Telespazio Belgium can count on almost 40 years of experience in the field of Space Operations Service & Engineering activities.

We provide a significant contribution to the most major Space programs of the European Space Agency. Our core business is to work on the ground to build bridges into space, contributing to the success of ambitious missions.

The European Space Agency is our biggest client and we provide highly qualified employees to many sites of ESA but mainly for ESTEC in the Netherlands, and we provide a permanent contract with great benefits, a good salary, a relocation package along with genuine support to our employees.

On behalf of the European Space Agency, we are looking for a highly skilled Communication Systems & Technologies Engineer to work in ESTEC, in the Netherlands.

What is expected from you:

• Provide support to the Agency projects and programs in the area of security engineering & cyber security, including system security design,

definition and implementation of system security requirements, vulnerability analysis, security monitoring and threat assessment.

• Contribute to the definition, analysis and consolidation of system security requirements.

• Contribute to the definition of security reference architecture for space systems.

• Support system reviews through projects' lifecycle on security aspects.

• Analyse vulnerabilities, assess their impact and propose suitable security mitigations and countermeasures.

• Analyse evidence of fixes of vulnerabilities.

• Assess Requests for Waivers / Requests for Deviation on security aspects and provide recommendations regarding their acceptability.

• Organise and supervise security audits / vulnerability assessment / penetration testing activities on ESA projects and programs and analysing their results (including analysis of evidences of findings and corrections).

• Provide support on Research and Develop activities during their lifecycle (writing the Statement of Work, assessing Industry proposals, supervising the implementation).

• Provide support to the Information Security Officer (ISO).

What you offer:

• A Master or PhD degree or equivalent in Engineering (preferably in cyber security, or computer science, or telecom, or aerospace), with a strong

knowledge and experience in Security engineering / cyber security.

• Knowledge of space systems and ground systems architecture.

• Good knowledge in network protocols.

• Very good knowledge in security best practices and hardening guidelines.

• Knowledge of modern applied cryptography.

• Knowledge on Information Security Management Systems.

• Knowledge on CCSDS protocols and standards is a plus.

Candidates must be eligible for security clearance from their national security administration.

Where:

You will be working within ESTEC, the European Space Agency's offices in the Netherlands as a contractor for Telespazio Belgium. We don't expect the employees to be on-site full time however you will still have to relocate to the Netherlands for this position.

Check out the ESTEC site here: esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC (https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC)

When

Deadline to apply: 03/06/2024

Please note that interviews will be held either via skype, webex, other digital platforms or onsite in ESTEC

We look forward to receiving your application for this position!