WSP in the UK & Ireland
Senior Technical Consultant - OT Cyber Security
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Senior Technical Consultant - OT Cyber Security
Cyber Security Consultant (Operational Technology Cybersecurity) – WSP
What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects, and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. Our culture celebrates curiosity, diverse perspectives, and new ideas, offering a world of opportunity to shape a unique career.
About the Role
We are one of the world’s leading engineering, professional services, and technical consultancy firms, passionate about solving ambitious challenges and delivering profound long-term impacts. Our global digital strategy has firmly established Operational Technology Cybersecurity (OT Cybersecurity) as a key focus area, driven by our commitment to providing high-impact cybersecurity services tailored to real-world contexts.
We are now seeking an experienced Cyber Security Consultant to join our industry-leading Cyber Security Capability Team, supporting clients across diverse industries with specialist OT/IT and digital transformation solutions.
As part of this role, you will:
- Advise clients on compliance standards (NIS-D, NIST, ISO 27001, ISA/IEC 62443).
- Develop Cyber Security governance frameworks and implement Information Security Management Systems.
- Analyse controls systems, perform Threat and Risk assessments and provide technical assurance.
- Align strategic planning with client needs, refining digital resilience solutions.
- Collaborate across projects to embed best-practice cybersecurity measures globally.
This is a chance to contribute meaningfully to WSP’s growth while enjoying professional development, career impact, and cross-functional innovation.
Key Responsibilities
You will oversee cybersecurity engagements from conceptualisation to execution, delivering end-to-end support across OT/IT projects while delivering business value and growth within client-driven digital transformation initiatives. Core responsibilities include:
- Providing technical and strategic advice on cybersecurity needs, from compliance needs to secure architecture design.
- Leading cybersecurity testing, reviews, and assurance activities aligned with client lifecycles.
- Developing secure solutions tailored to safety-critical, mission-critical, or complex data-driven systems.
- Collaborating with stakeholders—including government agencies, partners, and enterprises—to build end-to-end security frameworks within client environments.
- Enhancing WSP’s cybersecurity capabilities, guiding strategic business add-ons and long-term facing the industry landscape.
- Producing consultative proposals in concert with sales and delivery teams.
- Presenting cybersecurity indices and pedagogies for digital resilience challenges across industries.
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Key Commitments of this Role
Expertise in Applied Cybersecurity Across Environments
- Have experience as a Cyber Security Consultant in OT environments, preferably within:
- Nuclear/Heavy Energy Infrastructure
- Oil/Gas/Subsea Utilities
- Electricity Grid & Smart Infrastructure
- Rail, Aviation & Maritime Transport
- Healthcare Systems & Related Critical Environments
Technical and Strategic Insights
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Mastery in Threat Modelling, Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Framework Development and Matrix Modelling.
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A sound knowledge of secure software lifecycle methodologies, including Secure DevOps, Agile, ITIL and V-model.
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Proficiency in ISA/IEC 62443, NCSC frameworks, secure architecture domains, such as:
- Telecoms
- SCADA
- Mission-critical Safeguarding
- Big Data
- Cloud environments (including **cloud-native or identity-driven OT)
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Experience defining and optimising governance policies aligned with cybersecurity best practices, governance standards, CAF frameworks and global chief security authorities.
Refinement and Knowledge Sharing
- Proven ability to train and develop early or mid-career professionals while cultivating team leadership skills.
- Embedding systemic improvements through formal cybersecurity frameworks, revisiting and implementing quality assurance steps.
Who You Are – Credentials and Expectations
Employability and Technical Track Record We look for individuals who showcase strong understanding and hands-on practical experience in:
- Applying risk management frameworks in software and system development.
- Tailoring security best practices to specific OT/IT domains with impact.
- Authorship/co-authoring technical reports, client-facing guidance, or workshops around security.
- Working within consulting firms, engineering households, security vendor supply chains.
Requirement for Principle Knowledge:
- Proficient in cybersecurity platforms and tooling (IDS/IPS, EDR/MDR, SIEM, FORNs).
- Proven experience with decision-level incident-response, forensics and cyber threat intelligence.
- Supporting SOC analysis or discrete breach-forensics workflows-leading to IOC/IRIM analysis.
- Understanding of the specificities between Data Protection/Operational Technology Security. Realistic metrics for hardening systems, managing network security policies against an adroit attack model landscape.
Soft Skills and Professionalism:
- Rigorous communication–beyond document production and meetings into managing comprehensive change reviews with clients and authorities.
- Ability to contribute actively in collaborative improvement, with a commitment to seeing risks through from analysis to resolution
- preferable engineering career arc: degrees in computerscience/engineering, or professional registration as chatered/engineering or cybersecurity expert member of an associates’ body.
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Why Work with Us?
A Company of Purpose & Growth
Join a global firm with over 69,000 employees, actively shaping colleagues, industry and societies; delivering on objectives critical to future sustainability initiatives.
Generous Work-Life Flexibility:
- Rightfully, we are two days in-office, remote supported. The remaining three days expand to allow for further autonomous productivity and collaborative immersion.
Inclusion, Belonging & Our Ethos of Care WSP’s culture champions caring, inclusion, respect and a solid foundation for creative work:
- Women, minorities, neurodivergent professionals are not just welcome—they are encouraged.
- Employee resource groups unite teams around individual identity factors to promote continuous improvement within workplace culture.
- Workplace adjustments and support for disabilities are benchmarked legally and delivered confidently, as part of our organisation’s values.
Health & Wellbeing Priority Staying well is at our core, through a multi-incentivised package featuring:
- Access to our Thrive portal, with tailored mental health, fitness and nutrition resources.
- A Gymflex discount offering deals on year-round health programs at participating partner gyms.
- Nursing-home visits available, providing UK-based GP and medical help electronically, on demand.
- Comprehensive Menstrual Wellness Support initiatives.
A Career That Develops You Engage with ongoing career foundation development programs, tailored to your learnings style. Mechanism include bespoke mentorship, shadowing, conference and international rotation incubation tracks, degree apprenticeship initiatives and pathways for Chartership or certifications aligned to your choices.
What Else can you Gain?
- Competitive total rewards with substantial engagement.
- Diverse reward Offerings: Income flexibility opportunities and custom build-ability to your ascribed array of professional benefits.
Our roots run global—be part of people making a difference. #WeAreWSP
Join us as an impact-driven, purpose-endorsing consultant elated to make a port in shaping WSP’s Cybersecurity leadership.
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Diversity Statement: WSP positively encourage applications from talent regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity. As an inclusive and Disability Confident leader, we actively support accessibility measures. Please ensure any required adjustments are communicated early to enhance your productive participation.
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