Senior OT Security Engineer

As part of the R&D OT Service and Security Delivery team, you will protect and strengthen our operational technology environment across R&D. You will design, deploy, and maintain security controls for our laboratories and pilot plants. You will work closely with OT security engineers across the organization, Cyber Security Office, Global Products and Technology, vendors, and site-based teams. We value hands-on problem solving, clear communication, and a growth mindset. You will grow your skills, make a measurable impact on safe, reliable operations, and help unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities:
This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Lead design and implementation of security controls for R&D OT systems and OT networks.

• Lead risk and criticality assessments, vulnerability assessments, and threat intelligence OT assets.

• Lead the Development and maintenance of our OT security controls/documentation, network segmentation, and secure configuration baselines.

• Act as a key contact for support of incident response and forensic investigation for OT-related events and lead remediation efforts.

• Work with OT and IT teams to integrate security monitoring, patching, and change management into operational processes.

• Provide coaching and guidance to team members, site teams, technical support teams, and vendors on secure OT practices.

• Lead efforts to enhance R&D's OT security posture through continuous improvement, efficiency improvements through automation and eliminating waste.

• Quality, risk and compliance - Support operational technology compliance with internal security and risk management policies and practices, as well as external regulatory and statutory requirements e.g. GxP and that Tech continuity plans are in place for all critical areas.

• People Management: Collaborate with internal owners of security technologies and act as an advocate for OT cybersecurity.

Why You?
Work arrangement: This role is hybrid with regular on-site presence at a R&D hub in the United States or United Kingdom and some remote work as agreed with the hiring manager.

Basic Qualifications:
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent experience.

• Minimum of 5 year's of experience supporting OT systems within life sciences R&D environments.

• Proficiency with cyber security tools (e.g., Palo Alto firewalls, tenable, Elisity)

• Ability to problem solve and fault diagnose connectivity and network related issues

• Practical hands-on experience with OT network architectures within an R&D setting, working across laboratories and pilot plants.

• Experience conducting OT risk, criticality and vulnerability assessments and translating findings into actionable plans.

• Knowledge of OT network segmentation, firewalls, secure remote access, vulnerability and patch management, and identity management.

Preferred Qualifications:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Certifications such as Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP), ISA/IEC 62443 Expert, or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks that affect R&D operations.

• Self-confident/assertive/dynamic/motivated behavior and being able to work on multiple tasks/projects in parallel unsupervised

• Experience working in highly regulated industries or manufacturing environments.

• Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in operational environments.

• Experience supporting the operation and maintenance of systems/applications used in pharmaceutical, clinical, or related fields.

• Experience integrating OT security with IT security platforms such as SIEM, vulnerability management, or identity solutions.

• Familiar with cloud computing and cloud security standards for a cloud first environment.

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