Industrial Cybersecurity Specialist - Contract

1099 contract, no 3rd parties

Our client in the aeronautic sector is looking for an Industrial Cyber Specialist for its Digital Industrial cybersecurity department to provide guidance to the local plants or sites on industrial systems and solutions cybersecurity.

Start date: Early September

The Industrial Cyber Security Specialist is a key role in the Digital Industrial Cyber Security Solutions and Operations department. You will be the bridge between Industrial business stakeholders and the cyber security technologies, solutions, and services provided by the Digital Cyber Security and Corporate Security organizations. It is the interface between the local plant and Digital Cybersecurity and corporate security for various projects and activities associated with the industrial systems, solutions, and assets.

The Digital Industrial Cyber Security team work together with the plant’s multifunctional Information Management (IM) team, other technical specialists (IT-OT + maintenance), as well as other internal or external stakeholders to ensure the technical availability, security, and resilience of the plant’s industrial systems.

Reporting directly to the Industrial cybersecurity manager for North America, you will be the key contact for local plant activities, ongoing daily operations and future projects.

The current workload on the industrial cybersecurity team is very high, therefore support is required to provide day to day run mode support into the plant as well as upcoming projects.

Responsibilities

• Support for local and global projects to move and integrate industrial systems to a secure industrial perimeter
• General guidance to plant around questions relating to industrial cyber security
• Provide guidance and support to the local IT/OT and maintenance teams who are responsible for the on the ground activities in support of industrial cyber security activities.
• Support for the delivery of ICS toolsets such as Industrial antivirus, Backup solutions, maintenance of an industrial asset register (OT-CMDB) etc. Into the Industrial environment.
• Support for the analysis and approving of firewall requests related to industrial assets and solutions within the
• plant.
• Support any cyber security investigation related to the industrial landscape
• Support Security by Design for OT environment
• Carry out continued identification of shop floor cybersecurity needs and risks
• Supervise, advise and help local ITinOT (maintenance technicians) teams security activities (SW/security SW maintenance, incident response, change control for Industrial IT, Operational Technology (OT), and Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS))
• Provide feedback to local IM teams and plant businesses insights into Industrial cybersecurity.
• Provide weekly and monthly reporting to track projects, risks and on-going activities

• Solid understanding of Operational Technology, ICS/IACS, automation systems, shop floor processes and requirements in shop floor environments.
• IT professional experience in information security technology, ideally with focus/experience in cyber incident detection and response is an asset.
• Extensive knowledge of security framework such as NIST 800-53
• Proven experience in operational technology (OT) is an asset
• Very good networking, communication and presentation skills at all levels
• Proficiency in English is required, proficiency in French is a plus

• Contract 1099 - 1 year contract