OT Security Engineer - West Midlands, United Kingdom - Nexere Consulting

Description

Job Description

As an OT Security Engineer, you will identify information security risks and proactively work to ensure that Information risks are pointed out, assessed, and mitigated across the business. You will work within the established governance processes to ensure that new IT solutions are delivered to a high standard of security.

Key Responsibilities:

· Overall responsibility to represent the policy and views of the team within the wider business acting as a consultant to product teams.

· Collaborate with the wider Information Technology Management community to provide information security advice and ensure that the appropriate technologies are in place to protect the information of the business.

· Work with the business to identify and understand future Information security risks and provide appropriate input to ensure that such risks are minimised ahead of time.

· Identify information security threats and vulnerabilities within projects and programmes. Assess information security risks and advise the relevant team on appropriate methods and security configurations to protect and prevent impact to business systems.

· Maintain a view of key stakeholders within the business and proactively manage their attitude to security.

· Monitor trends in information security and incorporate into departmental strategy.

Your Profile

Key Skills/Knowledge/Experience:

· Excellent people skills, able to positively influence up to board level.

· Previous experience and background in Information Security at a management level.

· Proven good working knowledge of industry IT compliance standards, particularly in design and implementation.

· Knowledge of information security principles and best practices and experience in managing information security risk.

· Background and previous experience of IT security controls.

· Significant experience of working and influencing cross-functionally and managing external agencies.

· Experience of relationship management of senior stakeholders.

· Knowledge and experience in Information Security Auditing Techniques.

· Advanced IT security certifications such as CISSP.

· Experience in manufacturing Industries, OT, IoT technologies & connected car.

· Agile code development toolsets.

· Specialist skillsets in Network Security & Cloud Security.

· Specialist security skillset in Collaborative tools / email & Application development and code implementation.