OT Cybersecurity Specialist

at  SimoTech

ABOUT SIMOTECH

SimoTech provides manufacturing automation and IT systems engineering, project management and validation services. We partner with life sciences companies to design, build, operate and optimise critical process automation systems that deliver fast track project delivery, operational efficiency, improve manufacturing agility and achieve regulatory compliance.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 3 years+ experience in cybersecurity, with a knowledge of cybersecurity in supply chains, manufacturing, logistics or labs being a distinct advantage.
• Strong understanding of information security principles and processes.
• Knowledge of how cybersecurity relates to other fields, including IT/OT, industrial controls, and automation systems.
• Experience in handling a plethora of cybersecurity issues and requirements, across different industries, including but not limited to, social engineering attacks, encryption, access control and threat detection.
• Hands on experience carrying out risk assessments, compiling results and presenting findings to different teams/departments.
• Skilled in the creation and editing of documentation in line with industry standards, ensuring quality and accuracy throughout.
• Have a working knowledge of System Development Lifecycle.
• A Certification in Cybersecurity (CISM, CISSP etc.) is desirable.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to work on own initiative.

• Work with manufacturing plants to progress Operation Technology (OT) asset inventories.
• Assist engineering teams in assembly of asset inventories.
• Carry out OT cybersecurity risk assessments of manufacturing plants and the technologies they use, in line with ISRM cybersecurity assessment methodology.
• Partake in rolling out cybersecurity administrative controls.Provide cybersecurity assessments of external manufacturing sites in conjunction with external service providers.