Grid operators, energy suppliers and utilities are absorbing decentralised production, smart metering and a security threat model that now includes operational technology.
Start a conversationMetering data volumes are growing fast, flexibility markets need near real-time settlement, and the boundary between IT and OT is where most of the risk now sits.
The scarce profiles are the bilingual ones: engineers who can read a SCADA topology and a data pipeline, or security specialists who understand why you cannot simply patch a substation on a Tuesday afternoon.
We map this market by specialisation rather than job title, because the useful people rarely describe themselves the way a vacancy text does.
A Dutch utility needed a SOC that understood operational technology, not just IT alerts.
NIS2: what it actually changes for security hiringThe directive created demand for two very different profiles, and most organisations only budget for one of them.
Case: a Telco Engineer for a public media organisation's new buildingA large public media organisation needed a rare connectivity specialist for its IP-based media infrastructure.