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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · USA job

Staff Cybersecurity Architect - OT

Wabtec

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job description

Overview

As an OT Security Architect, you define and implement the cybersecurity strategy and controls for OT/ICS/IIoT environments across global sites. You work with operations, engineering, and vendors to align security with safety, reliability, and regulatory needs, providing technical leadership on architecture, assessments, monitoring, and improvement programs. You will help secure industrial systems and influence cross-functional decisions that impact plant operations and safety. This role offers a chance to shape OT security at scale and contribute to a critical industrial mission.

Compensation / Benefits
  • Health benefits
  • Welfare benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Annual bonus (if eligible)
  • Growth and learning opportunities
  • Competitive salary range ($104,800-$149,300)
Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain enterprise OT cybersecurity architecture standards and reference architectures aligned with ISA/IEC 62443, NIST 800-82, NIST CSF
  • Design secure OT networks including segmentation, Purdue Model implementation, industrial DMZs, remote access controls, and zero trust
  • Review and approve OT system designs, modernization projects, and digital transformation initiatives
  • Conduct OT/ICS cybersecurity assessments, risk assessments, architecture reviews, threat modeling, and maturity evaluations
  • Identify security gaps and build remediation roadmaps with site leadership and engineering
  • Lead deployment and optimization of OT monitoring, asset discovery, and threat detection platforms
  • Develop OT-specific use cases, dashboards, alerting strategies, and detection content
  • Support investigation, containment, eradication, and recovery for OT cyber events and develop incident response playbooks
  • Participate in tabletop exercises and resilience testing
  • Lead OT vulnerability identification, prioritization, remediation, and assess security impacts of patches
  • Track and report OT vulnerability metrics to security leadership
  • Build relationships with audit, risk, engineering, and operations teams to demonstrate program effectiveness and support compliance
  • Provide OT cybersecurity expertise, technical leadership, and mentorship
  • Support vendor evaluations, system integrations, and cybersecurity requirements for new projects
  • Communicate OT cybersecurity risks, architecture decisions, and strategic recommendations to executives and stakeholders
Key requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in cybersecurity, IT, or engineering; experience in manufacturing/industrial environments preferred
  • Experience conducting OT cybersecurity assessments and architecture reviews
  • Experience supporting or leading OT cybersecurity incident response
  • Strong understanding of industrial control systems and OT networking
  • Hands-on experience with OT security monitoring and detection tools
  • Knowledge of OT threats, attack techniques, and industrial risk management
  • Strong writing, presentation, relationship-building, and communication skills
  • written communication
  • presentation
  • relationship building
  • OT networking and control systems knowledge
  • OT security monitoring and detection tools
  • OT threat knowledge and industrial risk management

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