Cyber Security Engineer - OT/ICS
First seen by Alion on Aug 27, 2026.
Engineer Cyber Security | OT/ICS | PAN India
We are looking for an experienced Cyber Security Engineer with strong expertise in OT/ICS Cybersecurity and hands-on exposure to critical power, industrial automation, and substation environments.
Location : PAN India
Experience : 4-12 Years
Work Mode : Hybrid / Project-based
Role Overview :
The candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and supporting cybersecurity solutions for OT/ICS, SCADA, substation, FACTS, STATCOM and other critical infrastructure environments. The role involves working closely with engineering, networking, SCADA, protection, commissioning, customers, and third-party teams to ensure secure and reliable industrial systems.
Key Responsibilities :
- Design and implement OT/ICS cybersecurity architecture for critical power and industrial environments.
- Develop security architecture, cybersecurity design documents, hardening guidelines, and implementation procedures.
- Perform OT/ICS risk assessments, threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, and security analysis.
- Configure and support firewalls, industrial switches, VLANs, VPNs, routing, network segmentation, and secure remote access.
- Design secure networks for SCADA, HMI, RTU, gateways, engineering workstations, and protection relays/IEDs.
- Implement server/device hardening, access controls, endpoint protection, patch management, antivirus, and application whitelisting.
- Work with DMZ, Active Directory, Syslog, Jump Servers, and secure remote-access infrastructure.
- Support cybersecurity FAT/SAT, security testing, compliance assessments, audits, and customer requirements.
- Perform network packet analysis and troubleshooting using Wireshark.
- Coordinate with customers, OEMs, consultants, engineering teams, and third-party cybersecurity agencies.
Mandatory Technical Skills :
- OT/ICS Cybersecurity Engineering
- Hands-on experience with STATCOM / FACTS / HVDC / Substation Projects
- IEC 62443, IEC 62351, ISO 27001 & NERC CIP
- SCADA, HMI, RTU, Gateways & Protection Relays
- Industrial Ethernet, VLAN, VPN, Routing & Network Segmentation
- Firewalls Palo Alto / Fortinet / Cisco / Hirschmann / Moxa
- Windows/Linux Server Hardening & Active Directory
- Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing & Threat Modelling
- DMZ, Syslog, Jump Servers & Secure Remote Access
- Cybersecurity FAT/SAT, Testing & Compliance
- Wireshark / Network Packet Analysis
Preferred Skills :
- Power Transmission & Distribution
- Renewable Energy / Power Plant / Critical Infrastructure
- IEC 61850 / Substation Automation Systems
- Certifications : CISSP / GICSP / CEH / Security+ / CCNP Security
Ideal Candidate :
Looking for professionals who have strong hands-on experience in OT/ICS cybersecurity, understand industrial control environments, and can independently contribute to cybersecurity engineering, implementation, testing, and project delivery.
Skills
Cyber Security, OT Security, SCADA, Network Security, Security Risk Management, Firewall, Vulnerability Assessment, Penetration Testing