Operational Technology Security Specialist

1 month ago

Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, United Kingdom Sword Group Full time
Job Title: Operational Technology Security Consultant

Sword Group is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients. We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications. Our passion for using technology to solve business problems drives us to work in partnership with our clients to help them achieve their goals.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Operational Technology Security Consultant to help grow our Security practice, with a focus on Operational Technology (OT) environments. As a trusted advisor, you will help our customers secure their OT environments, protect critical infrastructure, and mitigate security risks.

The role will require the Operational Technology Security Consultant to conduct consultancy and oversee project assignments in the field of Operational Technology (OT) cyber security to help our customers mitigate the risks of vulnerabilities in their OT environment. You should have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and the ability to interact with others from the executive level to highly technical analysts in structured and unstructured situations.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Conduct site surveys to help customers identify the systems in their OT environment (including offshore environments)
  • Provide guidance around adhering to industry best practices and standards OG86 and NIS
  • Conduct system and network security compliance assessments to assess vulnerabilities in OT environments
  • Facilitate risk assessments to assess and mitigate the identified vulnerabilities in OT environments
  • Develop OT policies and procedures to help customers reduce the risk of a security breach at an installation, and sustain OT security
  • Conduct audits and gap analysis to assess customer compliance against policies and procedures to ensure ongoing protection against security incidents
  • Remediation of OT to close gaps and ensure compliance with policies and standards
  • Provide general OT security advice to assist customers addressing OT security issues and ensure safe, continuous production operations
  • Resolve customer issues
  • Position requires some degree of travel; mostly in the United Kingdom, Europe and Middle East
Requirements:
  • Experience working in a consultant capacity or within an organisation's OT environment to establish roadmaps to improve their current security posture and developing the functional/operational processes and procedures to support their mission
  • Specialty in one or more of the following OT domains: Network Architecture, Inventory Gathering, Situational Review, Endpoint Protection, Policy & Governance, Standards, Education & Awareness
  • Experience developing content-rich final reports and associated deliverables with results of subject matter expert analysis and improvement recommendations
  • Experience presenting the results of applied analysis to client stakeholders to include senior or executive leadership
  • Experience with cyber security processes, tools, and technologies and extensive knowledge of best practices regarding their implementation
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to successfully accomplish client-facing interactions
  • Prior experience working in OT environments across a variety of verticals to include Energy, Oil and Gas, Chemical, Pharmaceutical and/or related industries
  • Prior experience leading an assessment or evaluation of an OT environment to include execution of the assessment, analysis of results, and formulation of a final report for dissemination to key stakeholders
  • Prior experience evaluating and assessing large organisations from the standpoint of OT
  • GICSP Qualified (Preferred but not mandatory)
  • Cyber security certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GCIA, GCIH, GCFE etc.
  • Knowledge of industry best practices and standards to include but not limited to the following; IEC 62443, NERC CIP, NESA, OG86
  • Any exposure to NIS would be advantageous
Benefits:

At Sword Group, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success.

We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

  • Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth
  • Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can't promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can
  • A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don't tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we're looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.

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