Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)

Cyber Security Lead OT

Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant cybersecurity experience, or 12 years of cyber experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Expertise in secure network architecture design, particularly within OT environments; familiarity with the Purdue Model is advantageous.
  • Proficient in network segmentation, zoning, DMZ design, and secure remote access principles.
  • Strong skills in endpoint hardening and secure configuration strategies, including experience with CIS benchmarks.
  • Experience in conducting vulnerability assessments in OT infrastructure settings.
  • Demonstrated capability in cybersecurity incident response, focusing on triage, containment, and recovery.
  • Familiarity with identity and access control frameworks like RBAC and least privilege models.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain secure OT network architecture to safeguard energy-sector environments.
  • Lead initiatives for network segmentation and zoning to improve security for critical control systems.
  • Collaborate with engineering and operations to ensure effective validation of network designs and firewall configurations.
  • Direct OT security projects from concept through implementation in alignment with operational needs.
  • Optimize OT asset-discovery and visibility platforms for accurate real-time device inventories.
  • Conduct site assessments and validate OT environments' asset inventories and established baselines.
  • Oversee incident response for OT-focused cyber events, ensuring effective detection and recovery.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Generous paid time off and family leave programs.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching.
  • Tuition reimbursement for further education.
  • Access to behavioral health programs and life insurance.
Full Job Description
Job Number: 7464

External Description:

Cyber Security Lead -OT

Date: Mar 11, 2026

Location: Bethpage, NY, US

Company: LIPAPRD

Requisition: 82319

PSEG Company: PSEG Long Island

Salary Range: $ 121,200 - $ 199,200

Work Location Category: Hybrid Flexible

Job Summary

The Cyber Security Manager (Operational Technology) is a senior-level, hands-on technical leader responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining advanced OT cybersecurity architectures across critical energy-sector environments.

This role focuses on secure OT network design, hardening of control-system platforms, and guiding engineering and operations teams in deploying resilient security controls.

The manager leads OT security architecture initiatives including network segmentation, secure remote access, ICS/SCADA protection, asset visibility, endpoint security, and threat detection.

The position also supports essential governance activities, ensuring alignment with NIST frameworks and NERC CIP requirements while balancing operational reliability and safety.

This role collaborates closely with engineering, operations, compliance, and SOC teams, and may oversee contractors, vendors, or project teams.

Occasional travel to operational sites may be required.

Job Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain secure OT network architecture aligned with the Purdue Enterprise Reference Model.
  • Lead segmentation and zoning initiatives to isolate critical control systems and reduce lateral movement risk.
  • Partner with engineering and operations teams to validate network designs, firewall rulesets, and secure remote-access pathways.
  • Lead OT security projects from design through implementation, ensuring alignment with operational requirements.
  • Drive deployment and optimization of OT asset-discovery and visibility platforms to maintain an accurate, real-time inventory of OT devices.
  • Support site assessments, asset inventory validation, and baseline development for OT environments.
  • Lead OT focused incident response, including detection, triage, containment, and recovery for cyber events affecting control systems.
  • Collaborate with SOC teams to tune detection logic, integrate OT telemetry, and incorporate ICS specific threat intelligence into monitoring workflows.
  • Oversee identity and access controls for OT systems, including RBAC, least privilege models, and separation of duties.
  • Align OT security architecture and controls with NIST CSF
  • Support compliance with NERC CIP standards, providing technical input during audits, evidence collection, and remediation planning.


Job Specific Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant cyber security experience
  • In lieu of a degree, 12 years of cyber experience
  • Expertise designing and implementing secure network architecture; experience with OT network architecture design and the Purdue Model is a plus.
  • Strong knowledge of network segmentation, zoning, DMZ design, and secure remote access principles.
  • Skilled in endpoint hardening, secure configuration, and patch management strategies tailored to operational constraints, familiarity with CIS benchmarks.
  • Experience conducting vulnerability assessments across OT infrastructure.
  • Strong capability in response, including triage, containment, and recovery.
  • Experience designing and implementing identity and access controls including RBAC, least privilege models, and separation of duties.
  • Proficiency with SIEM technologies, alert analysis, and event correlation.


Please Note the Following:
  • Approximately 5% Travel required
  • NERC CIP position, requires NERC CIP background investigation prior to start


Desired
  • Experience deploying and managing OT asset discovery and visibility platforms. (Dragos, Claroty etc.)
  • Understanding of operational constraints, safety requirements, and change management processes in OT environments.
  • Experience with OT baselining tools (e.g., Tripwire, Industrial Defender).
  • Experience in a NERC CIP regulated OT environment.
  • ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
  • Additional OT relevant certifications such as GICSP, GRID, or ISA/IEC 62443.


Job Number: 82319

Community / Marketing Title: Cyber Security Lead OT

Location_formattedLocationLong: Bethpage, New York US

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