Remote Operational Technology Restoration Security Consultant

Summary

The job involves assessing and documenting critical assets, current state technologies, and gaps in Operational Technology (OT) locations and manufacturing sites for a 3-month remote project. The candidate should have extensive experience in information and cyber security, specifically in business continuity and restoration, with a focus on OT manufacturing environments.

Requirements

• 15+ years’ experience working in information and cyber security space in a business continuity and restoration capacity
• 5-7 years’ experience with the following in OT manufacturing environments
• Critical Asset Identification
• Digital business continuity and information restoration
• Risk identification, assessment, mitigation and remediation
• NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and NIST SP800-53
• Business continuity vendor solutions
• Business Impact Analyses
• Disaster Recovery for SCADA systems
• Experience with Purdue Model for OT environments and its evolution
• Ability to evaluate and incorporate vendor release schedules into roadmaps
• Ability to work as liaison between business and information security/information technology
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills
• Collaborative team worker – both in person and virtually using MS Teams or similar
• Excellent documentation skills; demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Flexibility to accommodate working across different time zones
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills with strong spoken and written English
• Business outcomes mindset
• Solid balance of strategic thinking with detail orientation
• Self-starter, ability to take initiative
• Project management and organizational skills with attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Assess and create detailed documentation of critical assets and restoration requirements across Operational Technology locations and manufacturing sites
• Assess and document current state restoration technologies and processes across Operational Technology locations and sites
• Identify and document gaps and modernization opportunities to achieve target state
• Create roadmap to address technology and process gaps between current and target states

Preferred Qualifications

• Operational technology IAM experience
• Life sciences industry experience