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Operational Technology Cyber Security Specialist
Number of positions: 1 Job Location: Fraser Vly Office
Employment type: Permanent Region: Lower Mainland
Hours of work: Full-time (37.5 hrs/wk) Flexible Work Role: Hybrid
Annual salary: $ 109,700.00 - 138,700.00
Position Highlights
One of BC Hydro’s key business priorities is to ensure proper Cyber Security programs are defined and in place to protect
its Assets from threat actors. BC Hydro is continuing to strengthen its internal Cyber Security programs and is looking for
highly qualified, self-driven individuals with highly developed analytical, collaboration and communications skills to
contribute to this important business objective.
What you'll do
This position will be responsible for Cybersecurity of the Operation Technology (Industrial Control System [ICS]) part of the
BC Hydro system and will work in close collaboration with their counterparts in Information Technology (IT). Those
Operational Technology (OT) assets span across the entire BC Hydro power system – from generation stations to
transmission lines, to distribution station and systems as well as telecommunication sites located across the province.
As an OT Cyber Security program expert embedded within the Transmission Technology Operation group, you will help
develop and improve existing Cyber Security programs for the OT assets at BC Hydro. You will provide direction and
education to business areas and maintain expertise. You will also develop and maintain knowledge of BC Hydro’s
program’s methodologies, policies, and published practices.
This work is closely related to the Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) programs at BC Hydro, so you will also work
closely with them. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of 5 Engineers/Project Managers that interacts with internal
and external stakeholder resources in delivering a number of projects or initiatives related to Cyber Security. You may
report directly to the Manager, Operation Technology Telecom systems for the first 6-12 months and later be moved to one
of his direct reports team.
Duties include:
- Developing, implementing, and maintaining procedures, programs, processes, internal controls, work instructions and
reports, associated with the assigned standards to ensure ongoing OT Cyber Security programs are well defined and
executed.
- Working collaboratively across the organization to ensure consistent practices and procedures are being adhered to
related to the assigned Cyber Security policies and standards.
- Assessing the training, change management and engineering/field support requirements for OT Cyber Security.
- Maintaining knowledge and awareness of industry practices and trends associated with Cyber Security.
- Acting as technical and/or process lead for OT Cyber Security.
- Assessing implications of new and revised OT Cyber Security Programs, providing comments, and developing estimates
of cost and resource requirements related to OT Cyber Security.
