OT Cybersecurity Associate Manager

About the Role

Accenture Middle East is seeking an OT Cybersecurity Associate Manager for a full-time position in Riyadh, Riyadh. This role involves supporting the delivery of OT cybersecurity engagements, encompassing consulting, engineering, architecture, design, and implementation. The position combines advisory expertise with hands-on technical delivery, working with clients, OT teams, OEMs, and technology vendors to design and implement secure OT environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Support end-to-end OT cybersecurity engagements across assessment, strategy, architecture, engineering, design, and implementation.
• Conduct OT cybersecurity maturity, gap, risk, and security assessments within industrial environments.
• Design and engineer OT cybersecurity solutions aligned with client requirements and industry best practices.
• Develop detailed OT security architectures, network designs, security controls, technical specifications, and implementation plans.
• Support the implementation and configuration of OT security technologies, including network segmentation, firewalls, secure remote access, asset visibility, monitoring, vulnerability management, and security controls.
• Participate in technical design workshops, solution engineering, system integration, testing, commissioning, and handover activities.
• Work directly with OT, engineering, IT, and cybersecurity teams to translate business and operational requirements into secure technical solutions.
• Collaborate with OT OEMs, system integrators, and technology vendors to design, integrate, and validate cybersecurity solutions.
• Apply relevant OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks, including IEC 62443, NIST, NERC CIP, and ISO 27001/27019.
• Develop technical deliverables such as HLD/LLD, security architectures, design documents, technical specifications, assessment reports, and implementation documentation.
• Support client workshops, technical presentations, demonstrations, and stakeholder engagements.
• Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, solution development, and new OT cybersecurity offerings.
• Stay current with emerging OT technologies, cybersecurity threats, standards, and engineering practices.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of cybersecurity experience, with significant exposure to OT/ICS cybersecurity.
• Proven experience in OT cybersecurity consulting, engineering, design, and implementation.
• Practical understanding of OT/ICS architectures, industrial networks, protocols, control systems, and engineering environments.
• Hands-on experience designing or implementing OT security solutions and technologies.
• Experience working with OT OEMs, system integrators, and industrial technology vendors.
• Strong knowledge of IEC 62443, NIST, and other relevant OT cybersecurity standards.
• Experience developing HLD/LLD, network/security architectures, technical designs, and implementation specifications.
• Strong analytical, technical, communication, and client-facing skills.
• Ability to work across both advisory and hands-on engineering environments, translating cybersecurity requirements into implementable solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational handover.
• Relevant certifications such as GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent.
• Experience in energy, oil & gas, utilities, manufacturing, or other critical infrastructure environments.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, offering an opportunity to work within a dynamic team focused on critical infrastructure security.

Application Process

Candidates with 2-5 years of relevant experience are encouraged to apply. Salary details will be discussed during the interview process.