Director, Maritime Cyber Safety Engineering

The Director, Maritime Cyber Safety Engineering leads the strategy, design, implementation, and operational readiness of cyber safety engineering capabilities that protect operational technology (OT) systems across the global fleet. The role establishes secure and resilient engineering standards for shipboard OT environments, directs the deployment and lifecycle management of cyber defense technologies, and partners with operating lines, Maritime functions, IT, compliance, and vendors to integrate effective controls into vessel systems and projects. The Director serves as a senior technical authority and escalation point for OT cyber risks and incidents, maintains fleetwide visibility of OT assets and vulnerabilities, and develops a high-performing engineering team. The role is accountable for disciplined delivery, financial stewardship, technical documentation, and alignment with the company’s cyber safety framework, safety management system, and applicable maritime cybersecurity requirements. Essential Functions: Define and execute the global Maritime Cyber Safety Engineering strategy, architecture, standards, and multi-year technology roadmap for shipboard OT environments. Lead the design, evaluation, implementation, integration, and lifecycle management of fleetwide OT cyber defense technologies and engineering controls. Establish secure OT architecture and network segmentation standards that protect critical vessel systems while supporting safety, availability, maintainability, and business operations. Direct engineering delivery across operating lines, Maritime functions, IT, project teams, shipboard stakeholders, and vendors, ensuring solutions meet approved technical, cybersecurity, and operational-readiness requirements. Establish an engineering service-delivery model, technical governance, design-review practices, implementation standards, and performance measures for global Maritime Cyber Safety Engineering. Maintain fleetwide technical visibility of OT assets, connectivity, vulnerabilities, control coverage, and risk-based remediation priorities in partnership with Cyber Safety Operations and Compliance. Serve as a senior technical escalation point for OT cyber incidents and high-risk vulnerabilities; support investigation, containment, recovery, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action planning. Develop and maintain engineering standards, reference architectures, design documents, as-built records, configuration baselines, test plans, and procedures within approved document-management and safety-management systems. Lead, coach, and develop Maritime Cyber Safety managers, engineers & analysts; establish clear accountability, technical development plans, succession readiness, and a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Manage engineering budgets, forecasts, contracts, licenses, equipment, and vendor performance in accordance with departmental financial controls and sourcing requirements. Evaluate emerging threats, technologies, and maritime cybersecurity requirements; translate relevant changes into practical engineering requirements and prioritized improvements. Develop and deliver technical training and knowledge-transfer programs for shoreside and shipboard stakeholders responsible for operating and supporting cyber safety controls. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Strong knowledge of operational technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), distributed control systems (DCS), and industrial networking principles. Demonstrated expertise in secure network and system architecture, segmentation, remote access, identity and access controls, vulnerability management, security monitoring, configuration management, and resilient engineering. Understanding of maritime operations and shipboard systems, including bridge, navigation, communications, propulsion, machinery management, power management, safety, access control, and cargo-related