Principal Security Consultant - SCADA System

This delivery role will be expected to lead customer engagements, deliver final reports and presentations with professional excellence.

The ideal candidate will have a background in zero trust, enterprise segmentation, and operational technology security, as well as consulting experience and executive leadership, communication, and presentations.

The core responsibilities for the job include the following :

Customer Focus :

• Understand customer needs and design solutions that solve for their needs-short and long term.
• Evaluate and recommend security strategies for networks, systems, operations, cloud, people, processes, and technologies.
• Through the application of industry standards and security best practices, develop and recommend plans to structure secure architectures.
• Use a strategic approach to managing customer interactions and data throughout the customer journey with a goal of higher business growth through better customer experiences.
• Build strong customer relationships to deliver customer-centric Solution Management / Delivery :
• Be the primary lead in cybersecurity delivery engagements for a wide variety of clients in different industry verticals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability, availability, and efficiency of OT systems.
• Implement and maintain cybersecurity measures to protect OT assets.
• Develop and implement best practices for OT system configuration, monitoring, and optimization.
• Analyze security measures such as access controls, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems to protect OT assets.
• Apply principles to ensure compliance with relevant regulations (NERC CIP, TSA), and standards (NIST, IEC 62443).
• Develop, create and write, and deliver documentation and technical artifacts (OT architecture, configurations, and procedures) in a professional manner that will be given to Clients and others in a professional :
• Thorough knowledge of the lifecycle, maintenance, and security of ICS, SCADA systems, and other OT infrastructure.
• Someone with a minimum of 15 years of experience.
• Experience with OT systems such as SCADA, PLCs, DCS, and HMI.
• Proficiency in network protocols and communication technologies used in OT environments (e., Modbus, Profibus, OPC).
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Consulting for security consulting firms with example deliverables.
• Overall cyber security technical experience.
• Datacenter administration, including design, implementation, and support.
• Networking expertise, including hands-on roles in supporting routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Ability to perform concurrent tasks in complex environments while adjusting priorities.
• Ability to communicate and modify approach, language, and style to different audiences.
• A professional writing style and experience with demonstrable technical and business-related artifacts are required.
• Ability to manage conflicting interests and deal with ambiguity.
• Effective communication skills : capable of supporting presentations to convey concepts and solutions, writing effective emails, and discussing strategy with senior executives.
• Strong teamwork qualities : able to gain the trust of customers and collaborate effectively within the team.
• Intellectually curious with a desire to understand constantly evolving technology solutions.
• Proactive, collaborative, with emotional intelligence, and the capacity to learn and synthesize new information.
• Adaptable, with the ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Self-directed, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands

(ref : hirist.tech)