IT CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST

JOB TITLE: IT CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST

DURATION: 01/12/2026 - 14/06/2027 (POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION)

LOCATION: NAMUR,BELGIUM

MODE OF WORK: FULL TIME (HYBRID 2-3 DAYS ONSITE PER WEEK)

LANGUAGES: FRENCH

JOB DESCRIPTION - ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

BACKGROUND

• The Client wishes to strengthen its team in charge of operational security. A team whose main mission is to ensure the protection, detection and response to cybersecurity incidents.
• The mission aims to integrate a secops engineer profile specialized in network and infrastructure security to strengthen security operations.
• In addition to its recurring activity, it will be available in 24/7 callback mode (rotation between several people).
• The Client is currently in the process of complying with the NIS2 regulation (essential level).
• The Client has a complex environment that provides services to Walloon citizens. It is a hybrid infrastructure (multi-site and cloud), a wide area network (several dozen locations), many applications with various technologies, and a large number of users. The security of its information system is therefore essential.

OBJECTIVES

• Ensure the day-to-day management of security tools and security incidents.
• Maintain and optimize security tools (except for operations).
• Collaborate with the SOC and other PWS teams to strengthen overall security.
• Participate in projects related to operational security.
• Intervene in call-back mode or on call depending on criticality.
• Activities
• Security incident management (analysis, escalation, resolution) including incident documentation;
• Coordination of different teams with a view to resolving the security incident or improving the level of security;
• Analysis of network flows and correlation with alerts;
• Contribution to the security of network architectures, relevance of configurations, exception management (impact and risk analysis);
• Participate in the tuning of protection and detection rules, especially on network security tools (WAF, IDS/IPS, NDR, Proxy, etc.);
• Implement exception management (impact and risk analysis);
• Cross-functional support on security tools;
• Post-mortem analysis of incidents: technical retrospective, recommendations and follow-up of action plans with the ITSM team;
• Processing alerts (SIEM, WAF, etc.) from the SOC and/or security tools;
• Security monitoring and threat intelligence: monitoring of CVEs, IOCs, Mitre AT&ck tactics;
• Participation in the development or continuous improvement of SecOps processes, procedures and guides;
• Support for IT projects related to operational security: security review, delivery of technical and functional opinions, active participation in the project team;
• Use of ITSM tools (Jira Service Management, etc.);
• Any other operational security activities based on the needs and priorities of the department.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

• Activity and incident reports, progress report on post-incident recommendations
• ISN2: Initial Notification, Preliminary Report and Final Report
• Change log of rules (who, what, why)
• Optimized Security Tool Configurations
• Technical documentation, process and procedure
• Advice and recommendations for improvement
• Cyber dashboard, operational, tactical and strategic reporting
• Security KPI tracking

EXPECTED BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS

• Clear communication
• Rigorous change management
• Emergency Management
• Incident prioritization
• Adaptability and learning
• Technical curiosity
• autonomy
• Team collaboration
• Assertiveness and ability to challenge

SKILLS

• Security incident management (incident responder and/or incident manager)(mandatory) :
• Managing an IPS/IDS or NDR(mandatory) :
• Firewall Security Management(mandatory) :
• DNS Security(mandatory) :
• Securing Proxies (mandatory) :
• SOC (SIEM/XDR)(mandatory) :
• WAF(mandatory) :