Senior Cybersecurity Specialist
Air Products
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Role Overview
Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at Air Products, supporting BHIG (Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases), a regional joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Air Products operating across Saudi Arabia and the region.
Company Overview
Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company founded in 1940, with a proud history of innovation, operational excellence, and unwavering commitment to safety and environmental stewardship. BHIG—Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases is a regional development and investment joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Air Products Qudra (APQ), positioned to drive industrial innovation and operational excellence across Saudi Arabia and the region, focusing on supporting clean energy goals through low-carbon hydrogen production.
Role Purpose
The Senior Cybersecurity Specialist serves as the first line of defense for critical information and organizational assets. The role is responsible for safeguarding critical infrastructure throughout planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining cybersecurity solutions that protect the organization's information and assets from all potential cyber threats.
Key Responsibilities
Infrastructure Protection & Implementation
- Safeguard critical infrastructure through implementing cybersecurity technologies.
- Implement cybersecurity requirements mandated by SAIS (Supreme Authority of Industrial Security), National Cybersecurity Authority, High Commission for Industrial Security, and Saudi Aramco applicable standards SAEP-99 and SAEP-100.
- Provide operational technology and cybersecurity defense.
Asset & Access Management
- Lead asset management across the cybersecurity environment.
- Manage access management and control systems.
- Oversee network management and optimization.
System Hardening & Protection
- Lead hardening and patching management programs.
- Manage endpoint protection solutions.
- Oversee backup and disaster recovery systems.
Threat Detection & Response
- Conduct threat hunting activities.
- Perform vulnerability assessment and analysis.
- Execute penetration testing engagements.
- Lead incident response procedures.
- Manage SIEM systems and monitoring.
Security Operations & Compliance
- Lead on-site projects related to industrial control systems compliance to applicable regulations.
- Conduct cybersecurity drills and tabletop exercises.
- Design systems architecture and network diagrams while meeting cybersecurity regulatory requirements.
- Oversee physical security measures.
- Perform proactive health checks for detective, preventive, and remediation countermeasures.
Stakeholder & Team Collaboration
- Work cooperatively in plant operational environment with safety, process control engineers, operations, maintenance, and other relevant areas.
- Lead the cybersecurity team in GRC and Operations Engineering activities.
- Serve as Cybersecurity Manager responsibilities.
Technical Support & Troubleshooting
- Provide strong troubleshooting skills to identify and remediate system errors.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, or relevant fields.
- 6+ years of experience in OT/ICS cybersecurity industry.
- Expert experience working with various Operational Technology and Industrial Control Systems.
- Strong hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining cybersecurity solutions including network architectural understanding and improvement.
Skills & Competencies
- Expert proficiency with cybersecurity tools including active directory, firewalls, SIEMs, VPNs, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection, vulnerability assessment, and patch management.
- Expert in vulnerability assessment, patching management, and system hardening.
- Skilled in leading cybersecurity drills and tabletop exercises.
- Good level of knowledge of national and international cybersecurity standards, policies, and procedures.
- Knowledgeable in designing systems architecture and network diagrams.
- Strong troubleshooting capabilities.
- Very good English language skills in written and verbal communications.
Additional Information
Certifications
Cybersecurity professional certificates, preferably including
- CompTIA Network+
- CompTIA Security+
- CISCO CCNA
- EC-Council Certified Incident Handler
Preference
- Saudi national will be given preference.