OT Security Engineer (Telemetry / Instrumentation)

OT Security Engineer (Telemetry / Instrumentation) Utilities Remote worker with travel required to UK sites when necessary 6 months+ Day rate contract

In short: We’re seeking an OT Engineer / OT Security Engineer with real world experience of working on operational sites (ideally gas / oil but something similar) to be a liaison between the sites and the business (Cyber department). You will be responsible for the resource management of a number of projects based on prioritisation. This is not a PM role. This is a role for an engineer who understands the maintenance of operational sites and can co-ordinate activities.

In full: We're looking for an Operations Security Liaison Engineer who can effectively manage competing priorities including; operations and day-to-day cyber maintenance, evolving capability of cyber products/services, and construction upgrade programmes. The ideal candidate will have awareness of gas transmission operational technology and be able to translate the central security requirements into tangible actions for our cyber operations teams. You will be accountable for ensuring that the cyber maintenance schedule tasks across operations are being completed; challenging performance where the delivery is below the expected Key Performance Indicator. You will work with Operational Cyber Engineers in each area to agree priority of work, whilst balancing the need for cyber risk reduction for the business. This shall include coordinating these priority decisions and activities against other planned activities through Operations Rotating Equipment Support and other teams as applicable. You will help to drive efficiency to release additional capacity within the cyber operations team. You will be the single point of contact for the security, construction, asset engineering and operations, who will be requesting access to cyber operations resource. You will liaise directly with Product User Group leads within Operations Rotating Equipment Support team on Cyber requirements / activities impacting specific products.

To succeed in this role, you will need a good understanding of instrumentation work in a gas environment. You will need to build and maintain good working relationships across the business to balance competing priorities, build and justify business cases for additional resources as new capabilities are deployed into operations by our cyber programme of works. To work in conjunction, and align to the Security Resilience Lead, ensuring cyber operations priorities are integrated into the wider security resilience strategy.

Key accountabilities:

• Provide assurance to security management that operations are undertaking maintenance activities to manage cyber risk.
• Prioritise and escalate cyber tasks with Operations Cyber Engineers, balancing risk reduction and operational delivery.
• Reporting and escalating risks to GRC.
• Coordinate and facilitate access for audits, exercises, and incident response.
• Conduct an annual review of the Operations Cyber Team’s training to ensure alignment with the latest NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework recommendations.
• Maintain and update competency frameworks and Skillstation passports for all cyber operations team members.
• Ensure the cyber operations team have the correct tools to complete the tasks and build a business case for investment where required.
• Ensure G35 and GDA Gateways engage with the Operations Cyber Team to consider potential OT Cyber Security risks and SEC/Pol compliance for all new projects.
• Act as key stakeholder for Post Delivery Support Agreements during tender and delivery stages.
• Champion and support recruitment of roles and capability for the operations cyber team.
• Produce a financial forecast of the Ops Cyber Team and submit monthly reporting to Security.
• Monitor budget in line with Price Control Deliverables.
• Support business case for future funding periods.
• Identify future opportunities for cyber risk reduction and respond to emerging threats.
• Act as focal point between CORE and the Ops Cyber Team to prioritise exercise support and investigations to mitigate OT Cyber risks.
• React accordingly to cyber security risks and issues i.e. development of Engineering Bulletins and LWIs.
• Work in conjunction with the Security Resilience Lead to embed cyber risk considerations into business continuity and disaster recovery planning.

Technical Expertise: Strong engineering knowledge and experience within OT Cyber, Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering.

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