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Senior Manufacturing Cyber Security Engineer
General Motors
USA
Full-time
Senior · 7+ years experience
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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What You’ll Do
- Implement and sustain the Manufacturing Cybersecurity Program at the assigned plant.
- Identify, communicate, prioritize, and remediate endpoint security issues and vulnerabilities.
- Support cybersecurity incident response, investigations, recovery activities, and follow-up actions.
- Conduct cybersecurity readiness assessments for new initiatives, pilots, launches, and post-launch operations.
- Coordinate cybersecurity work plans, site-readiness activities, resources, schedules, dependencies, and open issues.
- Partner with plant operations, IT, cybersecurity, suppliers, and global teams to implement effective cybersecurity controls.
- Apply appropriate patching and firmware-update practices for production-critical equipment and OT assets.
- Communicate cybersecurity status, risks, potential downtime impacts, remediation plans, and recovery activities to plant leadership and relevant stakeholders.
- Help identify and resolve cybersecurity issues while minimizing disruption to manufacturing operations.
- Document cybersecurity assessments, remediation actions, incident follow-up, recovery activities, and operating procedures.
- Track open issues through resolution and escalate risks, dependencies, and potential production impacts in a timely manner.
- Support continuous improvement of plant cybersecurity processes, controls, and operational readiness.
- Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or a minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience.
- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, automotive or manufacturing operations, industrial control environments, plant technology support, or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of cybersecurity practices, including endpoint security, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery.
- Demonstrated experience identifying, prioritizing, and remediating cybersecurity issues and vulnerabilities.
- Expert knowledge of patching production-critical equipment and updating firmware on OT assets.
- Ability to execute projects, manage competing priorities, and work independently with limited supervision.
- Ability to coordinate effectively with plant operations, IT, cybersecurity, suppliers, and global stakeholders.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain cybersecurity risks, remediation plans, and potential operational impacts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to assess cybersecurity readiness for initiatives, pilots, launches, and post-launch operations.
- Ability to apply sound judgment when balancing cybersecurity requirements with production continuity and operational priorities.
- What Can Give You a Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)
- Experience with manufacturing automation equipment, industrial control systems, or plant-floor technologies.
- Experience configuring, deploying, and supporting cybersecurity tools in manufacturing or OT environments.
- Experience with plant-floor disaster recovery processes, recovery testing, or operational resilience planning.
- Experience supporting automotive manufacturing operations.
- Familiarity with PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, industrial networks, or comparable OT systems.
- Experience coordinating cybersecurity controls and remediation activities across multiple plant or enterprise stakeholders.
- Familiarity with NIST cybersecurity framework, vulnerability-management practices, and OT security standards.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or a minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience.
- Experience with manufacturing automation equipment, industrial control systems, or plant-floor technologies.
- Experience with plant-floor disaster recovery processes, recovery testing, or operational resilience planning.
- Familiarity with PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, industrial networks, or comparable OT systems.
- Familiarity with NIST cybersecurity framework, vulnerability-management practices, and OT security standards.
About General Motors
Automotive10,001+Founded 1908
General Motors is a U.S. automotive company that designs, manufactures, and sells vehicles under brands including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. The company operates globally across vehicle engineering, manufacturing, sales, and mobility services.
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