Senior Technical Consultant - OT Cyber Security

OverviewSenior Technical Consultant - OT Cyber Security at WSP in the UK and Ireland. This role sits within our Cyber Security Capability team and focuses on delivering specialist cyber security services to a wide spectrum of industries. You will provide cyber security and strategy advice, technical assurance, solution guidance, specification, design and testing assurance to our domestic and international clients through the OT/IT lifecycle and digital transformation projects.

Responsibilities

Advising the client on Cyber Security compliance especially in regard to NIS-D, NIST, ISO 27001, ISA/IEC 62443 and other relevant industry standards and best practices

Developing a framework for governance as well as developing Cyber Security and Information Security Management systems

Analyzing Cyber Security controls, commenting on an architecture proposal and conducting Threat and Risk assessments

Cyber Security requirements analysis and tailoring them to the client’s needs

Understanding business and technical requirements and translating them into tangible actions

Collaborating with clients, government agencies, partners and supply chain to define technical and procedural solutions to complex problems

Working across Projects to support the delivery of best practice Cyber Security

Present to clients our Cyber Security services and define the best possible way to support them with challenges in Digital Resilience

What We Will Be Looking For You To DemonstrateExpertise in several of the following areas:

Specifics of OT, IT and IoT/IIoT cyber security

Industry specific experience of applied cyber security, ideally gained within the following sectors: Energy (Nuclear, Oil/Gas, Electricity), Rail/Road, Healthcare, Smart Infrastructure/Buildings, Aviation, or Maritime

Team leadership skills and early career professionals development

Government Frameworks

Writing proposals in collaboration with the sales team

At least one of Telecoms, SCADA, mission critical, safety critical or big data architectures

Threat modelling, Vulnerability analysis, Risk matrix modelling

Secure DevOps and secure systems engineering lifecycle

Security Policy and governance

Cloud Security including OT in the Cloud

Incident Management frameworks, Security incident analysis, digital forensics, crisis management, SOC operations and supporting tools

Strong knowledge and practical experience of cyber security platforms/tooling including IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR/MDR, and system/device hardening would be advantageous

Additional qualifications

Experience in an OT/IT or electronics engineering/systems company with knowledge and practical experience in leading teams, collaborating with clients and partners within a Cyber Security environment

Sound practical knowledge on risk assessment methodologies in systems and software development (including Agile, ITIL and V-model processes) and combining them for optimal solutions

Experience authoring and publishing technical reports, advising clients, working with formal security frameworks including ISA/IEC 62443 and NCSC’s CAF framework and defining OT solutions from a security perspective

Ability to define new services and offers to clients who need advice and support in their Cyber Security activities

Client-facing experience and excellent communications skills, both written and face-to-face; experience in a consultancy, pre-sales or security engineering role would be an advantage

A degree in engineering, computer science or other technical discipline or equivalent industry experience; a chartership in Engineering or Cyber Security or equivalent professional registration is highly recommended

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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