Cyber Security Engineer

We are looking for a Cyber Security Engineer to strengthen and modernize secure infrastructure across enterprise and industrial environments within chemicals manufacturing operations. This contract position with a path to a permanent role is based in New Jersey, and will focus on shaping resilient architecture for both IT and OT systems while ensuring strong alignment with cybersecurity and compliance expectations. The ideal candidate brings deep experience designing secure, scalable platforms and can partner effectively with technical and business teams to support safe, reliable operations.

Responsibilities:

• Create and evolve future-state architecture for infrastructure spanning networks, servers, virtualization platforms, cloud services, identity systems, and related core technologies.

• Develop secure and dependable solutions for corporate and plant environments that balance performance, uptime, and operational safety needs.

• Establish technical standards, reusable design patterns, and reference architectures to guide consistent implementation across IT and OT domains.

• Work closely with enterprise architects, application teams, operations technology teams, and cybersecurity partners to align infrastructure decisions across the organization.

• Design and strengthen infrastructure that supports industrial control environments, including plant networks, programmable control systems, and connected operational technologies.

• Integrate security-first principles into infrastructure planning by defining controls for segmentation, access management, monitoring, logging, vulnerability reduction, and incident readiness.

• Contribute to risk reviews, security assessments, and audit activities by identifying architectural gaps and recommending practical remediation strategies.

• Maintain clear technical diagrams, architecture records, and supporting documentation while advising stakeholders during project reviews and technology evaluations.

• Guide and mentor infrastructure engineers, promote knowledge sharing, and assess emerging technologies that can improve resilience, protection, and cost efficiency.

Requirements * Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or comparable relevant experience.

• At least 7 years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering and architecture roles.

• Proven background supporting both enterprise IT and operational technology environments within manufacturing or other industrial settings.

• Strong expertise in networking, server infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud platforms across on-premises and hybrid environments.

• Experience with identity and access management, directory services, authentication platforms, and secure access design.

• Practical knowledge of industrial architecture, plant network design, and cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST, NIST 800-53/82, ISA/IEC 62443, and Zero Trust.

• Demonstrated ability to build infrastructure with embedded security controls, including segmented networks, privileged access protections, monitoring solutions, and resilient recovery design.

• Hands-on familiarity with cybersecurity technologies such as Checkpoint, firewall platforms, Cisco ASA, and configuration management practices. Technology Doesn’t Change the World, People Do.®

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