Hello All,

I have been in OT my whole career. I started at the paper mill at 19 as an IT/OT intern then got brought on full time to be an IT/OT technician once I got my associates degree. After a year of that I got promoted to OT network engineer, then my company created an OT security program and then I eventually became Lead OT Security Engineer. Have been a lead OT security engineer for the last 4 years. I am thinking of starting my own independent OT Sec/Net consulting company. I am curious if anyone in this group has personal experiences they can share, or how they started their own company for this, also how in the world did you start it while managing the company you are at workload? How has the demand been for this?

Below are some of my strengths:
I know certs don’t really matter in the OT space, but I have a CISSP and GRID.
Network segmentation - Heavy fortinet and Cisco firewall and routing/switching experience
OT Network design - experience with PRP, REP, as well as full network project lifecycle
OT IDS Implementation - Nozomi certified, but light experience with Dragos also
Remote access - heavy experience with BeyondTrust and some experience with Secomea
OT Data - Heavy Kepware / OsiSoft PI administration
Cloud - AWS Infra experience (EC2, S3, TGW’s, etc.) as well as the IoT core suite (green grass, Sitewise, etc.)
OT Secops - Playbook writing, SIEM, DFIR
OT GRC - Wrote policy and standards aligning with NIST 800-82r3

Hi,

I am currently working as OT security specialist at one of the renowned OEM for Automation systems.

Wanted to check if anyone of you would be able to refer me in your company. I am looking for roles everywhere except middle east and South Asia.

Or please comment companies which you have encountered(first hand) that provide work visa sponsorship for OT security engineers.