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Senior Manager, Operational Technology Cybersecurity

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Hybrid
Aurora, ON
Senior level
Hybrid
Aurora, ON
Senior level
The Senior Manager of OT Cybersecurity oversees cybersecurity measures for operational technology, leading a team to assess risks, implement strategies, and ensure secure operations across production environments.
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What we offer:
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
Group Summary:
Magna is more than one of the world's largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape.
Job Responsibilities:
The Senior Manager, Operational Technology (OT) Cybersecurity is responsible for the global coordination of cybersecurity measures related to OT systems, including development, implementation, and continuous improvement. This role will ensure the safe and secure operations of Operational Technology across the 340+ production environments. They are the liaison between the Corporate Cybersecurity team, Operations Leadership, Group and Divisional IT. This position is accountable for ensuring Magna is taking the appropriate steps to protect the availability of local production systems. The OT Cybersecurity manager must drive security awareness and monitor cyber threat intelligence sources, assessing them for potential attack vectors in collaboration with Magna's central Security Operations Center (SOC). The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuing the security and integrity of our Industry 4.0 systems.
Your Responsibilities
  • Lead and manage a team of cybersecurity professionals to partner with Operations leadership and the Magna Cybersecurity teams in performing cybersecurity risk assessments of Operational Technology. Identify security gaps, translate gaps into concrete plans or mitigation steps, and oversee the execution of security-related projects.
  • Guide the team in applying knowledge of Operational Technology, Industrial Control Systems, Internet of Things, Industrial Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Supervisory Control, and Data Acquisition security architectures to evolve current security architectures that are efficient and meet business needs.
  • Ensure the team has a strong understanding and experience with RTO (Recovery Time Objective), RPO (Recovery Point Objective), Operation Technology Asset Inventory, Secure Remote Access, and LAN Segmentation (segregating office network from the factory floor network).
  • Oversee the team in conducting effective security architecture reviews, ensuring that designs achieve the desired security requirements, scalability, and resilience.
  • Direct the team in producing and maintaining security architecture documents that establish the operational, system, and technical views of Operational Technology security architecture, including all significant areas related to cyber defense.
  • Develop justifications and risk/cost/benefit analyses for spending initiatives and guide the team in these efforts.
  • Identify industry trends, opportunities, and security gaps; lead the team in converting those needs and gaps into technical requirements and security strategy roadmaps.
  • Build both short and long-term security technology roadmaps and strategies and communicate the direction to the leadership team.
  • Provide guidance to Magna Groups and Divisions for Incident Response planning, processes, and procedures, including tabletop exercises, with the support of the team.
  • Manage a team of subject matter experts to support Magna Corporate Cybersecurity team and Magna Groups and Divisions in developing and maintaining policies, standards, and guidelines, identifying the specific needs of OT Cybersecurity.
  • Act as a liaison for OT-specific incident response, coordinating with SOC, incident response teams, vendors, and IT for incident response, with the support of the team.
  • Support the divisional IT and operational team in educating, coaching, and mentoring in operational technology, leveraging the expertise of the team.

Who we are looking for
  • 5 years' experience managing and/or directing an IT operation and/or security governing functions.
  • Proven experience in supporting Cyber Security initiatives, projects and reporting.
  • Experience in supporting and executing security policies and standards.
  • Excellent knowledge of technology environments, including information security and defense solutions
  • Substantial exposure to data processing, hardware platforms, enterprise software applications, and outsourced systems.
  • Working technical knowledge of:
    • General knowledge of PLCs, robots, and other Industrial Control Systems technologies
    • Basic understanding of IP, TCP/IP, and other network protocols.
    • General knowledge of scripting and programming
    • General knowledge of Microsoft Windows or Linux/BSD operating systems
    • General knowledge of Cybersecurity, Cloud environments, SIEM technologies

Your preferred qualifications
  • Good understanding of computer systems characteristics, features, and integration capabilities.
  • Excellent understanding of project management principles.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office product suite

What we offer
At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.
In addition, we offer you the following site benefits:
An overview of our benefits will be discussed during the recruitment process.
Awareness. Unity. Empowerment.
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire based on experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Awareness, Unity, Empowerment:
At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That's why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.
Worker Type:
Regular / Permanent
Group:
Magna Corporate

Top Skills

Cloud Environments
Cybersecurity
Industrial Control Systems
Ip
Linux
Windows
Plcs
Programming
Scripting
Siem Technologies
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