Security Champion

Job Description

The opportunity

It is an exciting time to join Hitachi Energy which now combines Hitachi's complementary strengths to form a new and stronger global leader in the power sector. We are now well-positioned to shape the future of energy, with pioneering technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter, and greener grid. Join us on this exciting journey.

Hitachi Energy is seeking Product Security Officer for its Bangalore, IN location and be part of a global organization with offices in Houston, San Jose (CA.), Vasteras (Sweden) and Krakow (Poland). Under limited direction, perform complex assignments requiring diversified and expert cybersecurity knowledge to cost effectively accomplish the organization's goals and objectives. Proactively seek and implement initiatives to improve cybersecurity quality and increase customer satisfaction.

How You'll Make An Impact

- Responsible for security of products in BU or product group. Definition of a product's cybersecurity release criteria. Product security release clearance.
- Drive products-related activities to protect the company reputation and business against cybersecurity risks and threats: identify gaps by monitoring activities and ensure deployment of effective security actions.
- Support vulnerability management and incident handling processes for products.
- Support the maintenance of the common company-wide release requirements.
- Initiate and sustain sharing of best practices and standardized technical solutions.
- Drive awareness on cybersecurity risks, requirements and compliance. Report results and status to BU Cybersecurity Manager. Leading a global team of Product Security Engineers.
- Interfacing with cybersecurity management, product management and development teams.
- Additional responsibilities are, IEC 62351 standardization management. This work covers status updates on all IEC 62351 standard parts within the company and driving (influencing) standard parts such as based on the holistic feedback received from various stakeholders.
- Formulation of IEC 62351-14 cybersecurity event logging standard on behalf of the company for its establishment in IEC and thus the entire world. IEC 62443 certification management - Drive and provide expert technical input to the product development organization units and the respective products for achieving IEC 62443 certificates.
- Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
- Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

Your background

- Candidate should hold a bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science or Risk Management with relevant 5 years of experience in product development, engineering or similar.
- Knowledge of offerings (products, systems and services) is beneficial knowledge of processes, workflows and tools to deliver offerings.
- Windows/Red Hat OS hardening and security configurations
- Secure communication protocols - Kerberos, OpenSSL etc.
- System security architecture & configuration
- Hands on development skills in C++, C#, PL/SQL
- Background in cybersecurity threats and defense (e.g., technology, procedures).
- Risk assessment by threat modeling and industry standard frameworks.
- Secure Software Development Lifecycle. Cybersecure architecture and design.
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.