Senior OT Consultant
Posted 1 hour 14 minutes ago by SR2 - Socially Responsible Recruitment
Senior Cyber Security Consultant/Senior OT Consultant
Location: Sheffield
Working Pattern: Hybrid - up to 3 days a week onsite
Clearance: DV Clearance Essential
Employment Type: Permanent or Contract
Salary (perm): £75,000 - £85,000
Day rate (contract): £600-£750
IR35 status: Inside
About the Organisation
A leading defence and national security organisation is seeking a Senior Operational Technology (OT) Consultant/Senior Cyber Security Consultant to support a major new facility build within the defence nuclear sector.
You'll join a small cyber/OT team with Principals and Junior Consultants. The role exists to take workload from Principal Consultants while also mentoring juniors and delivering hands-on technical work.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead OT cyber security deliverables on a major nuclear/defence programme.
- Conduct OT security risk assessments on equipment, systems and industrial environments.
- Coordinate with project teams and vendors to gather technical information and validate system details.
- Deliver security compliance activities and technical implementation aligned to standards such as IEC 62443.
- Produce security documentation, risk records and technical guidance.
- Mentor junior consultants and support quality assurance across their work.
- Contribute to secure design, architecture and control implementation in OT/ICS environments.
- You must have Active DV clearance - we cannot put you through this if you do not already have it
- Strong Operational Technology (OT) cyber security background
- Practical experience delivering components of IEC 62443 (certificate not necessary)
- Experience with risk assessments, threat analysis and security control implementation
- Ability to engage with vendors and engineering teams to source and verify technical information
- Experience working in highly regulated or critical national infrastructure environments
- Comfortable mentoring junior team members
- Defence, nuclear or wider CNI sector experience
- Knowledge of NCSC, NIST CSF, or ISO 27001
- Understanding of ICS/SCADA, PLCs, and industrial protocols