Lead Engineer OT Cyber Security

• Advise clients and promote, develop and implement cyber security solutions for industrial control systems in the energy and materials industries. 

• Conduct cybersecurity gap assessments as per NIST or ISA 27001 & ISA/IEC-62443 framework. 

• Consult clients on their OT Cybersecurity Resilience roadmap development and implementation. 

• Support the growth, development and delivery performance across projects in Industrial Cybersecurity and digital solutions. 

• Support development and delivery of business plans in support of Digital Integration business growth, in line with Wood’s strategy. 

• Consult on solutions to strategic, contractual, technical, commercial, operational and personnel related challenges which impact on customer service and performance. 

• Keep yourself apprised to technical practice, standards and threat trends impacting ICS Cybersecurity. 

• Promote ICS Cybersecurity practice and principles within the organization. 

• Support Business Development with presentations, estimates, proposal responses 

• Build practice knowledge base and resources within the organization. 

• Represent Wood in the professional community by attending industry forums, publishing white papers and participating in professional organization committees as a subject matter expert maintaining contact with key customers and potential customers. 


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  Accountable for maintaining relationships with strategic/key clients (together with Growth & Development) and execution partners and supporting the development of new relationships in line with Wood’s strategy. 

  
  


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  Implement Industrial Cyber Security solutions including: 

  
  


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  • Engaging with client stakeholders including Operations and IT 
  
  

  
  


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  • Managing technical interfaces with 3rd parties e.g., control system vendors 
  
  

  
  


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  • Conduct cyber security assessments 
  
  

  
  


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  • Preparing execution plans including consideration of operational constraints and technical assurance 
  
  

  
  


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  • Specifying, selecting, configuring and testing material and equipment 
  
  

  
  


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  • Supporting project teams in solution delivery 
  
  

  
  


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  • Commissioning equipment at client facility 
  
  

  
  


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  • Managing technical and commercial change 
  
  

  
  


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  • Delivering to budget and schedule targets 
  
  

  
  

The primary responsibilities for this role for the Lead Cyber Security Engineer are: 

• OT cyber security technical leadership and standards compliance 

• Provide leadership to standardizing project execution / workflow across regions.  

• Maintain personal competency, expertise and certification in OT Cybersecurity standards, practices, and technology; inform the organization, provide training on identified trends. 

• Technical and business representation of relevant solutions in conferences and/or lead Product webinars, Industry Panels, whitepapers and publications. 

• Provide IT/OT risk support for proposal development and costing activities.  

• Supporting development and implementation of Cybersecurity strategy and initiatives for the Digital Integration group and aligning them to the evolving threat landscape. 

• Supporting analysis of the competitive landscape to determine strengths and weaknesses of our services/solutions and that of our partners to contribute to the business roadmap. 

• Supporting business in growth targets set for the Digital Integration group. 

• Be a champion and role model for ethical behaviour and compliance with applicable laws and policies. 

Skills / Experience 

Essential: 

• 10 plus years’ experience in similar role. 

• Multi sector knowledge and global project experience in relevant areas. 

• Demonstrated experience in IT/OT cybersecurity management systems, risk assessments, risk mitigation as well as application of reference architectures and frameworks in an industrial automation environment. 


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  Hands-on experience specifying, selecting, and implementing industrial firewalls, backup and recovery solutions as well as deploying security solutions, network capture and analysis, patch updates. 

  
  


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  Hands-on experience configuring and deploying industry leading switch, router, firewall and network equipment. 

  
  


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  Exposure to different control system vendors and industrial networking equipment. 

  
  


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  Hands on experience of using cybersecurity tools. 

  
  


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  Identifying, defining, and solving client problems. 

  
  


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  Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

  
  


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  Proposal / projects costing experience. 

  
  


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  Strong understanding of plant operations and digital twin solution architectures. 

  
  

  Qualifications

  
  

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    Minimum degree-level qualification in engineering, science, computer science or mathematics. 

    
    
  
  
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    Relevant IEC/ISA, GICSP or similar certification.