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Cybersecurity role profile
Hire an OT Security Manager
Security for control systems — availability first, measurable cyber resilience second
Our IT recruitment team combines IT executive search, specialist IT recruiters and scalable technology recruitment for security-critical hiring.
OT security balances safety and cyber risk: production networks, engineering stations and remote maintenance. The BSI ICS compendium approach and IEC 62443 provide reference models; NIST OT guidance supports international programmes.
NIS2 and critical infrastructure expectations raise the bar on segmentation, access and incident readiness.
For deeper OT/ICS material we also maintain an industrial-focused profile: industrial IT recruitment — OT security manager.
Hiring rewards demonstrable shopfloor or plant experience — not pure IT security without OT reality.
Role profile
Purpose
Steer OT risk: segmentation, maintenance windows, secure remote access and effective IT/OT collaboration.
Typical accountability
OT security programme, standards, retrofit projects, IT↔OT transitions, incident playbooks.
Example KPIs
- • Segmentation coverage
- • time-to-patch after approval
- • IT/OT exercises
- • reduction of unnecessary remote access
Responsibilities in detail
1. Architecture and segmentation
Zones/conduits per IEC 62443; onboarding new assets and migration paths.
2. Operations and change
OT change management; coordination with production and maintenance.
3. Monitoring and detection
OT telemetry where feasible; SOC handover using MITRE ATT&CK for IT/OT crossover scenarios.
4. Supply chain
Secure integration of integrators and OEMs; review remote support models.
Interfaces
Internal
- OT operations
- automation
- IT
- CISO
- HSE
External
- OEMs
- integrators
- authorities
OT security must respect availability — “patch immediately— rarely works.
Qualifications
Professional
- OT networking and controls
- IEC 62443/BSI methods
- plant/factory project experience
Leadership
- Bridging IT/OT conflict
- patience with maintenance cycles
- crisis communication
Salary orientation (Germany)
Specialist market: security manager benchmarks plus OT premiums.
Hiring challenges
Very small candidate pool; BSI reporting highlights threats to industrial control systems.
- • Flat IT/OT networks increase risk.
- • Legacy protocols without monitoring.
- • Unrealistic patch expectations.
More role profiles
See the cybersecurity recruiting overview for all profiles — or jump to related roles:
- • Hire a CISO
- • Hire a SOC Manager
- • Hire a Security Architect (Information Security)
- • Hire an Incident Response Manager
We also fill roles in industrial IT recruitment — including OT/ICS security, manufacturing IT and industrial architecture.
Hire an OT security manager
We validate OT security leaders against segmentation programmes, change discipline and joint exercises with operations.
Where useful, we cross-reference our industrial OT role page for engineering depth beyond generic security talk.