C005378 Senior Cyber Security Specialist (NS) BELGIUM - 28 Sep

Park Lane Recruitment ·www.plr.ltd

Location Mons, Mons, Belgium, Belgium
Type Full time
Level Senior
Source Shazamme
NATO
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Deadline Date: Monday 28 September 2026
 
Requirement: Senior Cyber Security Specialist
 
Location: Mons, BELGIUM
 
Full Time On-Site: Yes
 
Time On-Site: 100%
 
Not to Exceed Rate: 95 EUR
 
Total Scope of the request (hours): 395
 
Required Start Date: 3 November 2026
 
End Contract Date: 31 December 2026
 
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
 
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
  1. Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
  2. Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
  3. Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Any applications that do NOT meet all the above - and do not CLEARLY show these on the CV - will be deleted.
 
Duties & Role:  
Under the direction of the Section Head of Cyber Enablement Service (CES) the contractor shall:
  • Support the development, refinement and management of technical and operational requirements for cyber and CIS monitoring capabilities;
  • Engage with NATO stakeholders, customers, users, technical authorities and operational representatives to solicit, analyse and document technical requirements;
  • Translate operational needs into clear engineering requirements, system requirements, functional requirements and non-functional requirements;
  • Develop and maintain engineering artefacts, including but not limited to: Requirements specifications; Use cases; User stories and operational scenarios; State diagrams; Workflow diagrams / WFDs; System context diagrams; Interface descriptions; Capability and service descriptions; Conceptual and logical architecture products; Testable acceptance criteria;
  • Support the development of CIS capability designs, including hardware, software, network and security architecture considerations;
  • Provide technical input on cyber monitoring technologies, including network monitoring, security monitoring, packet capture, sensor platforms, logging, telemetry collection, detection engineering, analytics platforms and supporting infrastructure;
  • Support the identification, analysis and documentation of hardware requirements for CIS capabilities, including appliances, sensors, servers, storage, network taps, aggregation devices, packet brokers, virtualised infrastructure and supporting network components;
  • Support the development of capability roadmaps, technical options papers, decision briefs and engineering recommendations;
  • Support stakeholder management activities, including planning and facilitating technical workshops, requirements sessions, design reviews and coordination meetings;
  • Work with customers and operational users to ensure that requirements are complete, realistic, technically feasible and aligned with NATO operational needs;
  • Support the preparation of acquisition and procurement documentation, including Invitations for Bid, statements of work, technical specifications, evaluation criteria and clarification responses;
  • Translate NATO technical and operational needs into language that can be understood by industry while preserving the required capability outcomes;
  • Support purple team activities to validate monitoring capability effectiveness, including collaboration with red team, blue team, detection engineering and operational cyber defence stakeholders;
  • Assist in identifying visibility gaps, detection opportunities and monitoring improvements based on adversary emulation, attack scenarios and operational use cases;
  • Provide technical advice on cyber security architecture, monitoring architecture, system integration, tool configuration and operational improvements;
  • Coordinate with project managers, system engineers, network engineers, security architects, operational teams, industry representatives and other stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of cyber capabilities;
  • Support handover to operations, including knowledge transfer, training support and preparation of operational documentation;
  • Participate in technical meetings, reviews, workshops and coordination activities with NATO, national and industry stakeholders.
Requirements
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
  • The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
  • A minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 3 years post-related experience;
  • Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate's particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCIA, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in duties related to those in this Statement of Work.
  • At least 5 years of practical experience in cyber security, systems engineering, CIS engineering, capability development or a related technical field;
  • Strong engineering experience across the capability lifecycle, from requirements development through design, integration, testing, validation, acceptance and transition to operations;
  • Proven experience developing technical requirements, system specifications, use cases, state diagrams, workflow diagrams, operational scenarios and other engineering artefacts;
  • Demonstrated experience working with customers and stakeholders to solicit, analyse, prioritise and document technical and operational requirements;
  • Experience supporting or developing procurement documentation, including Invitations for Bid, statements of work, technical specifications, compliance matrices and technical evaluation criteria;
  • Proven ability to translate complex customer needs and operational requirements into clear, structured and industry-understandable technical documentation;
  • Strong background in cyber security, including familiarity with cyber defence operations, monitoring concepts, detection capabilities and security operations environments;
  • Strong understanding of CIS monitoring capabilities, including the deployment and integration of monitoring tools, sensors, appliances, network capture platforms, log collection, telemetry, analytics and supporting infrastructure;
  • Strong hardware background relevant to CIS and cyber monitoring environments, including servers, storage, network devices, security appliances, packet capture systems, taps, aggregation devices and associated infrastructure;
  • Working knowledge of routing, switching, network segmentation, firewalls, virtualisation and enterprise infrastructure;
  • Experience with problem analysis and resolution in complex systems and services, including the development and implementation of corrective or preventative measures;
  • Experience coordinating technical work with project managers, engineers, security architects, operational users and industry teams;
  • Practical experience with cyber security tools, monitoring platforms, SIEM or security analytics technologies is highly desirable;
  • Experience with purple team activities, including adversary emulation, detection validation, cyber exercise support, collaboration between offensive and defensive teams, or validation of monitoring effectiveness;
  • Experience in the delivery of technologies, systems, solutions or capabilities for industry, government, defence or military organisations;
  • Experience with implementation projects within NATO and/or national military organisations is desirable;
  • Experience supporting deployment or operation of technical capabilities in operational military environments is desirable;
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team to achieve agreed objectives;
  • Ability to monitor, coordinate and support work performed by industry teams;
  • Excellent communication and technical writing skills in English.
  • Very good communication and analytical skills.
  • Language proficiency in English: meet or exceed the NATO STANAG 6001 Level 3 "Professional Proficiency".

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