What are the responsibilities and job description for the Industrial Cyber Security Engineer position at Siemens Energy?
A Snapshot of Your Day
As an Industrial Cybersecurity Engineer, you will help secure manufacturing and production-related IT/OT environments by supporting the design, implementation, and operation of secure systems across factory and engineering environments. Your day may include collaborating with manufacturing, engineering, IT, procurement, and cybersecurity teams to translate cybersecurity requirements into practical solutions for production sites. You will help protect digital infrastructure, connected assets, and manufacturing systems while balancing cybersecurity needs with safe, reliable, and efficient operations. You will also support compliance, risk reduction, and continuous improvement across industrial environments.
How You’ll Make An Impact
Grid Technologies
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Rewards
As an Industrial Cybersecurity Engineer, you will help secure manufacturing and production-related IT/OT environments by supporting the design, implementation, and operation of secure systems across factory and engineering environments. Your day may include collaborating with manufacturing, engineering, IT, procurement, and cybersecurity teams to translate cybersecurity requirements into practical solutions for production sites. You will help protect digital infrastructure, connected assets, and manufacturing systems while balancing cybersecurity needs with safe, reliable, and efficient operations. You will also support compliance, risk reduction, and continuous improvement across industrial environments.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Support secure IT/OT infrastructure and cybersecurity practices for manufacturing and production environments
- Translate cybersecurity policies, standards, and governance requirements into practical implementation measures for factories and shop floor systems
- Help define secure architectures, hardening guidelines, and protection measures for manufacturing systems, connected assets, and production equipment
- Conduct or support security assessments, vulnerability management, incident response, and risk reduction activities across OT environments
- Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, IT, procurement, and cybersecurity teams to support secure integration of systems, suppliers, and technologies
- Contribute to industrial cybersecurity compliance efforts related to standards and frameworks such as IEC 62443, ISO 27001, NIST, NERC CIP, and CTPAT
- Bachelor’s degree in IT Security, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field; equivalent practical experience in industrial IT/OT cybersecurity may also be considered
- 2 years of experience in industrial cybersecurity, manufacturing IT/OT, plant IT, automation, controls, network engineering, or a related environment
- Knowledge of manufacturing infrastructure, IT/OT systems, secure architecture principles, system hardening, vulnerability management, and incident handling
- Familiarity with industrial devices, IIoT or connected factory environments, network security technologies, and cybersecurity risks in production settings
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across technical teams and shop floor organizations
- Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.
Grid Technologies
Our Grid Technology division enables a reliable, sustainable, and digital grid. The power grid is the backbone of the energy transition. Siemens Energy offers a leading portfolio and solutions in HVDC transmission, grid stabilization and storage, high voltage switchgears and transformers, and digital grid technology.
Who is Siemens Energy?
At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.
Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.
Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo
Rewards
- Career growth and development opportunities; supportive work culture
- Company paid Health and wellness benefits
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- 401K savings plan with company match
- Family building benefits
- Parental leave