OT Cybersecurity Engineer at Continental

The OT Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for ensuring the secure operation of Operational Technology (OT) environments within the organization. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and maintaining cybersecurity measures to protect OT assets, collaborating with stakeholders, and supporting incident response and risk mitigation strategies. • Connectivity Strategy Implementation: Adapt and execute Group Sector Cyber-Security strategies within IAPAC factories to establish secure and practical connection standards for edge devices and cloud/data centers, ensuring alignment with local operational realities. • Legacy System Modernization: Design and support deployment of protocol conversion gateways or physical isolation solutions for brownfield assets that do not support modern security protocols, enabling secure digital integration. • Standardization of Interface: Define and maintain unified interface standards (e.g., OPC UA configurations, REST API requirements) to support the seamless integration of Smart Factory modules (such as AGVs, ASRS, and Visual Inspection systems) within the plant network. • Digital Factory Project Lifecycle Management: Participate in the planning phase of new digital factory projects (Security by Design) to ensure newly introduced smart devices and systems comply with the company's OT security baseline requirements. •   • Solution Design & Implementation • Define secure configuration and patching strategies for OT systems. • Assign OT assets into machine groups and classify secondary security measures (e.g., line segmentation, secure configuration). • Create and implement short-term risk mitigation measures for business-critical assets. • Determine security classification and group similar assets for targeted protection. • Collaboration & Governance • Partner with stakeholders to develop and shape mitigation strategies for cybersecurity threats. • Provide input to support incident response processes and facilitate network segmentation to ensure integrity. • Maintain cybersecurity governance for special engineering applications in alignment with group sector policies. • Act as a central OT cybersecurity contact for plants, business units, and IT. • Operational Support • Perform periodic maintenance checks of OT security infrastructure. • Identify and assess risks (operational, safety, business) associated with patch implementation. • OT Device Firmware Management: Support and coordinate firmware upgrades for OT devices (e.g., PLCs, HMIs, Network Switches) to ensure critical security patches and feature updates are applied correctly. • Support the rollout of standard OT cybersecurity solutions and coach plant teams on best practices. • Technical Leadership • Recommend security products, services, and procedures to enhance OT system architecture. • Facilitate the partitioning of systems into zones and conduits, and conduct testing/evaluation of new cybersecurity technologies. • Perform integration activities: design, install, configure, test, commission, and handover to OT asset owners. • Support implementation and configuration of IT/OT network controls to protect the OT environment. • Work with architects to shape security controls, remote access, and overall OT infrastructure architecture. • Reporting & Documentation • Responsible for creation and maintenance of OT cybersecurity KPIs. • Conduct requirement analysis and document the current OT situation in plants. • Digital Factory Support • Responsible for creation and maintenance of OT cybersecurity KPIs. • Conduct requirement analysis and document the current OT situation in plants.