DescriptionDeadline Date: Thursday 19 February 2026
Requirement Title: Deputy Service Delivery Manager Penetration Testing Services
Location: Mons Belgium
Full time on-site: Yes
Not to Exceed: 97 Euro
Total Scope of the request(hours): 1254
Required Start Date: 23 MARCH 2026
End Contract Date: 31 DEC 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
Specific Working Conditions: Normal Office Conditions. 10 days travel is foreseen for this position within Belgium. Post is required to be on site in Mons full time.
Previously submitted candidates deemed non-compliant for the following reasons:
- Network technician lack of proven experience (before oct 24) in the penetration testing and offensive security
- test engineer no professional experience in penetration testing or adversary emulation poor experience in SDM/PM in cyber security
- candidate interviewed limited knowledge in penetration testing and SDM/PM roles not enough to fulfil the position
- System administrator/security officer without extensive background in penetration testing or adversary emulation
- crafted CV current role is Incident responder not penetration tester
- SOC manager/Incident response no significant experience in penetration testing or adversary emulation
- no penetration testing experience
- VA manager experience but no penetration testing experience or adversary emulation experience. Not enough to fulfill the position.
- Cloud / AI engineer lack of proven experience in penetration testing and SDM/PM functions
Duties and Role
- Support the SDM in delivering high-quality penetration testing services.
- Accurately evaluate scope and level of effort (LoE) for penetration testing tasks.
- Provide technical oversight of vulnerabilities identified during testing.
- Act as a technical liaison between penetration testers service management and stakeholders.
- Contribute to service quality consistency and continuous improvement.
- Assist in planning and scheduling penetration testing engagements across NATO and NCIA environments.
- Coordinate resources and ensure adherence to agreed timelines.
- Coordinate resources and ensure adherence to agreed timelines.
- Monitor engagement progress and manage risks and dependencies.
- Conduct technical scoping discussions with stakeholders.
- Assess complexity attack surface and constraints of target systems.
- Produce justified LoE estimates aligned with NCSC PTAE methodologies.
- Support engagement kick-offs debriefings and technical discussions.
- Translate technical findings into risk-focused language for decision-makers
- Support service reporting KPIs and dashboards.
- Contribute to methodology updates and lessons learned.
Requirements- NATO Secret security clearance
- 3 years in project management or service delivery management in cyber security.
- Extensive technical background in penetration testing and offensive security.
- Demonstrated understanding of vulnerabilities across network application and cloud environments.
- Ability to estimate effort and scope complex technical assessments.
- Strong understanding of the penetration testing service lifecycle.
- Proven ability to scope engagements including objectives in/out of scope assumptions constraints RoE and deliverables
- Solid knowledge of common penetration testing standards and requirements (e.g. OWASP PTES NIST/ISO-aligned practices)
- ITIL experience with a strong focus on Change Management
- Proven customer-facing experience including requirements gathering stakeholder management and expectation setting.
- Ability to map needs to the right test types (web/API network cloud mobile wireless red teaming vs. penetration testing)
- Excellent English (written and spoken); able to produce and review customer-ready documentation
Required Experience:
Manager
DescriptionDeadline Date: Thursday 19 February 2026Requirement Title: Deputy Service Delivery Manager Penetration Testing ServicesLocation: Mons BelgiumFull time on-site: YesNot to Exceed: 97 EuroTotal Scope of the request(hours): 1254Required Start Date: 23 MARCH 2026End Contract Date: 31 DEC 202...
DescriptionDeadline Date: Thursday 19 February 2026
Requirement Title: Deputy Service Delivery Manager Penetration Testing Services
Location: Mons Belgium
Full time on-site: Yes
Not to Exceed: 97 Euro
Total Scope of the request(hours): 1254
Required Start Date: 23 MARCH 2026
End Contract Date: 31 DEC 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO Secret
Specific Working Conditions: Normal Office Conditions. 10 days travel is foreseen for this position within Belgium. Post is required to be on site in Mons full time.
Previously submitted candidates deemed non-compliant for the following reasons:
- Network technician lack of proven experience (before oct 24) in the penetration testing and offensive security
- test engineer no professional experience in penetration testing or adversary emulation poor experience in SDM/PM in cyber security
- candidate interviewed limited knowledge in penetration testing and SDM/PM roles not enough to fulfil the position
- System administrator/security officer without extensive background in penetration testing or adversary emulation
- crafted CV current role is Incident responder not penetration tester
- SOC manager/Incident response no significant experience in penetration testing or adversary emulation
- no penetration testing experience
- VA manager experience but no penetration testing experience or adversary emulation experience. Not enough to fulfill the position.
- Cloud / AI engineer lack of proven experience in penetration testing and SDM/PM functions
Duties and Role
- Support the SDM in delivering high-quality penetration testing services.
- Accurately evaluate scope and level of effort (LoE) for penetration testing tasks.
- Provide technical oversight of vulnerabilities identified during testing.
- Act as a technical liaison between penetration testers service management and stakeholders.
- Contribute to service quality consistency and continuous improvement.
- Assist in planning and scheduling penetration testing engagements across NATO and NCIA environments.
- Coordinate resources and ensure adherence to agreed timelines.
- Coordinate resources and ensure adherence to agreed timelines.
- Monitor engagement progress and manage risks and dependencies.
- Conduct technical scoping discussions with stakeholders.
- Assess complexity attack surface and constraints of target systems.
- Produce justified LoE estimates aligned with NCSC PTAE methodologies.
- Support engagement kick-offs debriefings and technical discussions.
- Translate technical findings into risk-focused language for decision-makers
- Support service reporting KPIs and dashboards.
- Contribute to methodology updates and lessons learned.
Requirements- NATO Secret security clearance
- 3 years in project management or service delivery management in cyber security.
- Extensive technical background in penetration testing and offensive security.
- Demonstrated understanding of vulnerabilities across network application and cloud environments.
- Ability to estimate effort and scope complex technical assessments.
- Strong understanding of the penetration testing service lifecycle.
- Proven ability to scope engagements including objectives in/out of scope assumptions constraints RoE and deliverables
- Solid knowledge of common penetration testing standards and requirements (e.g. OWASP PTES NIST/ISO-aligned practices)
- ITIL experience with a strong focus on Change Management
- Proven customer-facing experience including requirements gathering stakeholder management and expectation setting.
- Ability to map needs to the right test types (web/API network cloud mobile wireless red teaming vs. penetration testing)
- Excellent English (written and spoken); able to produce and review customer-ready documentation
Required Experience:
Manager
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