FPC Global
Lead OT Cybersecurity Solutions Architect
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Lead OT Cybersecurity Solutions Architect
Lead OT Cybersecurity Solutions Architect
About the Role
FPC Global are the world’s leading digital building experts, offering full-service integrated technology consultancy and professional services to the built environment. We partner with some of the largest organisations globally, supporting clients to improve asset performance and security, operational efficiency, sustainability outcomes, and digital maturity across complex portfolios.
As Lead OT Cybersecurity Solutions Architect at FPC Digital, you will serve as the global technical authority, blending strategy with hands-on delivery in a high-profile hybrid role. You will report to the Managing Director with a dotted line into the CTO (Matrix Structure).
In an era of intelligent buildings and data centers lacking traditional air-gaps, your role will focus on designing resilient, secure-by-design architectures. Your mission includes defining next-gen OT security services and driving the strategy for our Centre of Excellence (CoE) based OT SOC.
You will operate across consulting and delivery, embedding cybersecurity into Building Management Systems (BMS) and Smart Building processes from design through operations. Integrated into the global Technology & Innovation function, you will lead the Cybersecurity SteerCo within the Technical Design Authority (TDA), ensuring field insights directly influence global standards, partner strategies, and innovation.
This is a technical role without direct reports but one that sits centrally to FPC’s people strategy, mentoring a specialized OT Cybersecurity team. You will also enhance auditing benchmarks and provide technical governance over all global deliverables.
Responsibilities
Technical Design, Smart Building Integration & Delivery
- Design & Execute Secure-by-Design Architectures: Define, design, and implement end-to-end security architectures for complex OT, BMS, and IoT ecosystems across global corporate real estate and hyperscale data centres.
- Embed Cybersecurity: Champion a cybersecurity perspective into the physical and logical design of Building Management Systems and Smart Building infrastructure.
- Collaborate Across Facets: Align strategic advice with practical engineering and commissioning across the entire FPC Digital team.
- Enforce Security Standards: Lead compliance with IEC 62443, NIST SP 800-82, and CIS Controls, turning theoretical frameworks into practical engineering solutions.
- Implement Zero Trust: Develop and deploy modern network micro-segmentation, IAM (Identity and Access Management), and zero-trust policies for fragile legacy and modern OT systems.
Technical Design Authority & Innovation Leadership
- Lead Cybersecurity SteerCo: Serve as the principal expert within FPC’s Technical Design Authority (TDA) and chair the Cybersecurity SteerCo, coordinating with the CTO’s office on global technical direction. Contribute to related SteerCos (Innovation, IT, and Technical Architecture).
- Empower Labs: Curb an agnostic sandbox environment for evaluating next-gen security tools, ensuring FPC maintains its position as a technology-agnostic powerhouse.
- Drive Innovation: Translate subject matter expertise into scalable, commercially advantageous offerings for global clients and FPC’s broader growth.
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Auditing, Benchmarking & Technical Governance
- Elevate Auditing Standards: Build on 500+ audits to establish a next-gen OT cybersecurity evaluation standard.
- Lighthouse Audits: Lead high-complexity audits at flagship client sites, establishing technical frameworks and translating findings into portfolio risk narratives.
- Auditing Enablement: Develop repeatable frameworks and playbooks for engineering teams, ensuring knowledge transfer.
- Oversight & Governance: Provide technical governance and quality assurance for all OT cybersecurity deliverables to ensure consistency with global standards.
Service Definition, Frameworks & OT SOC Playbook Development
- Standardized Frameworks: Lead the development of comprehensive OT cybersecurity frameworks, policies, and threat mitigation guidelines, deployable across clients and internal operations.
- OT SOC Design & Playbooks: Own the technical design, setup, and operational playbooks for FPC’s OT SOC (based in CoE), including threat detection rules and incident response protocols for BMS protocols (BACnet, Modbus, LonWorks).
- Scalability & Collaboration: Partner with Global Head of Engineering and Global Head of Operations to co-author scalable workflows aligned with enterprise-grade SLAs (Service Level Agreements).
- Innovate Portfolio Services: Define and launch standardized OT cybersecurity offerings (e.g., threat hunting, managed detection, secure remote access) while aligning with managing directors and CTO commercial strategies.
Thought Leadership, Market Education & Partner Ecosystem
- Drive Market Education**: Serve as FPC’s front-facing expert, authoring insights, participating in industry events, and hosting forums for enterprise clients.
- Partner Co-Innovation: Lead selection of cutting-edge cybersecurity partners and influence roadmaps to integrate edge connectivity, endpoint protection, and IAM platforms seamlessly.
- Technical Mentorship: Guide the wider digital engineering division and cultivate a highly skilled OT Cybersecurity team.
- Ongoing Education: Ensure certified (e.g., GICSP, GRID, ISA/IEC 62443) state-of-the-art expertise within the team.
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Innovation & Culture
- Improve project methodologies, tools, and frameworks.
- Facilitate lessons learnt, knowledge sharing, and process optimization.
- Promote best practices and high-performance collaboration.
FPC Corporate Responsibilities
- Represent FPC professionally in client and internal engagements.
- Lead teams, foster collaboration, and ensure adherence to company policies and governance standards.
- Support delivery efficiency and organizational growth.
Requirements
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Education: Industry expertise and certifications highly valued; formal credentials optional.
- High-level certifications: GICSP, GRID, CISSP, or ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity specialist.
Desirable
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional designation.
- 10+ years in Principal, Lead, or Design Authority roles focusing on:
- OT Cybersecurity, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), or Smart Building Systems (BMS/EMS).
- Sector expertise: Specialization in hyperscale/colo data centers and large-scale corporate real estate portfolios.
- Protocols: Deep familiarity with IEC 62443, Zero Trust models, and OT networking (BACnet/IP, Modbus TCP, KNX).
- OT auditing: Strong experience establishing site audit processes and delivering executive and technical reports.
Soft Skills
- Influence through technical credibility, engaging executive and field stakeholders.
- "Teacher Mindset": Passion for mentoring, simplifying complex risks, and building collective capability.
Personal Attributes
- Unwavering integrity and professionalism.
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building abilities.
- Lifelong learner with critical thinking and systems-level problem solving.
- Strategic-execution proficiency that translates vision into actionable results.
Benefits
At FPC Global, you join a people-first community where your work drives impact. You’ll thrive in an environment that rewards collaboration, innovation, and excellence:
- Impactful Contributions: Shape industries and redefine the built environment.
- Growth Exposure: Work across diverse functions, unlocking future leadership opportunities.
- Trust & Culture: Hybrid flexibility, diversity, and balance at every level.
- Development Support: Leadership development and exposure to cutting-edge technologies.
Package & Perks
- Competitive salary and discretionary bonus.
- Private medical insurance, flexible working, and professional development investment.
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