Senior Engineer, Maritime Cybersecurity

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The Royal Caribbean Group’s Global Information Security Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Senior Engineer, Maritime Cybersecurity reporting to the Senior Manager, Maritime & Destinations.

 

The position is onsite and based in Miramar, Florida.

 

Position Summary:

 

The Senior Maritime Cybersecurity Engineer is a key individual contributor responsible for executing RCL's maritime cybersecurity strategy and program initiatives. Serving as subject matter expert, they provide guidance and expertise to peers and leadership across RCL’s shipboard lines of business regarding maritime cyber risks. The role involves ensuring the implementation and maintenance of systems within shipboard environments—including OT navigation/bridge, marine engineering, IT hotel operations, and ET entertainment technology—adhering to maritime cybersecurity guidelines and corporate information security standards. Additionally, this position plays a vital role in influencing IT and maritime business units to enhance awareness of the maritime cybersecurity program and their responsibilities in safeguarding passengers, crew, and critical maritime systems.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

 

• The role will be an individual contributor providing cyber risk management and assurance expertise so that systems located within or connected to RCL shipboard environments consisting of Operational Technology (OT) navigation/bridge, marine engineering, IT hotel operations systems, and onboard entertainment systems (ET), are protected and maintained, adhering to maritime cybersecurity guidelines and corporate information security standards.
• This key position will also help influence IT and maritime business units to raise awareness of the maritime cybersecurity program and their role in ensuring the safety of our passengers, crew, and maritime IT/OT/ET systems.
• Key contributor to the protection of shipboard IT and OT systems and processes to appropriately reduce existing and emerging risks to RCL maritime assets.
• Leverage information security activities and technologies to raise cyber situational awareness and protection.
• Ensure that maritime cybersecurity technology intended to protect shipboard systems and information is configured and operating per established standards.
• Develop technical standards, architectural/engineering diagrams, and procedures for shipboard and newbuild I.T. and marine operations units regarding how to securely configure and implement IT, ET and OT technology.
• Define and track assigned remediation tasks to ensure that shipboard IT, ET and OT vulnerabilities and defects are mitigated in a timely manner to reduce risk to systems and information.
• Where potential system weaknesses are identified, partner with other team members within Information Security, I.T. and business units to implement compensating controls.
• Review, interpret and explain complex maritime cyber guidelines and future regulations such as BIMCO Cybersecurity Guidelines for Ships, U.S. Coast Guard security requirements, and International Maritime Organization (IMO) to peers, IT management, IT staff, and non-technical team members as required to drive improve understanding, awareness, and adoption.
• Establish and manage relationships with engineering and operational staff within I.T, Marine Operations, Newbuild, Global Security and relevant business units and third-party marine and IT shipboard suppliers to assess their cyber assurance program and ensure that there is an effective understanding of responsibilities within their areas.
• Contribute with a high degree of self-sufficiency and resourcefulness individual and departmental performance objectives.
• Demonstrate a high degree of motivation to maintain technical skills and cybersecurity knowledge relevant by seeking self-development opportunities such as industry certifications, investing time to learn new skills, and networking with peers in the security industry.
• Actively engage in liaison activities with maritime industry associations, peer institutions, r