Manufacturing Cybersecurity Data Engineer

Job Description

The Role

General Motors is transforming the future of mobility while operating one of the worlds most complex manufacturing environments. The Manufacturing Cybersecurity team helps protect the technology systems and data that keep GM plants safe resilient and productive.

As a Manufacturing Cybersecurity Engineer youll build and operate the data foundation that enables OT cyber-risk visibility across GM manufacturing. Youll develop reliable data-ingestion and ETL solutions that consolidate vulnerability asset configuration and security telemetry from plant systems cybersecurity tools enterprise platforms and other sources into the Databricks Lakehouse Platform. Using Python SQL scripting and data-quality practices youll transform validate monitor and troubleshoot pipelines then translate complex technical data into actionable insights through Power BI or similar dashboards and reports.

This is a hands-on Level 6 individual contributor role. Youll exercise independent judgment to resolve non-routine data and cybersecurity problems propose process improvements and coordinate delivery across cybersecurity manufacturing plant data engineering and technology stakeholders. Your work will help plant teams prioritize remediation reduce OT exposure and make informed decisions without disrupting production.

What Youll Do

• Design develop operate and maintain dependable data ingestion and ETL pipelines that consolidate OT vulnerability asset configuration and cyber-risk data from multiple sources.

• Develop Python SQL and scripting solutions for data extraction transformation validation enrichment automation and analysis.

• Establish data-quality checks reconciliation routines monitoring alerting and troubleshooting procedures that improve data completeness accuracy timeliness and reliability.

• Identify assess track and report OT cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities across plant systems and networks supporting risk-based prioritization and remediation planning.

• Develop and maintain Power BI or similar dashboards reports metrics and visualizations that communicate exposure trends control coverage remediation progress and operational performance.

• Translate complex technical and security data into clear insights and recommendations for plant teams cybersecurity stakeholders manufacturing leadership and technology partners.

• Partner with cybersecurity manufacturing engineering plant operations data engineering and technology teams to define requirements resolve data issues and deliver cross-functional solutions.

• Document data sources data models pipeline logic controls lineage operating procedures and troubleshooting guidance in a clear and maintainable format.

• Automate repeatable data preparation analysis and reporting processes while applying appropriate security privacy access-control and data-governance practices.

• Propose and deliver process improvements that increase visibility reduce manual effort improve reporting consistency and strengthen OT vulnerability management.

• Communicate status risks dependencies findings and recommendations clearly; follow issues through resolution and escalate potential impacts early.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity Information Technology Data Engineering Engineering or a related field or equivalent relevant experience.

• 3 years of professional experience in cybersecurity data engineering analytics software engineering manufacturing technology or a related field.

• Hands-on experience developing and supporting production data pipelines using Python SQL scripting ETL or data-ingestion technologies.

• Experience integrating and validating data from multiple enterprise plant cybersecurity or operational technology sources with the ability to diagnose data-quality and pipeline issues.

• Experience with OT or industrial control system cybersecurity vulnerability management asset inventory security telemetry or cyber-risk reporting.

• Ability to work independently exercise sound judgment and resolve non-routine data and cybersecurity problems in a complex environment.

• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly and collaborate effectively with cybersecurity manufacturing plant data engineering and technology stakeholders.

What Can Give You A Competitive Advantage (Preferred Qualifications)

• Experience with Databricks Delta Lake Spark cloud data platforms Lakehouse architecture or similar technologies.

• Experience developing Power BI or similar dashboards reports metrics and visualizations for technical operational or executive audiences.

• Experience working in a manufacturing plant industrial automation or other operational technology environment.

• Familiarity with PLCs HMIs SCADA industrial networks or comparable systems.

• Knowledge of data-governance practices including data ownership metadata lineage access controls retention quality standards and documentation.

• Familiarity with cybersecurity risk-management principles and frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework NIST SP 800-53 or ISO/IEC 27001/27002.

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