Cyber Security Senior Project Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 12, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 12, 2026. ABB scores A on the Alion truth index.
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This position reports to:
Engineering Manager__
Your role and tasks
We are looking for a senior cyber security engineering authority who will take technical ownership of OT cyber security and technical decision-making across project and service assignments within the Oil and Gas and Power-to-X sectors. You will join our Cyber and Network team, working with system architecture and helping customers maintain reliable operations where shutdowns are not an option. The role combines technical engineering, troubleshooting, customer dialogue, and on-site delivery. You will collaborate with project managers, supply chain, manufacturing, and engineering colleagues to ensure that solutions meet contractual, safety, quality, and cybersecurity requirements. You will also contribute to documentation, technical risk assessments, proposals, and the continuous improvement of engineering tools and processes.
Your responsibilities will include
- Lead the technical dialogue in customer and project meetings to resolve technical issues and ensure contractual requirements are met.
- Own, review, and approve cyber security-related technical project deliverables, including the configuration and validation of security components.
- Design and harden system architectures according to the Purdue model.
- Design and configure firewall rules and network switches.
- Identify and resolve network issues affecting operational technology equipment.
- Provide technical support and execute testing, installation, commissioning, and service activities.
- Prepare and maintain project documentation, including as-built engineering deliverables.
- Coordinating with project, supply chain, manufacturing, and testing teams to deliver solutions on time and within scope.
Qualifications for the role
- The role requires the ability to lead technical clarification, make sound risk-based decisions, coach project engineers, review deliverables, and drive continuous improvement within normal project scope, secure service execution, and ABB governance.
- Ability to scale cybersecurity requirements to fit customer expectations and budget.
- Experience in network and cybersecurity engineering within operational technology environments.
- Practical experience with network architecture, firewalls, switches, system hardening, and patching.
- Industry knowledge relevant to critical infrastructure and environments where continuous operation is essential.
- Ability to analyze technical issues, advise customers on suitable and reliable solutions, and present technical solutions in sales meetings, project meetings, or conferences.
- Good communication skills and the ability to build close dialogue with different stakeholders.
- Fluent Danish, both written and spoken.
More about us
At ABB, we have a clear goal of promoting diversity and inclusion in terms of gender, LGBTQ+, disability, ethnicity, and age. Together, we have embarked on a journey where we all individually and collectively celebrate and welcome individual differences. You can look forward to joining an organization that emphasizes employee well-being. Collaboration and team spirit are key words for us and a crucial foundation for reaching our shared goals. We prioritize a good working environment highly and continuously invest in the education and development of you and your colleagues. If you want to read more about our continuous work with the working environment and sustainability, you can find more information at: https://global.abb/group/en/sustainability
You can be based at either our Middelfart or Ballerup office. As the rest of the team is located in Middelfart, you should be comfortable collaborating closely across locations if you are based in Ballerup. The role also includes work at offshore customer sites in Denmark and Qatar and at onshore customer sites across Denmark, particularly in critical infrastructure environments, and some travel should be expected.
The position reports to Engineering Manager, Ricky Lausen.
Apply for the job online via our simple and easily accessible system, where you can also sign up to receive notifications on other opportunities within ABB. If you have questions about the position before then, you are welcome to contact Ricky Lausen at +45 26 80 26 62.
The application deadline is 02.12.2026. We look forward to receiving your application.
ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable future with efficient use of resources. By connecting our knowledge in engineering and digitalization, ABB makes industry more efficient, productive, sustainable, and able to improve their performance. At ABB, we call it 'Engineered to Outrun'. The company has over 140 years of history and more than 110,000 employees worldwide. In Denmark, you will have more than 550 colleagues in offices in Ballerup, Middelfart, Esbjerg, Kalundborg and Aalborg.
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