OT Security Manager

Accenture PLC; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an OT Cybersecurity Manager to lead end-to-end OT/ICS cybersecurity engagements across industrial environments, preserving safety, availability and operational resilience. You will guide OT security strategy, risk assessments, IT/OT convergence and security implementations, while mentoring multidisciplinary teams and engaging clients at executive levels.

This role focuses on delivering measurable security outcomes in complex industrial settings.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in cybersecurity, industrial automation or OT with hands-on OT/ICS experience.
• Strong knowledge of SCADA, DCS, PLCs, HMIs, historians and industrial control networks.
• Experience delivering OT security assessments, architecture, transformation or implementation programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end OT/ICS cybersecurity consulting engagements from assessment to implementation.
• Assess and secure industrial environments including ICS, SCADA, DCS, PLCs, HMIs and IIoT assets.
• Lead OT cybersecurity maturity and risk assessments, gap analyses and site-level reviews.
• Develop OT cybersecurity strategies, roadmaps, governance models and multi-year remediation programs.
• Design secure OT network architectures with segmentation, industrial DMZs and IT/OT connectivity.
• Advise on OT asset discovery, vulnerability management, secure remote access and monitoring.
• Lead the design and implementation of cybersecurity controls maintaining production availability and safety.
• Develop OT incident response, monitoring and cyber-resilience capabilities.
• Assess legacy systems and pragmatically address risk where patching may be constrained.
• Provide leadership on IT/OT convergence and ISA/IEC 62443 guidance.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and ensure delivery quality for client outcomes.

Skills

OT cybersecurity

OT/ICS

Leadership

Risk assessment

IT/OT convergence

Industrial networks

Education

Certifications: ISA/IEC 62443, GICSP, CISSP, CISM

Job description

Role Overview

Lead Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Cybersecurity consulting engagements, helping clients protect critical industrial environments while maintaining safety, availability and operational resilience. The role combines deep OT/ICS cybersecurity expertise with consulting leadership, client advisory, delivery management and business development.

The OT Cybersecurity Manager will lead programs spanning OT security strategy, architecture, risk assessment, IT/OT convergence and security implementation across complex industrial and critical infrastructure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end OT/ICS cybersecurity consulting engagements , from assessment and strategy through architecture, remediation and implementation.
• Assess and secure industrial environments including ICS, SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI, engineering workstations, historians, industrial networks and connected IIoT assets.
• Lead OT cybersecurity maturity assessments, risk assessments, gap assessments and site-level security reviews.
• Develop OT cybersecurity strategies, transformation roadmaps, governance models and multi-year remediation programs.
• Design secure OT network architectures , including segmentation, security zones and conduits, industrial DMZs and controlled IT/OT connectivity.
• Advise clients on OT asset discovery and inventory, vulnerability management, secure remote access, privileged access, industrial network monitoring and endpoint protection.
• Lead the design and implementation of cybersecurity controls while ensuring solutions respect production availability, process safety and operational requirements.
• Develop OT incident response, monitoring and cyber-resilience capabilities , including integration between plant environments and enterprise security operations.
• Assess legacy industrial systems and develop practical risk-treatment approaches where patching, upgrading or replacing assets may be operationally constrained.
• Provide leadership on IT/OT convergence , ensuring enterprise cybersecurity controls are appropriately adapted for operational environments.
• Apply OT security standards and frameworks including ISA/IEC 62443 and NIST guidance for ICs/OT environments.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams comprising OT security specialists, cybersecurity architects, engineers and consultants , ensuring delivery quality and client outcomes.
• Build trusted relationships with CISOs, CIOs, OT leaders, engineering teams, plant management and security stakeholders.
• Facilitate client workshops, architecture reviews, risk discussions and executive presentations.
• Support proposals, RFPs, solution development and client pursuits for OT cybersecurity and critical infrastructure transformation.
• Contribute to the development of Accenture’s OT security capabilities, methodologies and market offerings.

Desired Experience & Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of cybersecurity, industrial automation or OT experience, with significant hands‑on exposure to OT/ICS cybersecurity.
• Strong practical knowledge of industrial environments including SCADA, DCS, PLCs, HMIs, historians and industrial control networks.
• Demonstrated experience delivering OT security assessments, architecture, transformation or implementation programs.
• Strong understanding of IT/OT network segmentation, industrial DMZs, firewalls, remote access, asset discovery, vulnerability management and OT security monitoring.
• Experience applying ISA/IEC 62443 within industrial environments. The standard provides a cybersecurity framework specifically covering industrial automation and control environments. IEC guidance on cybersecurity for operational technology.
• Understanding of the cybersecurity considerations associated with legacy systems, industrial availability and process safety.
• Experience within Energy, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Transportation or other critical infrastructure sectors is strongly preferred.
• Strong consulting, stakeholder management and executive communication capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams and complex client engagements.
• Experience supporting proposals, RFP responses, solution shaping and business development.
• Relevant certifications such as ISA/IEC 62443, GICSP, CISSP, CISM or equivalent are advantageous.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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