Summary
Accenture is hiring an OT Security Manager in Riyadh to lead industrial cybersecurity consulting engagements for critical and complex environments. The role covers OT/ICS assessments, security strategy and architecture, implementation, incident response, and IT/OT convergence. It also involves leading multidisciplinary teams, advising client executives, and supporting proposals and business development. Applicants should have 8–12+ years of relevant experience, practical knowledge of industrial control environments, and experience applying ISA/IEC 62443; relevant certifications are advantageous.
The posting
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Role Overview
Lead Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Cybersecurity consulting engagements, helping clients protect critical industrial environments while maintaining safety, availability and operational resilience. The role combines deep OT/ICS cybersecurity expertise with consulting leadership, client advisory, delivery management and business development.
The OT Cybersecurity Manager will lead programs spanning OT security strategy, architecture, risk assessment, IT/OT convergence and security implementation across complex industrial and critical infrastructure environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end OT/ICS cybersecurity consulting engagements, from assessment and strategy through architecture, remediation and implementation.
- Assess and secure industrial environments including ICS, SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI, engineering workstations, historians, industrial networks and connected IIoT assets.
- Lead OT cybersecurity maturity assessments, risk assessments, gap assessments and site-level security reviews.
- Develop OT cybersecurity strategies, transformation roadmaps, governance models and multi-year remediation programs.
- Design secure OT network architectures, including segmentation, security zones and conduits, industrial DMZs and controlled IT/OT connectivity.
- Advise clients on OT asset discovery and inventory, vulnerability management, secure remote access, privileged access, industrial network monitoring and endpoint protection.
- Lead the design and implementation of cybersecurity controls while ensuring solutions respect production availability, process safety and operational requirements.
- Develop OT incident response, monitoring and cyber-resilience capabilities, including integration between plant environments and enterprise security operations.
- Assess legacy industrial systems and develop practical risk-treatment approaches where patching, upgrading or replacing assets may be operationally constrained.
- Provide leadership on IT/OT convergence, ensuring enterprise cybersecurity controls are appropriately adapted for operational environments.
- Apply OT security standards and frameworks including ISA/IEC 62443 and NIST guidance for ICS/OT environments.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams comprising OT security specialists, cybersecurity architects, engineers and consultants, ensuring delivery quality and client outcomes.
- Build trusted relationships with CISOs, CIOs, OT leaders, engineering teams, plant management and security stakeholders.
- Facilitate client workshops, architecture reviews, risk discussions and executive presentations.
- Support proposals, RFPs, solution development and client pursuits for OT cybersecurity and critical infrastructure transformation.
- Contribute to the development of Accenture's OT security capabilities, methodologies and market offerings.
Qualifications
Desired Experience & Qualifications
- 8–12+ years of cybersecurity, industrial automation or OT experience, with significant hands-on exposure to OT/ICS cybersecurity.
- Strong practical knowledge of industrial environments including SCADA, DCS, PLCs, HMIs, historians and industrial control networks.
- Demonstrated experience delivering OT security assessments, architecture, transformation or implementation programs.
- Strong understanding of IT/OT network segmentation, industrial DMZs, firewalls, remote access, asset discovery, vulnerability management and OT security monitoring.
- Experience applying ISA/IEC 62443 within industrial environments. The standard provides a cybersecurity framework specifically covering industrial automation and control environments. IEC guidance on cybersecurity for operational technology.
- Understanding of the cybersecurity considerations associated with legacy systems, industrial availability and process safety.
- Experience within Energy, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, Chemicals, Transportation or other critical infrastructure sectors is strongly preferred.
- Strong consulting, stakeholder management and executive communication capabilities.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams and complex client engagements.
- Experience supporting proposals, RFP responses, solution shaping and business development.
- Relevant certifications such as ISA/IEC 62443, GICSP, CISSP, CISM or equivalent are advantageous.