OT Security Engineer - (HVDC/FACTS)

The Role

This role supports the secure design, delivery and operation of HVDC systems across [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. You’ll work closely with project teams, vendors and operational colleagues to ensure cybersecurity requirements are understood, embedded and maintained across the HVDC lifecycle — from early project design through to live service and ongoing operations. Depending on experience, this role can suit someone who is already confident operating independently, or someone looking to develop their capability with support from senior engineers.

You Will

• Apply [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] OT and HVDC cybersecurity requirements across projects, including reviewing and challenging vendor design deliverables and supporting procurement activities.
• Participate in security assurance, testing, and commissioning activities, such as vulnerability scanning and penetration testing, ensuring security requirements are validated before commissioning.
• Attend cyber service meetings, support site security audits, review vulnerability reports, and participate in change management and outage planning for HVDC assets.
• Manage HVDC cyber risks through IT/OT risk processes, addressing changes and emerging vulnerabilities, and assist during maintenance and outages to meet cybersecurity standards.
• Contribute to HVDC service management strategies, define cybersecurity service expectations, oversee service delivery with vendors, and support service review and renewal activities.

You Have

• An understanding of HVDC control systems.
• An understanding of HVDC operational environments.
• Knowledge of OT / ICS cybersecurity regulations, standards and control frameworks, such as NIS, IEC 62443, NIST CSF or NCSC CAF.
• Experience working with technical stakeholders, vendors or service providers in an engineering or operational environment.
• The ability to communicate clearly, challenge constructively and work collaboratively across project and operational teams.
• A full clean driving licence as this role will require visits to a variety of remote locations.

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030. Our IT division powers growth across all [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low carbon world.

Benefits

Flexible benefits to fit your life: discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships, wellbeing benefits like free online GP and 24/7 counselling, interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, Cycle to Work scheme, generous family entitlements including maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave. [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] will make reasonable adjustments. Contact [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] / [contact hidden] for support.