementation roadmaps.
• Assist in the implementation, configuration, and optimization of OT security technologies, including network segmentation, firewalls, secure remote access, asset visibility, monitoring, vulnerability management, and other security controls.
• Participate in technical workshops, solution engineering, system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational handover activities.
• Collaborate with OT, engineering, IT, and cybersecurity teams to translate business and operational requirements into secure, scalable technical solutions.
• Work with OT OEMs, system integrators, and technology vendors to design, integrate, validate, and support OT cybersecurity solutions.
• Apply industry-recognized OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks, including IEC 62443, NIST, NERC CIP, and ISO 27001/27019.
• Produce high-quality technical deliverables, including High-Level Designs (HLDs), Low-Level Designs (LLDs), security architectures, assessment reports, technical specifications, and implementation documentation.
• Support client workshops, technical presentations, demonstrations, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, solution development initiatives, and the creation of new OT cybersecurity offerings.
• Stay informed on emerging OT technologies, cyber threats, regulatory requirements, and industry trends, incorporating these insights into client solutions.

Desired Experience & Qualifications

• 4-8 years of cybersecurity experience, including substantial exposure to OT/ICS cybersecurity environments.
• Proven experience supporting OT cybersecurity consulting, engineering, design, and implementation projects.
• Strong understanding of OT/ICS architectures, industrial networks, protocols, control systems, and operational engineering environments.
• Hands‑on experience designing, implementing, or supporting OT cybersecurity technologies and solutions.
• Experience working with OT OEMs, system integrators, and industrial technology vendors.
• Strong knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks, particularly IEC 62443 and NIST.
• Experience developing HLDs, LLDs, network and security architectures, technical designs, and implementation specifications.
• Experience supporting system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational handover activities is highly desirable.
• Relevant certifications such as GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent are advantageous.
• Experience within Energy, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, Mining, or other Critical Infrastructure sectors is preferred.
• Strong analytical, technical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to operate effectively across both advisory and hands‑on engineering environments, translating cybersecurity requirements into practical, implementable solutions.