Lead Cyber Security Engineer Job

Wood plc

Valid Till: 28 February 2025

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Job Description

Wood is looking for an experienced Lead Cyber Security Engineer to manage cyber security need 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.

  • 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 on customer service and performance. 
  • Keep yourself apprised to 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 
  • Implement Industrial Cyber Security solutions including: 
    o    Facilitating client meetings 
    o    Engaging with client stakeholders including Operations and IT 
    o    Managing technical interfaces with 3rd parties e.g., control system vendors 
    o    Conduct cyber security assessments 
    o    Preparing execution plans including consideration of operational constraints and technical assurance 
    o    Specifying, selecting, configuring and testing material and equipment 
    o    Supporting project teams in solution delivery 

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Minimum 10+ years’ experience in similar role. 
  • Multi sector knowledge and global project experience in relevant areas. 
    Demonstrated experience 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 of 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.