Overview

OT Cyber Security Engineer at SSEN Transmission

Base Location: Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness or Glasgow

Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + performance-related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

This is an opportunity to be part of a growing security team with a clear mission to protect critical infrastructure and keep the lights on. This role will be part of a new security operations team for SSEN Transmission. The team will provide an interface between an existing IT Security Operations Centre (SOC) and the system operation teams within SSEN Transmission. The role will provide domain expertise to understand how security threats may impact the essential service.

Responsibilities

• Triage security events, alerts and requests that are raised through the SIEM. Function as an interface between IT SOC and teams that manage the operational technology systems that run the electricity transmission network.
• Identify critical security events and define use cases to detect threats effectively
• Configure and fine tune security monitoring tools to enhance accuracy and reduce false positives
• Make recommendations to prioritise security investment to expand monitoring coverage
• Develop processes, playbooks and standards to detect and respond to security incidents across the Operational Technology (OT) estate

Qualifications

• Experience working in security operations roles, identifying indicators of compromise from system logs and other event sources
• Experience working within an OT environment, preferably for a large, regulated utility
• Understanding of how cyber security threats may disrupt electricity transmission systems
• Experience with Security Monitoring & SIEM tooling to configure and tune monitoring solutions
• Experience in a greenfield role where you produced new tools, processes and training to enhance the maturity of a new team

About SSE

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We’re building the world's largest offshore wind farm and transforming the grid to provide greener electricity for millions of people. We are investing billions in homegrown energy with further investment in the pipeline. Our IT division powers growth across SSE by providing the systems, software and security needed to lead in a low carbon world, including cyber security and more.

Flexible Benefits

Benefits include discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships, wellbeing services such as a free online GP and 24/7 counselling, interest-free loans on tech and transport, Cycle to Work scheme, and generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay and paternity leave.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer. SSE will make reasonable adjustments to ensure your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact david.brickell@sse.com / 01738 275846 to discuss how we can support you. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

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Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept online applications. We will be in touch after the closing date if we decide to take your application further.

Additional

If offered a role with SSE, you will need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.