Operational Technology Consultant

Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need experience in security management of industrial control and operational technology systems and applications such as process control, SCADA, distributed control, PLCs and RTUs, industrial cyber security, data communications, and electricity transmission and distribution network control.
• We need experience with IoT and Industrial IoT, industrial cyber security risk management, architecture, and security monitoring.
• We need knowledge of key industries such as electricity generation, transmission, distribution and distributed energy, smart energy and metering, oil and gas, water, civil nuclear, transport, and wider critical infrastructure.
• We need familiarity with security standards relating to the sector, including NCSC NIS Guidance and CAF, ISO 27001 and ISO 27005, NERC CIP, ISA-99/IEC 62443, and NIST CSF.
• Some of our UK roles require a UK security clearance.
• All of our people are required to undergo background checks and achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.
• Some UK roles require higher levels of National Security Vetting, and applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.
• We ask that applicants meet the residency requirements, meaning British citizenship or UK residency for the past 5 years, where required for security clearance.

Responsibilities:

• We work to agile best practices and cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders.
• We use our technical skills to problem solve with our clients.
• We work on internal projects.
• We take part in live in-person whiteboarding sessions to solve problems as a team.
• We communicate asynchronously on Teams.
• We work on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week, with the time and location varying by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Technologies:

• IoT
• Support
• Network
• Security
• Hardware

More:

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster, and we work with clients to achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists, with deep expertise across consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. We operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. In our Digital & Data community, we work alongside product, design, and other experts to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions. We offer a flexible, trust-based, inclusive environment with a technical career track option, hybrid working, a broad variety of projects and tech stacks, knowledge-sharing, coaching and mentoring, and learning and growth budgets for courses and certifications. We also support physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being with private healthcare, 25 days annual leave plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve and the option to buy 5 additional days, a generous pension scheme, community and charity involvement, an annual performance-based bonus, PA share ownership, and tax-efficient benefits.

last updated 36 week of 2026