Solution Engineer

Employment Type: Contract with potential to convert according to business needs.

Industry: Manufacturing

Compensation:$50.00-$75.00/Hour

Schedule: 40 Hours/Week
-1st Shift, 8:00 to 4:00 EST

Hybrid--60% remote but 40% on site

• Contractor will support delivery and implementation across Industrial Cybersecurity Services Portfolios
• Plant Security Services:
  Security Assessments, Industrial Security Consulting, Remote Industrial Operations Services (RIOpS)
• Network Security Services:
  Industrial Next Generation Firewall, Industrial DMZ Infrastructure, Remote Platform SaaS (cRSP)
• System Integrity Services:
  Endpoint Protection, Vulnerability Services (incl. Vilocify + PoC), Patch Management, Backup & Restore.

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritises both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

What You'll Do:

• Execute industrial/OT security assessments (site/remote), including asset inventory validation, risk findings, and actionable remediation plans aligned to customer environments (plant/line/cell, ICS/SCADA).
• Design and implement network security controls: segmentation approach, Industrial DMZ patterns, firewall policy/ruleset development, and OT/IT integration hardening for industrial networks.
• Support remote operations enablement (RIOpS / cRSP): define secure remote access patterns, operational runbooks, monitoring/incident handling procedures, and customer handover artifacts.
• Deliver system integrity services: endpoint protection rollout support, vulnerability scanning coordination (Vilocify services + PoC support), patching strategy and execution planning, and backup/restore validation.
• Produce customer-ready deliverables (assessment reports, architectures, implementation plans, as-builts, and SOPs) and contribute to standard Siemens playbooks/templates for repeatability.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor s Degree in Cybersecurity or Computer Science or Engineering
• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience
• 3+ years of experience in OT/industrial environments (manufacturing, utilities, energy, etc.).
• 3+ years of experience with ICS/OT architectures and security controls (segmentation, remote access, jump hosts, logging/monitoring).
• 3+ years of Hands-on firewall and segmentation experience (policy design, NAT, VPN, routing, rule lifecycle, troubleshooting).
• 3+ years of DMZ design/implementation experience for industrial environments.

• Certifications (e.g., CISSP / GICSP / Security+ / vendor firewall certs).
• Familiarity with common OT security frameworks/standards (e.g., IEC 62443 / NIST concepts) and translating them into practical controls.
• Endpoint protection deployment support and troubleshooting.
• Vulnerability assessment lifecycle (scan planning, validation, triage, remediation guidance, reporting); ability to support Vilocify-based engagements and PoCs.
• Strong customer-facing consulting skills: requirements capture, clear documentation, executive-level readouts, and tight project coordination.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and collaborate across sales/delivery/engineering.

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
• Driving license required

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.