Operational Security Expert

For almost 50 years, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has stood for freedom, equality and connectedness. These values are strongly present on our campuses, in our students as well as our staff. At the VUB, you'll find a diverse collection of personalities: pure innovators and especially people who are 100% their authentic selves. With about 4.000 employees, we are the largest Flemish-speaking employer in Brussels, an international city with which we are all too happy to be connected, and around which our four campuses are located.

The ICT Directorate has a total of about 80 employees and is divided into five departments: Operations & Infrastructure, Service Center, Scientific Data & Compute, Applications and Office of the CIO.

For the Operations and Infrastructure department, we are looking for an 'Operational Security Expert'. He or she will be responsible for coordinating ICT security within the ICT Directorate.

You will report to the head of the Operations & Infrastructure department.

Responsibilities

The 'Operational Security Expert' provides technical advice on digital security, checks the proper functioning of the ICT security processes and ensures that sufficient attention is paid to both information security and privacy within the ICT Directorate.

You will work with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Data Protection Officer (DPO) to ensure that information security and privacy requirements are clearly understood and reflected in the plans of the ICT Directorate. You will also provide ICT input for the CISO Security Plan and participate in the audits of the information security and privacy program.

You support the technical implementation of the information security and privacy requirements within the ICT Department and perform technical analyses, select appropriate solutions, supervise the implementation and operational roll-out of the selected solutions.

Some of your responsibilities

• Analyzing and selecting possible solutions for information security and privacy requirements.
• Supporting and following up on the roll-out of selected solutions within the ICT Directorate.
• Follow-up of ICT security incidents.
• To be the technical point of contact within the ICT Department in terms of information security and privacy.
• Providing technical input from the ICT Department for the preparation of the annual CISO Security Plan.
• Ensuring that the ICT VUB management is kept informed of new and ongoing ICT activities related to information security and privacy.
• You help determine the ICT security metrics and follow up on them if necessary.
• Providing technical advice to ICT staff, in line with the VUB information security and privacy requirements.

For this position, Brussels Humanities, Sciences & Engineering Campus (Ixelles) will be your home base, in combination with working from home.

What do we expect from you?

• You have a master's degree (preferably in ICT, computer science or a related field) or you have an equivalent profile through experience.
• You have at least 5 years of professional experiencein the ICT sector.
• A security certification (CISSP, CISM, CISA, or similar) is a nice plus.
• Your technical background is sufficiently solid to be able to supervise the choice and implementation of tools and methods within the ICT organization to support the information security program.
• You are stress resistant and keep a cool head at all times.
• You take initiative and can work independently.
• In addition to an excellent knowledge of Dutch, you will also be fluent in English.

VUB wants to be a reflection of society where everyone's talent is valued, regardless of gender, age, religion, skin colour, migration background, disability and neurodiversity.

Are you going to be our new colleague? You'll be offered a permanent full-time contract at a salary linked to grade 8, 9 of 10, depending on your competences and previous relevant work experience (you can find the scales on our website)

At the VUB, you're guaranteed an open, involved and diverse workplace where you are offered opportunities to (further) build on your career. As well as this, you'll enjoy various benefits:

• Full reimbursement for your home-work commute with public transport according to VUB-policy, or compensation if you come by bike;
• Cost-free hospitalisation and group insurance with guaranteed income;
• The space to form your job content and continuously learn via VUB LRN;
• Excellent facilities for sport and exercise;
• Ecocheques;
• Delicious meals at attractive prices in our campus restaurants;
• An open, family-friendly work environment where attention is paid to work-life balance, and exceptional holiday arrangements with 35 days of leave (based on a fulltime contract).

Is this the job you've been dreaming of? Send us your CV, letter of motivation and the highest degree you've attained (not applicable for VUB alumni).

Your application will undergo various steps as follows:

• Step 1: CV screening by one of our recruiters.
• Step 2: A practical test online on infosec topics
• Step 3: A final interview

Do you have questions about the job content? Contact michael.decorte@vub.be

Do you have questions about the selection procedure? Contact annelies.jongert@vub.be

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