Information Security Consultant
Hybrid
Ghent, Belgium
Full Time
28-03-2025
Job Specifications
Location: Gent
Languages: English and Dutch (Advantage)
Employment Type: Freelance
Start Date: ASAP
Context of the mission/Objective(s) of the job:
Responsible for overseeing IT security operations, managing the members of the SOC team activities and coordinating with security engineers.
Responsible for implementing IT security policies, creating protocols and processes.
Addresses IT security risks and issues on an organizational and technical level.
Coordinates IT security activities and provides support in various IT security services domains.
Supervises and supports the activity of the SOC team, measures and reports their performance metrics.
Runs compliance reports and supports the audit process.
Responsibilities.
· Coordinate IT security operational activities with providers as a member of Client’s EU Security Operations Center.
· Coordinate and perform threat and vulnerability management activities, identify risks, recommend treatment plans and provide communicate information.
· Coordinate and perform security incident management activities, including detection, response and reporting.
· Monitor and report on technical and operational IT security controls.
· Recommend and implement security controls to meet security policies, legal, regulatory and audit requirements.
· Report on compliance with security policies.
· Propose changes to existing IT Security policies and procedures to ensure operating efficiency and compliance.
· Provide expert guidance to projects on IT security matters.
· Consult with IT and security staff to ensure that security is factored into the evaluation, selection, installation and configuration of hardware, applications and software.
· Work with the IT Security Manager to develop a security roadmap that addresses identified risks and business security requirements.
· Coach and mentor IT security staff.
· Stay up-to-date with IT security related technologies and competences
· Prepare and conduct security awareness and security training initiatives
KPI’s
· Level of compliance with Information Security regulations, standards and internal policies.
· Number of Information Security incidents per severity.
· Average of response time on Information Security incidents per severity.
· Accuracy of threat and vulnerability analysis.
· Number of identified vulnerabilities.
· Effectiveness of remediation plans and controls for identified vulnerabilities.
Mandatory qualifications, skills and experience required
· Bachelor/master degree or minimum 5 years’ experience in IT and IT security related matters, preferably in an international environment
· Preferably holds an Information security professional certification such as CISMP
· Good knowledge and understanding of Information security technologies such as:
o Access control
o Vulnerability management
o Data loss prevention
o Web Security
o Anti-malware controls
o IDS/IPS
o IT networks
o System Administration
· Excellent problem solving skills, capable of working under pressure
· Strong information security risk-based prioritisation capabilities
· Good communication skills (contacts with team, providers and internal partners)
· Act as team player and hands-on mentality
· Good knowledge of English and Dutch (Advantage)
About the Company
ATCON is a Belgium-based IT consulting firm established with a vision to empower businesses using the latest technologies and provide best-in-class services to our clients. We support as an end-to-end IT solutions partner for digitalizing business processes and making the data meaningful. Our approach is more solution-driven than technology one, focused to solve business challenges and deliver results. We do what is right for our clients and charge based on what we deliver not on billing hours. Our team consists of self-mo... Know more
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