Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.
The Senior OT Security Engineer leads cybersecurity efforts across OT environments, serving as a subject-matter expert, driving proactive governance and risk reduction across manufacturing, distribution, and lab operations.
What’s in it for you
A dynamic and supportive team culture where your initiative, input, and hands-on mindset can directly shape daily operations
The unique opportunity to be part of building a new global OT Cybersecurity team from the ground up
Long-term contract with a competitive salary, health insurance, pension plan, meal vouchers, and growth opportunities in a fast-evolving organization
Role Responsibilities
- Lead & implement OT cybersecurity strategy for manufacturing and distribution environments
- Partner with leaders across manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and IT
- Translate enterprise goals into OT programs and roadmaps, drive risk assessments, and guide cross‑functional teams in engineering, manufacturing in OT security assessments, including plant audits and segmentation validation
- Direct risk assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability analyses
- Establish and improve OT security policies and governance
- Design and implement security controls for industrial environments (firewalls, monitoring, zoning)
- Evaluate and deploy OT security tools (asset discovery, threat detection, remote access solutions)
- Serve as a technical SME for new plant systems and integrations
- Lead OT incident readiness, response, and resilience. Develop investigation efforts & mitigation strategies
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance
- Collaborate cross-functionally to improve plant security posture
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of cybersecurity experience with OT/ICS exposure
- Strong knowledge of industrial networks, security architecture, and risk management
- Executive-level communication skills, both verbal and written, capable of articulating technical topics to a wide range of stakeholders to drive understanding and alignment
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in OT security architecture and network segmentation
- Experience supporting audits (ISO 27001, TISAX, CMMC, or similar)
- Experience with OT security tools (Nozomi, Claroty, Dragos, etc.)
- Experience with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure..)
- Experience leveraging AI tools to improve the effectiveness of a security tool or mechanism
- Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to interface with all levels of IT and partnering departments and teams
Preferred Certifications
- GICSP
- CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
- CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)
- Deep experience with regulatory and compliance frameworks (IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001, TISAX, CMMC)
- Ensure compliance with NIST 800-82, IEC 62443, ISA/IEC standards
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of cybersecurity experience with OT or ICS exposure
- Strong knowledge of industrial networks, security architecture, and risk management
- Executive-level verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in OT security architecture and network segmentation
- Experience supporting ISO 27001, TISAX, CMMC, or similar audits
- Experience with OT security tools such as Nozomi, Claroty, or Dragos
- Experience with AWS or Azure cloud infrastructure
- Experience leveraging AI tools to improve security tools or mechanisms
- GICSP, CISSP, or CISM certification
- Experience with IEC 62443, NIST, ISO 27001, TISAX, CMMC, NIST 800-82, and ISA/IEC standards
Donaldson Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Donaldson Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Donaldson Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
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What We Do
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
