Cyber Assurance Engineer – OT / Industrial Environments
Salary: £80k+ • Bonus • Outstanding benefits • Flexible working
A leading UK critical‑infrastructure operator is expanding its cyber function and is hiring a Cyber Assurance Engineer to strengthen security across complex Operational Technology (OT) environments. This is a newly created position with scope to shape, influence, and develop the organisation’s approach to cyber assurance.
This role would suit:
✅ IT Security / GRC Consultants wanting to break into OT security
✅ Cyber Assurance professionals seeking more technical exposure
✅ Individuals eager to learn industrial security frameworks, OT risk, and engineering environments
We are open‑minded about background. If you bring core cyber assurance capability, curiosity, and a willingness to learn OT, we’d love to hear from you.
The Role
You’ll sit within Engineering and provide cyber assurance across a high‑availability industrial environment. Key responsibilities include:
* Leading cyber assurance activities in line with internal policy and regulatory commitments
* Conducting technical audits, gap assessments, and compliance reviews against NCSC CAF and internal frameworks
* Managing requirements and evidence collection for cyber assessment frameworks
* Tracking cyber KPIs, compliance milestones, and reporting to key stakeholders
* Coordinating internal and external cyber resources, suppliers, and assessors
* Supporting the development of incident response plans and OT‑focused recovery playbooks
* Owning and maturing the Cyber Security Management System (CSMS) to drive continuous improvement
* Collaborating with engineers to ensure alignment between IT, OT, and security objectives
1. About You
You don’t need OT experience — just a willingness to learn. We’re looking for someone who can blend assurance, communication, and a pragmatic engineering mindset.
You’ll ideally bring:
* Experience in cyber security assurance, governance, risk, or compliance
* Familiarity with standards such as ISA/IEC 62443 (advantageous, not essential)
* Understanding of differences between IT and OT, or an interest in learning
* Strong IT literacy, analytical thinking, and attention to detail
* Ability to work independently and proactively
* Positive, can‑do attitude and the confidence to own tasks end‑to‑end
* Degree or recognised cyber qualification (nice to have, not mandatory)
2. What’s on Offer
* Competitive salary (£80k+)
* Annual bonus
* Private medical
* Flexible working
* Salary‑sacrifice pension
* Ongoing training and development, particularly in OT security
* Opportunity to work in a unique industrial environment where your impact is tangible
3. Security vetting is required, generally needing UK residency for 3 of the past 5 years.