Sr. Engineer, AMI Technology

Job summary: Senior AMI Cybersecurity & OT Engineer responsible for securing end-to-end AMI systems (meters, gateways, HES/MDMS, and networks). Leads implementation of cybersecurity controls across IT/OT in line with IEC 62443, DOE UAE, UAE IA, NIST, and ISO 27001, covering security architecture, PKI/KMS, secure communications, and threat monitoring to ensure system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. General Responsibilities: - Policy, Procedures, Process and Systems - Ensure the compliance of organization’s policy, systems, processes, procedures, and controls in line with group delegation of authority policy so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled while delivering a quality, cost-effective service in a consistent manner. - Reporting - Ensure that all reports are completed timely and comply with the business policies and standards. - Manage the preparation of periodical management reports and progress reports to keep the business senior management informed about the progress of various initiatives and to facilitate decision-making. - Comply with organization’s requirements in a timely manner. Job Specific Responsibilities: - To lead and develop a robust OT Cyber security architecture and system and to provide expert technical knowledge in the identification, monitoring and remedy of cyber security threats to TAQA Operational Technology systems and assets. - To develop and update OT Cyber security policy procedure, systems and tools. - Act as the focal point for AMI cybersecurity on the meter and field device side, coordinating with IT/OT and contractor. - Support implementation of secure communication for meters (DLMS/COSEM, TLS/VPN, encryption) in alignment with defined standards. - Coordinate with IT/OT teams on PKI/KMS, access control, and network security requirements for meter integration. - Validate and ensure meter and gateway security features are properly configured during onboarding and deployment. - Assist in defining and verifying secure data flow across Meter–Gateway–HES/MDMS communication layers. - Support implementation of access controls (RBAC, MFA) for meter-related systems in collaboration with IT teams. - Monitor meter-level security events and support SIEM use cases, log validation, basic incident analysis and SOC integration. - Participate in risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities, security reviews, and audits focused on AMI field devices. - Identify for attacks and intrusions and plan all prevention and remedial measures. - Support incident response activities by coordinating with IT/OT teams for meter-related security issues. - Work closely with vendors and contractors to ensure compliance with cybersecurity requirements during deployment and operations. HSE, Security, and Risk Protocols: - The Employee shall adhere to all the HSE, Security and Risk Management Rules & Procedures communicated by the company, including: - Taking reasonable care of their own health, safety, and security. - Taking reasonable care of the health, safety and security of persons that may be affected by their acts or omissions at work. - Co-operate with their employer with respect to any instruction and/or actions taken by the employer to protect the employee and/ or comply with HSE and security requirements. - Report to their immediate line manager any situation which they have reason to believe could present a risk, hazard, or issue to an individual or the company and which they cannot correct themselves. - Report all HSE and security incidents and work-related injuries. - Not intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided at the workplace that supports the interest of HSE, security and welfare. Essential Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in engineering or IT - 8 years of relevant working experience - Experience in AMI / smart metering systems (meters, HES, MDMS, gateways) - Hands-on knowledge of OT cybersecurity standards (IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001) - Professional Information & Cyber Security certification (such as CIA, CISA, CISSP, IEC 62443, SANS GISCP, CISM..etc) desirable. - Expertise in secure communications (DLMS/COSEM, TLS, VPN) and key management (PKI/KMS/HSM) - Experience with telecom-integrated AMI environments (M2M/APN, MPLS, utility-scale deployments) - Knowledge of cloud-based OT/AMI architectures and security (hybrid cloud, secure integrations)