Newly Graduate Cyber Security Project Engineer

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This position reports to:

Engineering Manager

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Your role and tasks

We are looking for a newly graduated Cyber Security Project Engineer who is ready to begin a career within industrial cyber security and operational technology. You will join experienced colleagues and gradually take responsibility for designing, securing, testing, and maintaining technical solutions for critical infrastructure. The role gives you practical experience with system architecture based on the Purdue model, network troubleshooting, firewalls, switches, and secure-by-design principles. You will contribute to projects from engineering and documentation through testing, installation, and commissioning. You will also work closely with customers and colleagues across project management, supply chain, manufacturing, testing, and engineering.

Your responsibilities will include

• •Supporting the design and hardening of system architectures according to the Purdue model.
• •Identifying and resolving network issues affecting operational technology equipment.
• •Configuring rules for firewalls and network switches with guidance from experienced colleagues.
• •Supporting updates and patching of installed systems while equipment remains in operation.
• •Providing technical support for testing, installation, and commissioning activities.
• •Preparing project documentation and updating engineering deliverables as built.
• •Participating in project and customer meetings to follow up on technical issues.
• •Using ABB engineering processes, checklists, and tools while sharing lessons learned with colleagues.

Qualifications for the role

• •A relevant technical education within IT, network engineering, cybersecurity, automation, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• •Basic knowledge of network architecture, firewalls, switches, system hardening, or operational technology.
• •An interest in industrial cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and secure-by-design principles.
• •Ability to analyze technical issues and contribute to practical and reliable solutions.
• •Willingness to work at customer sites where safety, quality, and continuous operation are essential.
• •Skilled communication and the ability to collaborate with customers and colleagues across disciplines.
• •Fluent Danish, both written and spoken.

More about us

At ABB, we have a clear goal of promoting diversity and inclusion in terms of gender, LGBTQ+, disability, ethnicity, and age. Together, we have embarked on a journey where we all individually and collectively celebrate and welcome individual differences. You can look forward to joining an organization that emphasizes employee well-being. Collaboration and team spirit are key words for us and a crucial foundation for reaching our shared goals. We prioritize a good working environment highly and continuously invest in the education and development of you and your colleagues. If you want to read more about our continuous work with the working environment and sustainability, you can find more information at: https://global.abb/group/en/sustainability

You will be based at our office in Ballerup and work closely with colleagues across engineering, project management, and service. The role includes work at customer sites across Denmark, particularly in critical infrastructure environments, and some travel should be expected.

The position reports to Engineering Manager, Kim B. Hansen.

Apply for the job online via our simple and easily accessible system, where you can also sign up to receive notifications on other opportunities within ABB. If you have questions about the position before then, you are welcome to contact Kim B. Hansen at +45 21 26 22 81.

The application deadline is 24.11.2026 . We look forward to receiving your application.

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable future with efficient use of resources. By connecting our knowledge in engineering and digitalization, ABB makes industry more efficient, productive, sustainable, and able to improve their performance. At ABB, we call it 'Engineered to Outrun'. The company has over 140 years of history and more than 110,000 employees worldwide. In Denmark, you will have more than 550 colleagues in offices in Ballerup, Middelfart, Esbjerg, Kalundborg and Aalborg.

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