Operational Readiness Validation Lead

Company: GardPass Security Recruitment Ltd
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Location: Northwood
Job Description:

Client: EU Institution

Contract Type: Freelance

Duration: 220 days + extensions

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Clearance: UE/EU RESTRICTED

Profile domains: Cybersecurity, Security architecture, data protection, risk management, risk assessment

Knowledge and Skills: (01) Cybersecurity recommendations…

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Grazzanise, Italy

Duties & Role: The Network Engineer operates within a highly complex, multi-domain environment supporting mission-critical services and distributed architectures. The role combines advanced technical …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Mons, Belgium

Duties & Role: As a First Line Security Event Analyst (FLSEA), the incumbent will perform initial analysis of logs and network traffic, determine alert severity and escalate when required. The analyst will collate …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of relevant experience
  • Some experience in budgetary planning and management is preferred
  • Some experience in resource planning and personnel management is preferred
  • Awareness of industry best practices

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: (NATO Secret or CTS or equivalent)

Location: Uedem, Germany

Skills

  • Experience within the area of Systems Administration of complex computer systems
  • Experience and knowledge in the installation and maintenance of system software such as operating systems, …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Braine-l’Alleud, BE

Requirements

  • The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
  • Expert-level knowledge and hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server administration, development, performance tuning, troubleshooting, …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Mons, Belgium

Duties and Role: The expert contractor will guarantee full support to the Section/Enterprise Coordinator Office Head in actively participating in the CDT daily activities, coordinate with the other CYOP members …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Mandatory qualifications

  • Senior experience (8+ years) leading digital transformation initiatives
  • Expertise in …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: The Hague, Netherlands (50% on-site)

Requirements

  • Work experience and elementary financial knowledge on funding streams and resource planning and levelling budgets
  • Work experience in resource management, including…

Location: Remote – once per month a visit in the office (e.g. Paris) will be requested

Mandatory

  • EU Nationality, Europass CV Template

Requirements

  • Proven experience in service delivery management and/or IT project management
  • Proven experience with the above tasks
  • Experience managing …

Start date: Flexible

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Braine L’Alleud, Belgium (100% onsite)

Skill, Knowledge & Experience

  • A Master’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and 5 years post-related experience. Or a Bachelor’s …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: The Hague, Netherlands

Skills & Requirements

  • At least 3 years of practical experience in the field of data science and/or data analytics
  • Experience using data processing/visualization/analytics

Location: Remote (must be based in a NATO country)

Contract Duration: August 2026 – December 2026

Security Clearance: NATO SECRET (mandatory)

Overview: This role supports NATO cyber governance activities, focusing on Lessons Learned processes and Cybersecurity …

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Bydgoszcz, Poland

Duties & Role: Systems design – follows standard approaches and established design patterns to create new designs for simple systems or system components. Identifies and resolves minor design issues.

Location and working pattern: Based full time on site in Braine l’Alleud, Belgium. Normal office environment, some travel within Belgium (about 1–2 trips per month). Contract from 3 August 2026 to 31 December 2026.

Security and level: NATO Secret clearance required. Senior professional …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Offsite (within Belgium)

The contractor shall be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of the Military Text Format (MTF) message monitoring application, in accordance with the defined requirements.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 2 years experience in Service Management within a medium-large organisation
  • Extensive experience in Service Transition Management across multiple industries
  • Demonstrated …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Braine L’Alleud, Belgium

Requirements

  • IT governance (GOVN6) Level 5
  • IT strategy and planning (ITSP6) Level 5
  • Emerging technology monitoring (EMRG6) Level 4
  • Configuration management (CFMG6) Level 5
  • Asset management (ASMG6)…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Mons, Belgium

Skills and requirements

  • A Minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree, at a nationally recognized /certified University in a related discipline, and 3 years post-related experience
  • Or exceptionally,…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: SC Clearance or NATO Secret

Location: Remote

Requirements

  • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) and Amazon AWS identity and access management services
  • Proficiency in PowerShell scripting and automation tools (e.g., Azure Automation,…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

  • The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
  • Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting solutions within…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Braine-l’Alleud, Belgium

Duties & Role

  • Ensure tickets are resolved in fulfilment of applicable Service Level Agreements
  • Be responsible for the data quality and integrity
  • Be responsible for registration…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Remote working

This SOW requires scheduled travel on site at NCIA The Hague (5 days in September 2026 and 5 days in December 2026).

QUALIFICATIONS

Each contractor personnel must meet the following requirements:

Requirements

  • At …

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Mons, Belgium

Duties & Role

Workforce planning – contributes to the development of the workforce planning approach. Assesses the current state of workforce skills, capabilities, and potential. Evaluates …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: The Hague (75% onsite)

Duties & Role

The section where the duties will be performed is within the Chief Quality Office, Independent Assurance Branch, Product and Service Assurance Team. The Product and Service Assurance …

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Mons, Belgium

Requirements

  • 3 years of practical experience in managing change request from initiation to closure while engaging with relevant process owners and stakeholders
  • Experience in leading small teams
  • ITIL…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Brussels, Belgium or The Hague 50% Onsite

Skills

  • A demonstrated passionate interest and experience on leading and optimizing complex Acquisition, Procurement and Contractual matters, acquired in a large International…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: The Hague, Netherlands (75% onsite)

Required

  • At least 5 years recent experience in planning and execution of test, verification and validation activities in large complex projects
  • At least 5 years recent experience…

Start date: August 2026

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Brunssum, Netherlands

Duties & Role

Under the direction of Deputy Chief C2 Centre, the incumbent will provide comprehensive administrative support to the C2 Centre. The incumbent will act as a point of contact for supported …

Start date: ASAP

Clearance: DV Clearance

Location: Bristol, England

Urgent requirement for a Systems Engineer

to enable us to continue to deliver at an accelerated rate. Ideally you will have current or recent experience working in a government security advisory role, either within Defence…

Start date: Negotiable

Clearance: NATO Secret or equivalent

Location: Mons, Belgium

Requirements

  • Possesses experience in identifying and resolving complex problems and assignments, able to determine when problems should be escalated to a higher level
  • CIS operational and/or planning…

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Posted: July 3rd, 2026