Operational Technology Consultant
Anson McCade
Overview
As OT Cyber Security Consultant, you will help clients solve complex security challenges across Operational Technology and Industrial Control Systems in critical infrastructure. You’ll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design, operate and monitor secure industrial environments, applying risk management and security monitoring practices. The role offers breadth across industries and technologies, with a path to deepen expertise through hands-on projects and formal training. This opportunity combines technical mastery with consulting impact in a trust-based, collaborative setting.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid working
- technical and non-technical training
- professional certifications
- coaching and mentoring
- collaborative environment
- opportunity to work on complex OT projects
Responsibilities
- Identify and address OT and industrial cybersecurity challenges for clients
- Provide cybersecurity expertise across OT, ICS, and industrial applications
- Apply security principles to the design, operation, and monitoring of industrial environments
- Support OT security risk management, architecture, and monitoring
- Collaborate with technical, engineering, product, design and business stakeholders
- Apply cybersecurity knowledge to real-world OT environments across critical infrastructure
- Work in agile and multidisciplinary teams to develop practical solutions
- Contribute to projects across various technologies, industries and client environments
- Continue developing technical expertise through exposure to new technologies and projects
Key requirements
- Experience in security management of industrial control and Operational Technology systems and applications
- Knowledge of process control systems, SCADA, DCS, PLCs and RTUs
- Experience with industrial cybersecurity, data communications, OT security architecture, and security monitoring
- Understanding of OT environments where availability, safety, resilience and operational continuity are critical
- Experience in sectors within critical infrastructure (energy, water, transport, etc.)
- Familiarity with OT and industrial cybersecurity standards (NIST CSF, ISO 27001/27005, ISA-99/IEC 62443, NERC CIP, CAF)
- Collaborative mindset
- Stakeholder engagement
- Adaptability in cross-functional teams
- OT and ICS security
- Industrial cybersecurity risk management
- OT security architecture
Reference: WJ-799_25026352