Cyber Assurance Engineer

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 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) 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 Security vetting is required, generally needing UK residency for 3 of the past 5 years