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About the OT Security Engineer Role

Penta Consulting, a technology service provider delivering professional and managed solutions across EMEA, is seeking an experienced OT Security Operations Engineer for a contract position in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role is essential for providing onsite OT Security Operations as a service, ensuring robust governance and the achievement of key performance indicators within the operational technology environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide OT Security Operations as a service onsite by acting as a Resident Engineer to support overall OT Security governance and KPIs.
• Assist the security team with day-to-day security monitoring, including log source identification and troubleshooting.
• Support operational monitoring by aiding the OT Security team with the Nozomi vulnerabilities dashboard and SIEM data, validating system status, and coordinating remediation actions as needed.
• Conduct OT traffic analysis to identify new devices, understand communication patterns, detect protocol anomalies, and identify potential security risks.
• Collaborate with the OT Security team to advise on and implement improvements for monitoring capabilities.
• Recommend enhancements for OT network segmentation, hardening, and monitoring coverage based on observed detections and analytics.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in OT Security Operations.
• Proficiency in security monitoring.
• Experience with log source identification and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with the Nozomi vulnerabilities dashboard.
• Experience working with SIEM data.
• Ability to validate system status.
• Experience in coordinating remediation actions.
• Skills in OT traffic analysis.
• Experience with device identification.
• Capability in communication pattern analysis.
• Experience in protocol anomaly detection.
• Ability to identify security risks.
• Experience in improving monitoring capabilities.
• Knowledge of OT network segmentation.
• Knowledge of OT network hardening.
• Experience in improving monitoring coverage.
• Understanding of NCA compliance.
• Understanding of IEC compliance.
• 5-10 years of experience is required.

Required Skills

• OT Security Operations
• Security Monitoring
• Log Source Identification & Troubleshooting
• Nozomi Vulnerabilities Dashboard
• SIEM Data Analysis
• System Status Validation
• Remediation Coordination
• OT Traffic Analysis
• Device Identification
• Communication Pattern Analysis
• Protocol Anomaly Detection
• Security Risk Identification
• Monitoring Capability Improvement
• OT Network Segmentation
• OT Network Hardening
• Monitoring Coverage Improvement
• NCA Compliance
• IEC Compliance

Work Environment and Contract Details

This is a contract position located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Expected outcomes for this role include the delivery of weekly or monthly status reports, daily or weekly Nozomi monitoring reports, compliance assessment reports (NCA, IEC), monthly performance and improvement reports, and OT threat and vulnerability summary reports.