IT/DT Cybersecurity Engineer

At Air Products, we reimagine what’s possible. By tapping into the motivation of our people and our collective experience, we create the ideas and innovations that drive us forward. When we come together – where every voice is heard and everyone knows they belong and matter – we create solutions that launch people into space, support lifesaving care in hospitals, and enable the construction of groundbreaking, world scale production facilities.

Reimagine What’s Possible

Technical Cybersecurity Execution

• Support implementation, validation, and documentation of cybersecurity controls across GHE site systems, OT/ICS environments, industrial networks, cybersecurity tools, and supporting DT infrastructure.

• Support cyber site acceptance testing activities, including preparation, execution support, evidence capture, defect logging, issue tracking, and closeout documentation.

• Assist with proof-of-compliance documentation collection, validation, indexing, and quality review.

• Review and support cybersecurity evidence related to network diagrams, system architecture, firewall rules, hardening standards, access control matrices, asset inventories, SIEM/monitoring configurations, and vendor compliance deliverables.

• Support cyber hygiene activities with third-party vendors, subcontractors, and site teams.

• Assist in tracking remediation of cybersecurity gaps, Cyber SAT findings, Cyber Risk Assessment recommendations, POC evidence gaps, and vendor documentation deficiencies.

OT/ICS and Site Technical Support

• Support OT/ICS cybersecurity activities including system hardening, firewall configuration review, password management standards, secure remote access controls, endpoint/security tooling validation, DMZ implementation support, and network segmentation verification.

• Participate in walkthroughs, field verification, technical reviews, and cybersecurity control validation activities.

• Support evaluation of vendor and subcontractor deliverables for compliance with project cybersecurity requirements, Air Products standards, NCA/HCIS expectations, and approved architecture.

• Work with process controls, DT infrastructure, plant computing, and vendor teams to resolve cybersecurity issues impacting commissioning, start-up, or handover readiness.

• Support documentation of technical decisions, implementation status, deviations, risk acceptance items, compensating controls, and open action items.

Compliance Documentation and Evidence Management

• Collect, organize, and maintain technical cybersecurity evidence needed for proof of compliance and regulatory readiness.

• Support preparation of CSAT and POC documentation packages for review by the Cyber Lead, OT Cybersecurity, DT, NGHC, and external assessors.

• Ensure documentation is complete, technically accurate, consistent, and traceable to applicable requirements.

• Support responses to NGHC comments, third-party assessor findings, and follow-up requests related to cybersecurity evidence.

• Maintain accurate trackers for cyber issues, documentation gaps, evidence status, and remediation actions.

Vendor and Third-Party Support

• Coordinate with cybersecurity vendors, EPC subcontractors, OEMs, and external implementation partners during onsite execution, testing, and documentation activities.

• Support external partners responsible for cybersecurity solution implementation, testing, documentation, and transition support.

• Review vendor-submitted evidence and escalate incomplete, inconsistent, or non-compliant documentation to the Cyber Lead.

• Support site supervision of third-party activities when required, including validation that field work aligns with approved cyber design and project requirements.

Coordination and Reporting

• Provide status updates to the Cyber Lead on technical progress, blockers, risks, documentation gaps, and open actions.

• Participate in weekly coordination meetings with OT Cybersecurity, DT, site project management, and other cyber stakeholders.

• Support preparation of concise technical updates for project reporting, cyber oversight meetings, and senior management summaries.

• Coordinate with DT infrastructure teams and site teams to ensure cybersecurity activities are integrated with broader implementation and commissioning work.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Strong understanding of OT/ICS cybersecurity principles, industrial networks, plant systems, industrial DMZs, secure remote access, system hardening, access control, monitoring, and cyber hygiene.

• Working knowledge of KSA cybersecurity requirements related to NCA and HCIS, or ability to rapidly apply these requirements in an industrial project environment.

• Experience supporting cybersecurity testing, audit readiness, proof-of-compliance documentation, or regulatory evidence collection.

• Experience reviewing technical cybersecurity documentation such as network diagrams, firewall rules, system architecture, control matrices, asset inventories, hardening checklists, and monitoring configurations.

• Ability to manage multiple technical tasks and documentation workstreams at the same time.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; Arabic language skills preferred.

• Ability to work effectively with site teams, engineering teams, vendors, subcontractors, DT resources, and senior cybersecurity stakeholders.

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced project environment with changing priorities, regulatory expectations, and commissioning dependencies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NCA ECC, OTCC, HCIS/SAIS, IEC 62443, ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls, or similar cybersecurity control frameworks.

• Experience in energy, industrial gas, chemical, utility, power generation, renewable energy, or critical infrastructure projects.

• Experience with SIEM, OT monitoring, firewall rule review, PAM, vulnerability management, asset inventory, endpoint security, secure remote access, and industrial network segmentation.

• Certifications such as GICSP, IEC 62443, Security+, CISSP Associate, CISM, CEH, or equivalent are preferred.

• Prior Saudi Arabia, GCC, NEOM, or critical infrastructure project experience is preferred.

Success Measures

• CSAT and POC evidence are collected, validated, organized, and maintained in a usable format.

• Cybersecurity documentation gaps, technical issues, and remediation actions are tracked and closed.

• Vendor and subcontractor cybersecurity deliverables are reviewed for completeness and quality.

• Technical cybersecurity controls are validated against approved design, project requirements, and compliance expectations.

• Cyber Lead, DT Project Manager, PDO Cybersecurity, and NGHC stakeholders receive accurate technical status updates.

• Site cybersecurity activities support commissioning, start-up readiness, and regulatory compliance objectives.

Founded in 1940, Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company and has a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, with an unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. Working together, we are taking our passion and diverse backgrounds forward to reimagine what’s possible and generate a cleaner future for our customers, our communities, and the world.