OT Cybersecurity Associate Manager

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About the Role Support the delivery of OT cybersecurity engagements across consulting, engineering, architecture, design, and implementation. The role combines advisory expertise with hands-on technical delivery, working with clients, OT teams, OEMs, and technology vendors to design and implement practical, secure OT environments. Key Responsibilities Support end-to-end OT cybersecurity engagements across assessment, strategy, architecture, engineering, design, and implementation. Conduct OT cybersecurity maturity, gap, risk, and security assessments across industrial environments. Design and engineer OT cybersecurity solutions aligned with client requirements and industry best practices. Develop detailed OT security architectures, network designs, security controls, technical specifications, and implementation plans. Support the implementation and configuration of OT security technologies, including network segmentation, firewalls, secure remote access, asset visibility, monitoring, vulnerability management, and security controls. Participate in technical design workshops, solution engineering, system integration, testing, commissioning, and handover activities. Work directly with OT, engineering, IT, and cybersecurity teams to translate business and operational requirements into secure technical solutions. Work with OT OEMs, system integrators, and technology vendors to design, integrate, and validate cybersecurity solutions. Apply relevant OT cybersecurity standards and frameworks, including IEC 62443, NIST, NERC CIP, and ISO 27001/27019. Develop technical deliverables including HLD/LLD, security architectures, design documents, technical specifications, assessment reports, and implementation documentation. Support client workshops, technical presentations, demonstrations, and stakeholder engagements. Contribute to proposals, RFP responses, solution development, and new OT cybersecurity offerings. Stay current with emerging OT technologies, cybersecurity threats, standards, and engineering practices. Required Qualifications 4+ years of cybersecurity experience, with significant exposure to OT/ICS cybersecurity. Proven experience in OT cybersecurity consulting, engineering, design, and implementation. Practical understanding of OT/ICS architectures, industrial networks, protocols, control systems, and engineering environments. Hands-on experience designing or implementing OT security solutions and technologies. Experience working with OT OEMs, system integrators, and industrial technology vendors. Strong knowledge of IEC 62443, NIST, and other relevant OT cybersecurity standards. Experience developing HLD/LLD, network/security architectures, technical designs, and implementation specifications. Strong analytical, technical, communication, and client-facing skills. Ability to work across both advisory and hands-on engineering environments, translating cybersecurity requirements into implementable solutions. Preferred Qualifications Experience supporting system integration, testing, commissioning, and operational handover is highly desirable. Relevant certifications such as GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443, CISSP, CISM, or equivalent are desirable. Experience in energy, oil & gas, utilities, manufacturing, or other critical infrastructure environments is preferred. About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. 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