About the Company

Avaron AB is a growing consultancy specializing in matching the right expertise with the market's most interesting assignments. As an employee of Avaron, you work on-site at our clients – combining the security of permanent employment with the variety and growth opportunities of a consulting career.

About the Assignment

You will take a key role in strengthening cybersecurity across industrial automation environments in a global manufacturing setting. The assignment focuses on governance, risk reduction, and secure design for ICS, OT networks, and automation infrastructure used in production. You will work closely with automation engineers, IT, plant operations, and cybersecurity teams to improve resilience, compliance, and operational continuity.

This role suits you if you want to combine hands-on industrial automation knowledge with strategic OT/ICS cybersecurity work. You will help guide policies, influence technical decisions, and support secure operations across environments that include PLC, SCADA, DCS, HMI, VFDs, and IIoT.

Job Description

• Drive governance for implementing cybersecurity controls across ICS and OT environments.
• Conduct risk and vulnerability assessments for OT systems and production networks.
• Develop, improve, and enforce security policies aligned with legal, regulatory, customer, and internal cybersecurity requirements.
• Support vulnerability management and incident response for OT-related cybersecurity events.
• Recommend patching, firmware upgrades, and secure configuration of industrial assets.
• Analyze PLC logic, SCADA systems, industrial networks, and automation architectures.
• Partner with automation engineers to design secure networks, systems, and communication pathways.
• Support OT network segmentation, zoning, and architecture enhancement initiatives.
• Review and secure integrations and interfaces between IT and OT environments.
• Help engineering teams maintain accurate OT asset inventories and SBOMs using automated discovery tools.
• Facilitate cybersecurity training and awareness sessions for plant personnel and engineering teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in industrial automation, including PLC, SCADA, DCS, HMI, and OT/ICS cybersecurity.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-82 and the EU Cyber Resilience Act.
• Experience with industrial communication protocols such as Modbus, Profibus, Profinet, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, and DNP3.
• Experience with firewalls, VLANs, segmentation, and access control.
• Experience with OT monitoring and vulnerability management tools such as Claroty, Nozomi, Tenable.ot, or Dragos.

Nice to have

• Experience with IEC 62443.
• Certifications such as GICSP, ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert, CISSP, CEH, or CompTIA Security+.
• Experience with vendor-specific automation platforms such as Siemens, Rockwell, ABB, Honeywell, or Schneider Electric.

What We Offer

• Permanent employment at Avaron AB
• Occupational pension (4.5% up to 7.5 IBB, 30% above)
• Wellness allowance of SEK 5,000 per year

Application

Selections are made on an ongoing basis, so we recommend that you apply as soon as possible.

Here is how the process works:

• Apply for the role with your CV through our recruitment platform, Teamtailor – use the apply button on this page.
• Our recruiters review your CV against the requirements in the ad – make sure it clearly shows how you meet each one. We may ask follow-up questions.
• We present you to the client with a tailored CV.
• The client invites you for an interview or lets you know they are moving forward with other candidates.
• If the client wants to proceed after the interview, Avaron signs an employment contract with you.