Maritime OT Cybersecurity Lead Engineer

Aneka Talent Solutions; Fort Lauderdale (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Aneka Talent Solutions seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to provide technical leadership for secure OT design across maritime projects and fleet operations. You will independently steer architecture decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and guide multidisciplinary teams through design, testing, commissioning, and lifecycle support.

The role requires deep OT/IT infrastructure expertise, security tool experience, and strong collaboration with engineering, shipbuilding, and vendor teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Security, or another relevant STEM field is required.
• Minimum 8+ years working in cybersecurity, OT, IT infrastructure, systems engineering, network engineering, or closely related technical environment, including leading complex designs or implementations.
• Certifications such as CISSP, GICSP, GRID, GCIP, GDSA, GSLC, CISM, CCNP, or equivalent are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead secure OT/infrastructure architecture decisions and design reviews.
• Develop high/low-level designs, network diagrams, data flows, and test plans.
• Support FAT/SAT, commissioning, and lifecycle activities; guide teams through deployment.

Skills

OT/Network security

Architecture reviews

Threat modeling

Collaborative leadership

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Tools

Passive network monitoring

Endpoint protection

Asset discovery

Vulnerability management

Backup/recovery

Secure remote access

Job description

Aneka Talent Solutions seeks a Lead Cybersecurity Engineer to provide technical leadership for secure OT design across maritime projects and fleet operations. You will independently steer architecture decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and guide multidisciplinary teams through design, testing, commissioning, and lifecycle support.

The role requires deep OT/IT infrastructure expertise, security tool experience, and strong collaboration with engineering, shipbuilding, and vendor teams.