Security Officer with focus on Operational Technology

Vattenfall is looking for a Security Officer with focus on Operational Technology (OT) to join the Corporate Security & Resilience function. The location of this position is flexible in Vattenfall’s countries of operations – Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK (United Kingdom) and Poland.

We offer an interesting position in an international environment with a lot of opportunities to contribute to enabling a fossil free future. Vattenfall believes that security & resilience is an essential component of a leading sustainable energy company. Protecting our processes and assets are essential to maintain the trust of our customers, employees, suppliers and society.

The Corporate Security & Resilience function at Vattenfall is a modern, flexible, and agile unit that is operating in a challenging and rapidly changing environment. We strive to embed security & resilience into all our business operations and we apply a holistic and risk-based approach to constantly adopt and improve our security posture. The main tasks of the function is to provide leadership, governance and support throughout the Vattenfall Group to ensure mitigation of security related risks as well as regulatory compliance.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

• Drive and shape how we work with securing OT within Vattenfall
• Lead and drive co-operation groups, plan, coordinate and participate in group-wide security initiatives
• Build up awareness and competence throughout the Vattenfall group
• Work closely with security experts in our diverse operations and provide support and guidance related to all areas of OT security.

The role will part of the OT Security Team led by Vattenfall Group Lead for OT Security. The Director of Information & Cyber Security / CISO will be personnel manager for the role.

Din bakgrund

We are looking for a security leader who engages with other key stakeholders to find the best solution to a challenge. As Vattenfall is an energy company, an understanding of operational technology (OT) security challenges is needed. Communication skills and drive are key success factors in this position. We see that our candidate most likely have the following qualifications:

• Master of Science in Engineering or equivalent educational background
• Minimum 5 years of experience in relevant positions
• Experience of OT security management in multi-stakeholder environments
• Fluency in our group language English, both spoken and written. Fluency in Swedish, German or Dutch is beneficial. Excellent and proven writing skills is a major plus.

We put strong emphasis on your personality and encourage you to describe your capacity regarding the following aspects:

• Analytical and structural abilities
• Sound judgment and integrity
• The level of educational and communication skills
• Abilities to lead, create interest and engagement
• Ability to keep focus on what is important for Vattenfall.
• Understanding of the technological and organisational challenges related to information- and cyber security
• Responsiveness and strive for finding ways forward
• Possibilities to gain trust and commitment on all levels of our international organisation
• Strong sense of team effort and positive attitude.