OT Cyber Security Engineer

Are you ready to secure the digital frontier of offshore energy? We’re looking for an experienced and driven OT/Cyber Security professional to be a key player in a high-impact brownfield project for the offshore industry.

Start Date: Asap
End Date: 30 April 2027

Your Mission:

In this role, you’ll help shape and protect a large-scale OT network infrastructure, ensuring it meets rigorous network and cyber security standards. You’ll be part of a dynamic engineering environment, working hands-on with critical systems and collaborating with top-tier industry professionals.

What You’ll Do:

• Design & Defend: Develop robust OT network infrastructures aligned with Network and Cyber Security Specifications.

• Detect & Protect: Implement intrusion detection systems, firewalls, access control, and network segmentation.

• Test & Verify: Participate in FAT testing of switches, routers, firewalls, and more.

• Collaborate: Support vendors in completing Cyber Security Self-Assessment Templates.

• Analyze Risks: Conduct supplier risk assessments based on IEC62443 standards.

• Lead Workshops: Facilitate RVA (Risk and Vulnerability Analysis) sessions to identify potential OT threats.

• Cross-Disciplinary Teaming: Interface with suppliers, disciplines, contractors, and clients.

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.

Your Experience:

• 5+ years in OT security, focusing on the design, configuration, and support of large network infrastructures.

• Expertise with switches, firewalls, servers, and virtual environments.

• Proven background in network design and/or cyber security, ideally within oil & gas EPC or industrial control systems.

What You Bring:

• Strong grasp of ICS, SCADA, and OT tech.

• Experience with industrial protocols (Modbus, Profibus, IEC61850, OPC UA, etc.).

• Familiarity with the Purdue Model and NIST Cyber Security Framework.

• Knowledge of IEC62443, Equinor TR1658, and relevant assessment templates.

Required Certifications:

• EX: Basic EX course (6–8 hours online or 22.5 hours classroom).

• FSE: High and low voltage safety, including first aid.

Akkodis er en av de største aktørene globalt innen Smart Industry.

Akkodis Norway er en av Norges største leverandører av tekniske konsulenttjenester og totalleverandør av Ingeniør, IT og prosjektadministrative roller på alle nivåer.

Vi leverer bemanning og rekruttering av ingeniører og IT-ressurser innen Fornybar Energi med fokus på batteri, havvind og hydrogen. I tillegg leverer vi til industrier som Oil & Gas, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Banking & Financial Services, Aerospace & Defence, Automotive & Transportation, Manufacturing & Logistics, Information & Communication Technology.

Selskapet ble etablert i 1988 og har kontorer i Oslo, Drammen, Stavanger, Bergen og Trondheim.

I over 30 år har vi hatt en sentral rolle i utviklingen av norsk industri gjennom å finne relevante og dyktige konsulenter med rett kompetanse.

Akkodis is one of the largest companies globally within Smart Industry.

Akkodis Norway is one of Norway's largest suppliers of technical consulting services and a delivers roles at all levels within engineering, IT and project administration.

Our services are within staffing and recruitment of engineers and IT-resources within Clean Technology with focus on battery, offshore wind and hydrogen. In addition we deliver to industries such as Oil & Gas, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Banking & Financial Services, Aerospace & Defence, Automotive & Transportation, Manufacturing & Logistics, Information & Communication Technology.

The company was established in 1988 and has offices in Oslo, Drammen, Stavanger, Bergen and Trondheim.

For more than 30 years we have had a central role in the development of Norwegian industry by finding relevant and skilled consultants with the right expertise.

”We believe the next generation of digital transformation will reshape entire industries and help solve the world’s toughest challenges. We are here to make that future, smarter for everyone”