Cyber Security Project Manager

Cyber Security Project Manager – CMDB & Asset Management

Contract: 6 Months
Location: London/ 2 days on-site)
IR35: Outside IR35
Rate: £700 per day

About the Role

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Cyber Security Project Manager to lead the delivery of a major CMDB, enterprise asset inventory and information inventory capability across both Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) environments.

Working within a critical infrastructure / electricity distribution environment , you will play a key role in improving visibility, ownership and control of technology assets, operational systems, applications, services and information supporting essential network operations.

This is a complex, multi-disciplinary project requiring someone who can operate confidently across cyber security, IT, OT, engineering, asset management and information governance .

Key Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of the CMDB, enterprise asset inventory and information inventory programme.
Develop project scope, delivery plans, milestones, governance, budgets, resources and success measures.
Manage multiple technical and business workstreams covering discovery, data collection, tooling, integrations, governance and operating models.
Lead the implementation or enhancement of an enterprise CMDB , including configuration-item classes, attributes, relationships and data-quality requirements.
Establish relationships between business services, applications, infrastructure, OT systems, information assets and accountable owners.
Coordinate integration with asset-discovery, ITSM, vulnerability management, SIEM, network management, cloud and other enterprise platforms.
Oversee asset discovery and reconciliation across corporate, operational and field environments.
Develop safe and proportionate approaches to OT asset discovery , recognising the operational and safety constraints of critical infrastructure.
Establish asset ownership, criticality, lifecycle and support information.
Lead the development of an enterprise information inventory covering data repositories, information owners, classification, retention and critical business processes.
Establish data-quality standards and processes covering completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness and ownership.
Manage project risks, issues, dependencies, decisions and changes.
Coordinate internal technical teams, engineering functions, suppliers, systems integrators and specialist cyber security partners.
Provide clear reporting to senior stakeholders and project governance forums.
Support alignment with relevant cyber security, regulatory and critical-infrastructure requirements.
Ensure the resulting capability is successfully transitioned into business-as-usual operations.

Essential Experience

The successful candidate will have:

Significant experience delivering cyber security, CMDB, asset management, ITSM or information governance projects .
Demonstrable experience working across both OT and IT environments .
Experience within energy, utilities, electricity distribution or another critical-infrastructure environment .
Practical experience implementing or improving a CMDB or enterprise asset repository .
Strong knowledge of asset discovery, configuration management, service mapping and data reconciliation.
Understanding of OT/ICS environments , including SCADA, control systems, substations, field assets and operational telecommunications.
Understanding of the differences between OT and IT, particularly around safety, availability, lifecycle and change management.
Experience establishing asset ownership, governance and data-quality controls.
Experience managing complex integrations between enterprise systems and technical data sources.
Strong project planning, governance, risk and stakeholder-management experience.
Experience managing technology suppliers, systems integrators or specialist consultancies.
Ability to communicate complex technical and data-related issues clearly to both technical and senior non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable Experience

Previous experience with a UK Distribution Network Operator (DNO) or Distribution System Operator (DSO) .
Experience with enterprise CMDB / ITSM platforms.
Experience with OT asset-discovery or industrial cyber-monitoring technologies.
Experience integrating CMDB, vulnerability-management, SIEM and enterprise architecture platforms.
Knowledge of the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework, IEC 62443, ISO 27001, ISO 55001 or ITIL .
Experience developing information asset registers, data catalogues or information inventories.
Experience supporting regulatory assessments, audits or cyber security maturity programmes.
Understanding of smart grids, distributed energy resources or electricity-network digitalisation.

Qualifications

Relevant qualifications may include:

PRINCE2, APM, PMP or equivalent project management qualification.
ITIL certification.
CISSP, CISM, CRISC or equivalent cyber security certification.
OT cyber security / IEC 62443 certification.
Relevant qualifications in configuration management, data management or information governance.

Key Skills

Cyber Security Project Management
CMDB & Configuration Management
Enterprise Asset Management
OT & IT Asset Discovery
Information Governance
Service Mapping
Data Quality & Reconciliation
Cyber Risk & Operational Resilience
Stakeholder & Supplier Management
Project Governance & Delivery
Critical Infrastructure / Utilities
OT / ICS / SCADA environments

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a high-profile cyber security and asset-management programme within critical national infrastructure , working across OT, IT, engineering and cyber security functions.

You will have a key role in establishing an authoritative view of the organisation’s assets, services and information, helping to strengthen cyber risk management, vulnerability management, incident response, operational resilience and regulatory assurance .

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