Incident Response and Vulnerability

We are a leading global baking and food company with operations across multiple countries and a strong portfolio of well-known brands. As our business continues to grow and digitalize cybersecurity is a critical priority in protecting our people manufacturing operations supply chain customer data and global IT environment.

We are looking for an experienced Vulnerability & Incident Response SOC Expert to join our cybersecurity team in Brussels and strengthen our Security Operations and cyber-resilience capabilities.

As a Vulnerability & Incident Response SOC Expert you will play a key role in identifying assessing and reducing cybersecurity risks across our global environment. You will work closely with the Security Operations Center (SOC) infrastructure and cloud teams application owners and regional IT teams to detect investigate and respond to security incidents.

You will also lead and coordinate vulnerability management activities helping the organization prioritize remediation based on business risk and threat intelligence.

The role is highly hands-on and requires strong technical expertise analytical thinking and the ability to operate effectively during security incidents.

• Own and continuously improve the organizations global vulnerability management process.
  
• Identify assess prioritize and track vulnerabilities across infrastructure endpoints applications cloud environments and network devices.
  
• Analyze vulnerability findings and translate technical risks into clear business priorities.
  
• Coordinate remediation activities with IT infrastructure application and cloud teams.
  
• Monitor vulnerability remediation against agreed SLAs and risk thresholds.
  
• Support vulnerability scanning penetration testing security assessments and remediation validation.
  
• Develop vulnerability management metrics dashboards and executive reporting.
  
• Stay informed about emerging vulnerabilities CVEs exploits and relevant threat intelligence.
  

• Act as a senior technical expert during cybersecurity incidents.
  
• Investigate and respond to security alerts and incidents in collaboration with the SOC.
  
• Perform incident triage analysis containment eradication and recovery activities.
  
• Investigate indicators of compromise suspicious activity malware phishing credential compromise and unauthorized access.
  
• Support digital forensics and root-cause analysis where required.
  
• Coordinate incident response across global IT infrastructure cloud application and business teams.
  
• Contribute to incident response playbooks procedures and tabletop exercises.
  
• Participate in an on-call or escalation rotation when required.
  
• Produce detailed post-incident reports and recommend corrective and preventive measures.
  

• Work closely with internal and/or outsourced SOC teams to improve detection and response capabilities.
  
• Analyze security events and correlate information from SIEM EDR/XDR vulnerability management identity network and cloud security platforms.
  
• Help improve detection rules use cases alert quality and incident response processes.
  
• Support threat hunting and proactive identification of potential compromises.
  
• Evaluate emerging security threats and recommend appropriate controls.
  

• Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of the organizations ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS).
  
• Contribute to risk assessments security controls audits and corrective action plans.
  
• Provide technical evidence and support for internal and external ISO 27001 audits.
  
• Ensure vulnerability and incident management processes align with ISO 27001 requirements and organizational security policies.
  
• Support security governance risk management and compliance initiatives.
  

• Masters degree in Cybersecurity Information Security Computer Science Engineering or a related technical discipline.
  
• 5 years of professional experience in cybersecurity with significant experience in SOC operations vulnerability management incident response or cyber defense.
  
• Strong hands-on experience with vulnerability management methodologies and tools.
  
• Proven experience investigating and responding to cybersecurity incidents.
  
• Strong understanding of SIEM EDR/XDR IDS/IPS endpoint security network security and cloud security technologies.
  
• Solid knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards particularly ISO/IEC 27001.
  
• Understanding of vulnerability standards and methodologies such as CVSS CWE and CVE.
  
• Experience with incident response lifecycle threat detection containment eradication and recovery.
  
• Strong understanding of Windows and Linux security concepts networking identity authentication and Active Directory.
  
• Ability to analyze security logs alerts indicators of compromise and attack techniques.
  
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and modern cyber threat techniques.
  
• Experience working in a multinational or complex enterprise environment.
  
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and communication skills.
  
• Fluent English; knowledge of French and/or Dutch is an advantage.
  

One or more of the following certifications would be highly desirable:

• CISSP
  
• GIAC / GCIH / GCIA / GCFA
  
• CEH
  
• ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor
  
• CompTIA Security / CySA
  
• Microsoft Security certifications
  
• Relevant cloud security certifications such as AWS or Azure Security
  

• The opportunity to join a global organization with a strong commitment to cybersecurity and digital transformation.
  
• A senior technical role with significant visibility across international operations.
  
• Exposure to a diverse global IT and manufacturing environment.
  
• Opportunities to shape and mature vulnerability management and incident response capabilities.
  
• A collaborative international working environment based in Brussels Belgium.
  
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
  
• Professional development and certification opportunities.
  
• The opportunity to make a measurable impact on the organizations cyber resilience.
  

You are a cybersecurity professional who combines deep technical expertise with strong business awareness. You are comfortable investigating a complex security incident challenging vulnerability remediation priorities working with SOC analysts and infrastructure teams and communicating risk to senior stakeholders.

You are curious calm under pressure and continuously looking for ways to improve security operations and reduce cyber risk.

If you are ready to take a leading role in strengthening the cybersecurity resilience of a global organization we would like to hear from you.