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VDS Consulting Group

OT Cybersecurity Consultant (Contract)

VDS Consulting Group Los Cerrillos, Canelones, Uruguay

Business Consulting and Services · 11-50 employees

Oct 22
security Senior (5-10 yrs) Contractor Uruguay
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About the role

Perform OT asset inventories, risk assessments, and gap analyses while designing secure network architectures. Deploy threat detection tools and develop incident response playbooks to protect industrial control systems.

What they look for

OT Cybersecurity Asset Inventories Risk Assessments Gap Analysis IEC 62443 NIST CSF Zero-trust Architecture Firewall Configuration Threat Detection Incident Response Industrial Protocols Claroty Nozomi Networks Dragos Armis Palo Alto

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of cybersecurity experience with at least 3 years focused on ICS/OT environments. Proficiency in OT security platforms, firewall configuration, and industrial protocols is essential.

Full description

OT Cybersecurity Consultant (Contract)

Secure machinery that was never designed to be connected, without disrupting production.

What you'll do

  • Perform OT asset inventories, risk assessments and gap analyses against IEC 62443 and NIST CSF
  • Design zero-trust and zone/conduit architectures, DMZs and firewall rule sets between IT and OT
  • Implement secure remote access for vendors and engineers
  • Deploy and tune OT monitoring tools for threat detection
  • Write incident response playbooks and train plant staff

Requirements

  • 5+ years in cybersecurity, 3+ focused on ICS/OT
  • Experience with OT security platforms (e.g., Claroty, Nozomi Networks, Dragos, Armis)
  • Firewall configuration experience (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Cisco)
  • Working knowledge of industrial protocols and safe testing practices on live systems

Nice to have: GICSP, GRID, ISA/IEC 62443 certification, CISSP; ability to obtain a security clearance for defense-sector clients.

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