Sempra Energy

Senior Cybersecurity Specialist - OT (Operations Technology)

Sempra Energy • $100K — $130K *
Houston, TX 77084In-Person
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar experience needed.
  • Master's Degree is preferred.
  • 5+ years in Information Security or Cyber Security roles.
  • 3+ years managing security monitoring, threat/vulnerability, and incident response in complex IT environments.
  • Professional certifications (CISSP, CISM, CISA) are a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Develops programs and processes to enhance information security and address complex incidents.
  • Offers guidance on escalated security issues requiring complex solutions.
  • Manages maintenance of security systems for reliable and secure performance.
  • Identifies and manages technology risks impacting the business effectively.
  • Updates security plans to address weaknesses and track remediation effectiveness.
  • Leads monitoring of audit logs and initiates incident responses as needed.
  • Handles additional assigned duties.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Chance to work in a significant role focusing on information security.
  • Exposure to a wide array of technologies in OT environments.
  • Collaborative work culture across a diverse technical workforce.
  • Potential for leadership and coaching opportunities.
Full Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Delivers programs and processes to reduce information security risk and strengthen the organization's security posture to addresses complex security incidents.
  • Provides guidance on escalated issues that require complex solutions, conducts critical analysis of project status, potential risks, and continual process improvement.
  • Coordinates and performs appropriate maintenance to ensure reliable and secure performance of the security systems, including applying security patches, implementing version upgrades, modifying, and improving services and performing ongoing operational management tasks.
  • Ensures technology risk impacting the business is effectively identified, quantified, communicated and managed, including recommendations for resolution and identifying the root cause/key themes.
  • Prepares and updates plans that identify security weaknesses and establishes milestones and compensates controls for remediating these weaknesses and tracking the progress and effectiveness of the remediation.
  • Leads periodic monitoring of audit log occurences and reports findings and concerns for further analysis and action, including breach notification and initiation of incident response, in accordance with protocols and procedures.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.


Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent relevant work experience.
  • Master's Degree is a plus

Experience
  • 5+ years of experience in Information Security, Cyber Security, or relevant roles
  • 3+ years of experience in incident responses, security monitoring, threat and vulnerability functions of an organization with a complex Information Technology environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Technical Skills
  • Strong technical understanding of OT security monitoring, threat and vulnerability, and incident response processes, procedures, guidelines, and solutions
  • Knowledge of OT network infrastructure, SCADA/DCS systems, data/communication systems, management systems, and security/compliance
  • Understanding of relevant cybersecurity regulations and best practices, pertinent to utility environments (such as NIST SP 800-53/82, NERC CIP, NEI 08-09, ISA 99, NIST CSF and C2M2)
  • Deep understanding of operating systems, programming, networking, malware defenses, perimeter controls, security assessment, web applications, intrusion analysis, malware analysis and incident response
  • Understanding in network design, configuration, and maintenance with various hardware manufacturers; understanding Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) / Distributed control Systems (DCS), server virtual machines and industrial network architectures and how to effectively support securing these technologies
  • Proficiency in cyber kill chain framework
  • Understands information security as it relates to the business and other areas of IT; understands direct impacts and risks to the business
  • Strong multi-tasking capabilities, exceptional skills to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change as well as dealing efficient deal with escalations and difficult situations/people under pressure e.g. to restore services
  • An overall understanding of the business objectives of service lines and Core Business Services departments

People Leadership
  • Demonstrated skills to collaborate across a diverse technical workforce in multiple locations, overseeing a full range of technology platforms and solutions as well as vendor personnel
  • Ability to coach staff; personal drive and energy level to achieve superior results individually and through others
  • Excellent communication stills and ability to convey technical concepts to a non-technical audience

Cross Functional Collaboration
  • Ability to participate in co-operative working relationships including knowledge sharing and partnership in achieving solutions within and across business or operational functions

Preferred Qualifications
  • Professional certifications in Information Security (CISSP, CISM, CISA).
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish.

Licenses and Certifications
  • Professional certifications in Information Security (CISSP, CISM, CISA)
  • Technical certifications (operations i.e. GCIA, GCIH, CEH, SSCP)

About Sempra Energy

Sempra Energy was created in 1998 by a merger of parent companies of two long-established, and highly respected, investor-owned utilities with rich histories dating back more than a century. Sempra Energy was founded to capitalize on new opportunities in competitive energy markets. The company’s ongoing focus is to enhance shareholder value and meet customer needs by sustaining the financial strength, operational flexibility and skilled workforce needed to succeed in rapidly changing market conditions. Sempra Energy is a Fortune 500 energy services company, based in San Diego, Calif., that combines deep industry expertise with rigorous risk management to deliver superior shareholder returns. In 2013, Sempra Energy produced revenues of approximately $10.5 billion.

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At Sempra Energy, every position plays a crucial role in shaping the future of energy. By joining our team, you will collaborate with skilled professionals dedicated to pioneering solutions in energy efficiency and resource management. Our culture thrives on innovation and leadership, empowering every employee to contribute to our mission of delivering energy with purpose.

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Learn more about Sempra Energy
Size
15,390 employees
Market Cap
$49.7 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
$3.9 billion
Founded
1996
5 Year Trend
+4.7%
Revenue
$11.3 billion
NASDAQ
SRE
* Ladders Estimates

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