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Our European team of top experts has a deliberately broad scope. Depending on your background and interests, you will work in one or more of these areas:
1. Deliver OT security consulting, gap assessments, and risk quantification for asset owners, system integrators, and product manufacturers;
2. Support companies in achieving certification for CRA, IEC 62443 (2-4, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2), ISO 27001, CyFun and NIS2 compliance;
3. Conduct independent cybersecurity and AI security assessments, penetration tests, and third-party risk assessments;
4. Develop and deliver training on cybersecurity, AI security, NIS2, product security, CRA, and IEC 62443;
5. Build thought leadership and service offerings where functional safety overlaps with cybersecurity, including cyber HAZOP, cyber LOPA, and cyber-physical assurance cases;
6. Develop and execute guidance on industrial AI, autonomous machines, AI Act compliance, and AI governance;
7. Help guiding companies in building governance frameworks combining ISO 27001, CyFun, and IEC 62443;
8. Act as a Trust in Digital ambassador with our customers and within the international Kiwa family;
9. Speak at conferences, write articles, and represent Kiwa/Vinçotte at industry events.
This role, open to both permanent employment and contractor arrangements, is mainly Belgium-based, with occasional international travel (within EU).
Profiel
Education:
10. Master’s or engineering degree, or equivalent gained through professional experience and self-learning.
11. You are open/able to continuous learning to keep developing your expertise and credentials.
Experience:
12. Hands-on experience in OT/ICS cybersecurity — you understand the difference between an IT firewall and a Purdue model;
13. 10 years of experience in cyber security domain
14. Previous consulting, auditing, or teaching experience is a strong plus;
15. Familiarity with one or more of IEC 62443, NIS2, CRA, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, AI Act. Not required to have it all, but a genuine eagerness to master more.
Languages:
16. English: fluent (= working language of our European team and Kiwa group);
17. Dutch: fluent to communicate confidently with customers in Belgium.
18. French: is a plus
Competencies:
19. A razor-sharp focus on customer outcomes, customer satisfaction, customer centricity;
20. Able to explain complex technical and regulatory topics in a structured, clear, and compelling way to both engineers and boardrooms;
21. A self-starting, eternal learner who is energised by being recognised as a domain expert;
22. Comfortable operating with a degree of independence while contributing to a close-knit international team;
23. Curious about where safety, cybersecurity, and AI intersect. You see this as a feature and opportunity, not a complication.
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Interested in joining our teams?
Great! We can promise you that with us you...
24. can count on our international Kiwa community: enthusiastic and driven colleagues
25. get the chance to develop and expand your own expertise
26. learn to work objectively, but are also allowed to think out-of-the-box
27. sign up for a job with impact: your voice helps determine our policy
28. contribute daily to a safe and efficient society
29. can count on an attractive salary supplemented with a company car, extra-legal benefits (meal vouchers, extra vacations, etc.).
Find out more about working at Vinçotte (part of kiwa group)!