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OT Risk Assessor IEC62443

VIQU ITWoolston, Warrington🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 14 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This remote, 12-month contract offers an exciting opportunity to conduct crucial OT risk assessments for national critical infrastructure, leveraging your IEC 62443 expertise. You'll thrive in this role if you possess a strong understanding of industrial networks and can translate technical risks into clear business impacts, making a significant contribution to client security. Apply now to advance your career in a highly sought-after specialization.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
Remote
Location
Woolston, Warrington, United Kingdom
SCADA

Job Description

My client is looking for a IEC 62443 OT Risk Assessor to audit IT/Engineering operation technology for a variety of clients to IEC62443. You will have experience in this area, along with experience of National critical infrasturcture with in the Utilities / Transport or Defence industry.

Duration: 12 months

Location: Remote - travel to customer sites

Inside IR35 - DV Level Security Clearance is essential

Core Responsibilities

  • Conduct Risk Assessments: Execute initial high-level risk assessments (per IEC (phone number removed)-2) to identify worst-case unmitigated risks and detailed risk assessments where threats exceed tolerable levels.
  • Impact & Consequence Analysis: Evaluate the physical, safety, environmental, and financial impacts of a potential cyber disruption on critical industrial processes and plant operations.
  • Zone and Conduit Definition: Collaborate with engineering teams to segment networks into secure zones and conduits based on data flows and target Security Levels (SL-T).
  • Vulnerability & Gap Analysis: Review system architectures, existing countermeasures, network drawings, and asset inventories to locate security gaps.
  • Documentation & Remediation: Produce risk registers, security requirements specifications (CRS), and actionable, time-bound remediation roadmaps for stakeholders.

Key Requirements & Qualifications

  • Standard Knowledge: Deep familiarity with the IEC 62443 framework
  • OT/ICS Experience: Understanding of industrial network architectures, SCADA systems, and the Purdue Model.
  • Soft Skills: Ability to translate complex technical risks into clear business impacts for non-technical leadership.

For further information please can you send your CV in the first instance ot (url removed) or call (phone number removed).

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