Lead Cyber Security Engineer

Wood is looking for an experienced Lead Cyber Security Engineer to manage cyber security needs of our solutions as well as 3rd party solutions deployed by Wood. The engineer will be responsible for discovering vulnerabilities and risks in networks, software systems, and data centers with ongoing vulnerability scans, monitoring network data, and ensuring hardware and software applications are updated. The Industrial Cybersecurity Consultant will provide principal consulting on ICS Cybersecurity to customers, project personnel, and project teams, while helping to build Wood’s Digital Integration service portfolio and business volume.

Due to the nature of the projects and client expectation, the position will be based full time at our office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Responsibilities:

• Advise clients and promote, develop and implement cyber security solutions for industrial control systems in the energy and materials industry.
• Conduct cybersecurity gap assessments as per NIST or ISA 27001 & ISA/IEC-62443 framework.
• Consult clients on their OT Cybersecurity Resilience roadmap development and implementation.
• Support the growth, development, and delivery performance across projects in Industrial Cybersecurity and digital solutions.
• Support development and delivery of business plans in support of Digital Integration business growth, in line with Wood’s strategy.
• Consult on solutions to strategic, contractual, technical, commercial, operational, and personnel-related challenges which impact customer service and performance.
• Keep yourself apprised of technical practice, standards, and threat trends impacting ICS Cybersecurity.
• Promote ICS Cybersecurity practice and principles within the organization.
• Support Business Development with presentations, estimates, proposal responses.
• Build practice knowledge base and resources within the organization.
• Represent Wood in the professional community by attending industry forums, publishing white papers, and participating in professional organization committees as a subject matter expert maintaining contact with key customers and potential customers.
• Accountable for maintaining relationships with strategic/key clients (together with Growth & Development) and execution partners and supporting the development of new relationships in line with Wood’s strategy.
• Implement Industrial Cyber Security solutions including:
• Facilitating client meetings
• Engaging with client stakeholders including Operations and IT
• Managing technical interfaces with 3rd parties e.g., control system vendors
• Conducting cybersecurity assessments
• Preparing execution plans including consideration of operational constraints and technical assurance
• Specifying, selecting, configuring, and testing material and equipment
• Supporting project teams in solution delivery
• Commissioning equipment at client facility
• Managing technical and commercial change
• Delivering to budget and schedule targets

Primary Responsibilities:

• Development and implementation of Cybersecurity strategy and initiatives for the Digital Integration group and aligning them to the evolving threat landscape.
• Analyze the competitive landscape to determine strengths and weaknesses of our services/solutions and that of our partners to contribute to the business roadmap.
• Provide IT risk support for proposal development and costing activities.
• Provide leadership to standardizing project execution/workflow across regions.
• Technical and business representation of relevant solutions in conferences and/or lead Product webinars, Industry Panels, whitepapers, and publications.
• Driving business in growth targets set for the Digital Integration group.
• Be a champion and role model for ethical behavior and compliance with applicable laws and policies.
• Maintain personal competency, expertise, and certification in OT Cybersecurity standards, practices, and technology; inform the organization, provide training on identified trends.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 10+ years’ experience in a similar role.
• Multi-sector knowledge and global project experience in relevant areas.
• Demonstrated experience in IT/OT cybersecurity management systems, risk assessments, risk mitigation as well as application of reference architectures and frameworks in an industrial automation environment.
• Hands-on experience specifying, selecting, and implementing industrial firewalls, backup and recovery solutions as well as deploying security solutions, network capture and analysis, patch updates.
• Hands-on experience configuring and deploying industry-leading switch, router, firewall, and network equipment.
• Exposure to different control system vendors and industrial networking equipment.
• Hands-on experience using cybersecurity tools.
• Identifying, defining, and solving client problems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proposal/projects costing experience.
• Strong understanding of plant operations and digital twin solution architectures.