Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Summary:

The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for ongoing cybersecurity assessments of Wabtec products to determine whether they comply with applicable Wabtec cybersecurity standards and technical controls. They will advise product managers and engineering teams, create awareness of cybersecurity standards and technical controls, and recommend best practices for satisfying these standards and controls for all Wabtec products offered or made available to customers. They will work closely with others to define and maintain technical controls to address applicable regulations, industry standards, Wabtec policy, and product requirements.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience with design, development, and/or testing of embedded industrial products and/or web systems.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in hands-on cybersecurity engineering.
• Experience with cybersecurity standards, such as IEC 62443, NIST 800-53, or ISO 27001/2.
• Extensive hands-on experience with cybersecurity assessment tools and methods.
• Experience in cryptography, PKI, secure boot, and key management.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple tasks, working with various stakeholders in a global organization.
• Understanding of software development cycles, project development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability and commitment in understanding industry trends to bring forth best practices.
• Demonstrated commitment to process improvement.
• Experience in the rail, mining, or automotive sectors preferred.
• Fluent in English, with ability to communicate through verbal and written means of communication.

Responsibilities:

This position requires extensive knowledge and experience with cybersecurity controls pertaining to mainly embedded and web systems. Responsibilities will include the following:

• Conduct ongoing cybersecurity reviews of Wabtec products and determine whether Cybersecurity Authorization to Operate (CATO) should be granted based on compliance with Wabtec policies, standards, and technical controls.
• Support engineering teams responsible for conducting threat and risk assessments to identify product threat surfaces and attack vectors.
• Interpret technical cybersecurity concepts and their business implications. Be able to clearly explain these concepts to management and other engineers.
• Drive and support an authoritative technical consultation process on product cybersecurity across Wabtec's embedded electronics and non-IT networked product portfolio including connected vehicle security, secure implementation of real-time operating systems, ongoing security support for heavy industrial systems and web services.
• Recommend and consult on the design of software controls, hardening measures, and other risk mitigations to minimize attack surface and support cost-effective field maintainability of security controls.
• Support engineering teams responsible for conducting root cause and corrective actions related to cybersecurity weaknesses.
• Create and present training on cybersecurity to different stakeholder (management leader engineer)
• Help to define and document security-related procedures
• Select, document, and share best practices for product cybersecurity applicable to the Wabtec product portfolio.
• Deliver effective project management and technical communications.
• Support product teams by engaging with customers to identify product security requirements, provide security guidance, and perform technical analysis.
• Serve as product cybersecurity point of contact for the assigned Wabtec group regarding activities assessment and vulnerability management.

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.