Operations Technology Cyber Security Analyst

Location - Columbus, NE; Columbus General Office (This position is not eligible for remote or hybrid work)
Employment Type: Full-time

Posting Date: 11/18/2025
Closing Date: 12/2/2025

Nebraska Public Power District is hiring Join our team as an Operations Technology Cyber Security Analyst and become an important part of our NPPD story. We are proud of our history, powering every corner of Nebraska, every day, for half a century. We recognize that it takes a diverse group of individuals to move forward in the rapidly changing energy industry, and now is the time to power our own transformation. Come with us on our journey, walking alongside teammates and our customers, leading the way in providing safe, reliable, sustainable energy for all Nebraskans, all while protecting our environment, powering our lives, and realizing our dreams. That's NPPD…the Power of People.

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The OT Cyber Security Technical, Systems, or Systems Analyst will be a member of the OT Cyber Security & CIP team. The role of the OT Cyber Security & CIP team is to provide expertise in the design, implementation, and support of operational technology systems and software, including cyber security and the application of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) CIP Standards. Responsibilities will include day-to-day operations and support of assigned systems, software, and compliance requirements. Systems supported include a variety of traditional Information Technologies (IT), Operations Technologies (OT), and Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) that support and protect the electrical grid. This will include the support of access control, logging, malware, and vulnerability scanning. The incumbent will be the customer service face of OT cyber security and compliance work around OT & PACS assets.

This will require the individual to become familiar with OT cyber security practices and the District's NERC CIP program while working with personnel from the substation group, telecommunications group, power plants, corporate physical & cyber security, as well as other Enterprise Technology groups.

Technical Analyst: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (OR) Associate degree and a minimum of three (3) years technical IT experience, including specific experience as listed below (OR) High school diploma/GED and a minimum of five (5) years technical IT experience, including specific experience as listed below.

Systems Analyst: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and a minimum of four (4) years technical IT experience as listed below (OR) Associate degree and a minimum of six (6) years technical IT experience including specific experience as listed below (OR) a high school diploma/GED and a minimum of eight (8) years technical IT experience including specific experience as listed below.

Senior Systems Analyst: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and a minimum of eight (8) years technical IT experience as listed below (OR) Associate degree and a minimum of ten (10) years technical IT experience including specific experience as listed below (OR) a high school diploma/GED and a minimum of twelve (12) years technical IT experience including specific experience as listed below.

Experience

• Ability to work independently and in cooperation with others on multiple activities with flexibility to manage competing demands and changing priorities.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving skills.
• Must be customer-service oriented and adaptable to ongoing change.

Ideal candidates will have experience with some or all of the following:

• Industrial Control Systems
• Cyber security
• Windows systems
• Endpoint Protection
• Logging systems (syslog management)
• Disaster recovery
• Vulnerability scanning
• Networking concepts (routing, switching, firewalls, OSI model)
• Physical Access Control Systems
• Active Directory (