SOC Lead - HYBRID Belgium

Job Location - Mechelen, Flemish Region, Belgium Hybrid (3Days Office)

Experience (Years): 4-6 years

Pay Rate - €400 to €430/Day Based on Experience

Start Date - ASAP

Language - English Speaker

6 Months Contract - Renewable

You will act as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for cyber incidents, guiding senior leadership in managing business impacts and mitigating risks from cyber threats and data breaches. You will lead and coordinate cyber incident response efforts, ensuring a structured, timely, and effective resolution.

Responsibilities:

• Incident Response Leadership: Lead and coordinate responses to major cyber incidents, ensuring containment and remediation strategies are effectively executed.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Provide strategic and tactical briefings to senior leaders, key stakeholders, and third parties.
• Incident Management & Investigation: Drive improvements in incident detection, response, and management, including root cause analysis and continuous service improvement.
• Threat Intelligence & Vulnerability Management: Leverage threat intelligence and vulnerability management to anticipate evolving cyber risks and enhance incident response strategies.
• Technical & Management Reporting: Maintain incident reports, status updates, and performance metrics to demonstrate the effectiveness of security operations.
• Collaboration & Playbooks: Develop and refine incident response playbooks, templates, and exercises, working closely with Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Threat Intelligence teams.
• Situational Awareness: Monitor threat intelligence sources to maintain awareness of emerging cyber threats and incident trends.

Key Skills:

• 6-8 years of experience in Cyber Incident Management within a Security Operations Center (SOC) / MSS environment.
• Strong background in incident response, security operations, and risk mitigation.
• Expertise in vulnerability management and threat intelligence.
• Exceptional communication skills to engage senior leadership and technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams using agile methodologies.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple incidents effectively.

Note: This role requires candidates to be based in Belgium.