Cybersecurity Consultant

Cybersecurity Consultant

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy / Directorate-General for Economy and Digitalization (DGED)

Companies in the Netherlands are leaders in digital transformation, but are they also secure? Whether it’s a multinational corporation, a freelancer, or the accounting firm down the street, you’ll help boost these businesses’ digital resilience. That’s your mission as a Cybersecurity Advisor at the Digital Trust Center.

You’ll do this by providing information, tools, and practical solutions that help entrepreneurs better protect themselves against cyber threats. Want to help make the Netherlands more cyber-resilient? Come join the Digital Trust Center, part of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy!

As a Cybersecurity Advisor within the Digital Trust Center (DTC), you’re a jack-of-all-trades. You have a solid foundation in the field of cybersecurity and, ideally, experience with digital security for small and medium-sized businesses. You have a solid understanding of how the internet works, how system users think, and you know where the risks lie for businesses. Drawing on your experience, you’ll help develop various advisory products and tools for small and medium-sized businesses and aren’t afraid to share your vision on these matters.

To effectively address the varying levels of (cybersecurity) maturity across a very broad range of clients, a strong ability to empathize with the DTC target audience is required. As a Cybersecurity Advisor, you will play a multifaceted role, serving as a strategic partner to key stakeholders both within and outside the government, and translating complex issues into language that entrepreneurs can understand. The end products you deliver in collaboration with your team are practical and useful resources that contribute to increasing the cyber resilience of the Dutch business community.

As a member of our existing team of Cybersecurity Advisors, you’ll take a creative approach to addressing digital resilience issues for businesses, proactively develop innovative concepts, and communicate them effectively. You’ll embrace the challenge of working with your team to critically explore opportunities and enthusiastically share your vision and approach.

You also enjoy giving presentations on various topics—including technical ones—that entrepreneurs may encounter in the area of digital resilience.

To stay up to date, you monitor recent developments, incidents, and investigations and evaluate them thoroughly. For example, is there a serious threat to small and medium-sized businesses? If so, what is the impact? Are security advisories and patches available? Based on your experience in the business world, you can, to the extent possible, assess whether and to what extent a particular (software) product is used within the target group. In doing so, you also assess whether the threat is likely to attract attention from, for example, the media or the political sphere.

Next, it’s up to you to draft an explanation—including recommendations—to alert companies, with the aim, of course, of preventing business owners from falling victim to these scams. Naturally, you won’t be doing this alone, but rather in collaboration with a diverse team of cybersecurity advisors, communications specialists, account managers, and staff members.

You also have:

• A bachelor's or master's degree, along with demonstrable knowledge and relevant experience in the field of cybersecurity.
• You have a creative, enthusiastic, and persuasive personality, and you’re not afraid to speak your mind.
• Experience in the business world and familiarity with commonly used (software) products.
• The ability to translate complex information and advice into practical guidance and tools for entrepreneurs, using clear and accessible language.
• No objection to a security clearance (A or B) conducted by the AIVD.

Skills:

• Analyze
• Persuasiveness
• Environmental awareness
• Networking

Terms of Employment

Salary level: Grade 11, Grade 12

Monthly salary: Min. €3,608 – Max. €6,227 (gross)

Employment status: Permanent employment contract

Minimum number of hours per week: 32

Maximum number of hours per week: 36

Other terms and conditions of employment

In addition to your salary, you will receive an Individual Choice Budget (ICB). The ICB consists of money (16.37% of your gross annual salary) and time. With the ICB, you can make choices that suit you and customize part of your employment benefits. For example, you can choose to have a portion of your monthly income paid out whenever you wish. You can also convert this budget into leave and vice versa, or spend it on tax-friendly purposes. The Dutch government is strongly committed to personal growth and career development and offers numerous opportunities for this. Secondary employment conditions include various study facilities, company fitness programs, full reimbursement of your public transportation costs for commuting, and partially paid parental leave.

Details

Colleagues within the central government who are permanent employees may be seconded or transferred while retaining their current employment status.

• The introductory and selection process consists of at least two rounds of interviews and a final discussion regarding terms of employment.
• The first meetings are scheduled for May 8 and 10.
• The second round of interviews is scheduled for May 11.
• Checking references or conducting an assessment may be part of the selection process.

What else do we offer you:

• A pleasant work environment with excellent facilities, just a short walk from the central station.
• Plenty of opportunities to continue developing your skills and specialize.
• We believe it’s important to maintain a good work-life balance. Working hours can be arranged flexibly by mutual agreement.
• If you are hired, hybrid work is an option; you will work partly from home and partly at the office. We believe it is important to have a good home office setup. We therefore offer a subsidy for home office equipment and a work-from-home allowance in accordance with the Central Government Collective Labor Agreement (CAO Rijk).

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