Principal Technical Consultant – Operational Technology, Network Security

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $180k - $195k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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AHEAD

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1001 - 5000 employees

💼 Consulting

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $5.7M Venture Round - AHEAD on 2024-05

Consulting • Artificial Intelligence • Enterprise

AHEAD is a technology consulting and systems-integration firm that accelerates digital transformation by engineering integrated solutions across infrastructure, applications, data, and security. The company specializes in AI transformation and AI-enabled infrastructure, data platform and platform/workload modernization, secure and resilient architectures, operational excellence, and managed services including IT lifecycle and procurement (AHEAD Hatch) and hardware integration (AHEAD Foundry). AHEAD delivers end-to-end services from strategy and financial consulting to build and run operations, partners with major cloud and infrastructure vendors (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, VMware, NVIDIA, ServiceNow, Palo Alto Networks, Rubrik, etc. ), and serves enterprise clients across industries such as healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, retail, and public sector.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary technical lead for OT Assessments, OT strategy work, and SRDP workstreams • Plan and facilitate discovery workshops, site visits, technical deep dives, and executive working sessions • Establish safe, non-disruptive discovery approaches respecting production schedules, safety requirements, and change control • Assess client environments across assets, networks, control systems, dependencies, ownership, and operational constraints • Evaluate maturity across people, process, and technology • Identify risks, gaps, single points of failure, and lifecycle concerns affecting security, reliability, visibility, and resilience • Produce current-state and future-state architecture views, findings, maturity assessments, and prioritized roadmaps • Present findings to engineering teams, plant and operations leaders, and executives • Analyze OT and ICS architectures spanning PLCs, HMIs, SCADA, DCS, historians, MES, engineering workstations, safety systems, and connected edge environments • Evaluate IT/OT connectivity, Purdue-aligned design, zones and conduits, industrial DMZs, segmentation, remote access, and third-party connectivity • Assess asset inventory, passive visibility, communication flows, protocol use, legacy platforms, and compensating controls • Evaluate identity and access, endpoint protection, vulnerability and patch management, monitoring, incident response, backup, and recovery practices • Balance security recommendations against safety, availability, performance, maintenance windows, and long OT lifecycles • Apply NIST SP 800-82, ISA/IEC 62443, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and applicable regulatory requirements • Lead and delegate work across technical consultants, engineers, and client resources • Break complex problems into work packages with clear approaches, decision points, and acceptance criteria • Coordinate with Project Managers, account teams, and other AHEAD practices • Review technical work and mentor consultants • Contribute to repeatable methods, templates, and reference architectures • Participate in discovery and qualification meetings as the OT subject matter expert • Help shape scopes of work, estimates, work breakdown structures, assumptions, risks, and proposals • Support technical solutioning and proposal presentations with senior client stakeholders • Develop thought leadership, internal enablement, and client briefings • Independently lead OT discovery and assessment work, produce client-ready deliverables, coach delivery teams, and contribute reusable OT methods

🎯 Requirements

• 10 or more years delivering complex technology, cybersecurity, network, or engineering solutions, with significant Operational Technology or ICS experience • Demonstrated experience leading OT or ICS assessments, architecture, segmentation, cybersecurity, or modernization engagements • Strong understanding of control-system architectures and industrial protocols such as Modbus, DNP3, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, or OPC UA • Strong OT networking and security depth, including routing and switching, firewalls, industrial DMZs, segmentation, remote access, identity, and monitoring • Ability to explain the operational impact of technical decisions where safety, availability, and production continuity are critical • Experience producing architecture diagrams, maturity assessments, prioritized roadmaps, and executive presentations • Experience facilitating workshops with stakeholders from the plant floor through executive leadership • Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to tailor complex material to the audience • Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, delegate, review work, and mentor others • Willingness to travel to client sites as engagements require • Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent professional experience • Preferred: Experience with ISA/IEC 62443, NIST SP 800-82, NIST CSF, NERC CIP, FDA, or other industry-specific requirements • Preferred: Background in manufacturing, energy, utilities, water, healthcare, transportation, chemicals, or pharmaceuticals • Preferred: Experience with OT asset discovery and passive monitoring platforms, industrial firewalls, secure remote access, or OT security operations • Preferred: Experience with IT/OT convergence, edge platforms, industrial wireless, private 5G, or OT data platforms • Preferred: Experience developing estimates, work breakdown structures, service briefs, or statements of work • Preferred: Certifications such as GICSP, GRID, CISSP, ISA/IEC 62443, or CCNP/CCIE

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance • 401(k) • Paid company holidays • Paid time off • Paid parental and caregiver leave • Multi-million-dollar technology lab • Cross-department training and development • Sponsored certifications and credentials for continued learning • AI application/resume review opt-out • Interview recording and transcription opt-out without penalty

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