Senior OT Security Engineer

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The Senior OT Security Engineer leads cybersecurity efforts across OT environments, serving as a subject-matter expert, driving proactive governance and risk reduction across manufacturing, distribution, and lab operations.

What’s in it for you

• A dynamic and supportive team culture where your initiative, input, and hands-on mindset can directly shape daily operations

• The unique opportunity to be part of building a new global OT Cybersecurity team from the ground up

• Long-term contract with a competitive salary, health insurance, pension plan, meal vouchers, and growth opportunities in a fast-evolving organization

Role Responsibilities

• Lead & implement OT cybersecurity strategy for manufacturing and distribution environments
• Partner with leaders across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and IT
• Translate enterprise goals into OT programs and roadmaps, drive risk assessments, and guide cross‑functional teams in engineering, manufacturing in OT security assessments, including plant audits and segmentation validation
• Direct risk assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability analyses
• Establish and improve OT security policies and governance
• Design and implement security controls for industrial environments (firewalls, monitoring, zoning)
• Evaluate and deploy OT security tools (asset discovery, threat detection, remote access solutions)
• Serve as a technical SME for new plant systems and integrations
• Lead OT incident readiness, response, and resilience. Develop investigation efforts & mitigation strategies
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance
• Collaborate cross-functionally to improve plant security posture

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience with OT/ICS exposure
• Strong knowledge of industrial networks, security architecture, and risk management
• Executive-level communication skills, both verbal and written, capable of articulating technical topics to a wide range of stakeholders to drive understanding and alignment

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in OT security architecture and network segmentation
• Experience supporting audits (ISO 27001, TISAX, CMMC, or similar)
• Experience with OT security tools (Nozomi, Claroty, Dragos, etc.)
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure..)
• Experience leveraging AI tools to improve the effectiveness of a security tool or mechanism
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to interface with all levels of IT and partnering departments and teams

Preferred Certifications

• GICSP
• CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
• CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)
• Deep experience with regulatory and compliance frameworks (IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001, TISAX, CMMC)
• Ensure compliance with NIST 800-82, IEC 62443, ISA/IEC standards

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