Senior Cyber Security Engineer 6

• City Mons (Belgium)

What is the mission about?

design, develop, coordinate and deliver secure cybersecurity solutions and capabilities across NATO's infrastructure and information systems, ensuring that systems are protected against cyber threats, vulnerabilities and security risks

Job Description

Role Overview

Nextlink is seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Security Engineer to provide cybersecurity architecture, engineering and technical leadership in support of NATO's cybersecurity initiatives and infrastructure projects.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing secure technical solutions, identifying and mitigating cybersecurity risks, defining security requirements and coordinating the implementation of cybersecurity capabilities across NATO systems and infrastructure.

The role involves working closely with engineering teams within NCIA and the NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), supporting cybersecurity projects throughout their lifecycle, from solution architecture and technical requirements definition to procurement, implementation, quality assurance and operational handover.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in cybersecurity architecture, risk management, cryptographic technologies, identity and access management, and secure infrastructure design, together with experience working in complex enterprise, government or military environments.

Key Responsibilities

A. Cybersecurity Solution Architecture

• Contribute to the design and development of secure solution architectures across business, infrastructure and functional domains.
  
• Evaluate alternative architecture approaches, considering cost, performance, scalability and security.
  
• Identify and document architecturally significant decisions.
  
• Develop technical specifications for cloud-based and on-premises infrastructure components, services and interfaces.
  
• Ensure proposed solutions align with enterprise architecture, security standards and NATO technical requirements.
  
• Apply architecture modelling methodologies, including ArchiMate, to represent complex systems and system-of-systems environments.
  

B. Cybersecurity Engineering and Risk Management

• Provide technical guidance on the implementation and operation of physical, procedural and technical security controls.
  
• Identify system vulnerabilities, potential threats and security weaknesses.
  
• Conduct cybersecurity risk assessments and business impact analyses for information systems.
  
• Evaluate security risks arising from proposed technical architectures.
  
• Design appropriate security solutions, alternative architectures and countermeasures.
  
• Support investigation of suspected cyberattacks and cybersecurity incident management.
  
• Ensure security requirements are incorporated throughout the solution design and implementation lifecycle.
  

C. Cybersecurity Requirements Definition and Management

• Define, document and manage cybersecurity requirements for engineering initiatives.
  
• Facilitate requirements gathering and prioritisation with technical and business stakeholders.
  
• Establish requirements baselines and maintain traceability to original requirements.
  
• Coordinate stakeholder reviews and obtain formal agreement on requirements.
  
• Translate complex cybersecurity needs into actionable technical specifications and engineering documentation.
  

D. Cybersecurity Project Implementation and Technical Leadership

• Provide cybersecurity technical leadership and engineering support to NCIA/NCSC projects.
  
• Prepare and review Statements of Work (SOW), technical specifications and implementation plans.
  
• Coordinate cybersecurity engineering activities between assigned NCIA and NCSC technical teams.
  
• Manage technical dependencies, identify implementation issues and support their resolution.
  
• Follow applicable multi-layer change management frameworks.
  
• Coordinate quality assurance activities and ensure the quality of technical deliverables.
  
• Prepare post-implementation specifications, operational instructions and cybersecurity service documentation.
  
• Coordinate handover of implemented solutions to operational cybersecurity service teams.
  
• Support the calculation of operational and maintenance costs.
  

E. Cybersecurity Procurement and Acquisition Support

• Provide technical input to cybersecurity acquisition and procurement projects.
  
• Develop and review cybersecurity require