Senior OT Security Expert (M/V/X) (2026-5195)

Function

Our European team of top experts has a deliberately broad scope. Depending on your background and interests, you will work in one or more of these areas:

• Deliver OT security consulting, gap assessments, and risk quantification for asset owners, system integrators, and product manufacturers;
• Support companies in achieving certification for CRA, IEC 62443 (2-4, 3-3, 4-1, 4-2), ISO 27001, CyFun and NIS2 compliance;
• Conduct independent cybersecurity and AI security assessments, penetration tests, and third-party risk assessments;
• Develop and deliver training on cybersecurity, AI security, NIS2, product security, CRA, and IEC 62443;
• Build thought leadership and service offerings where functional safety overlaps with cybersecurity, including cyber HAZOP, cyber LOPA, and cyber-physical assurance cases;
• Develop and execute guidance on industrial AI, autonomous machines, AI Act compliance, and AI governance;
• Help guiding companies in building governance frameworks combining ISO 27001, CyFun, and IEC 62443;
• Act as a Trust in Digital ambassador with our customers and within the international Kiwa family;
• Speak at conferences, write articles, and represent Kiwa/Vinçotte at industry events.

This role, open to both permanent employment and contractor arrangements, is mainly Belgium-based, with occasional international travel (within EU).

Profile

Education:

• Master’s or engineering degree, or equivalent gained through professional experience and self-learning.
• You are open/able to continuous learning to keep developing your expertise and credentials.

Experience:

• Hands-on experience in OT/ICS cybersecurity — you understand the difference between an IT firewall and a Purdue model;
• 10 years of experience in cyber security domain
• Previous consulting, auditing, or teaching experience is a strong plus;
• Familiarity with one or more of IEC 62443, NIS2, CRA, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, AI Act. Not required to have it all, but a genuine eagerness to master more.

Languages:

• English: fluent (= working language of our European team and Kiwa group);
• Dutch: fluent to communicate confidently with customers in Belgium.
• French: is a plus

Competencies:

• A razor-sharp focus on customer outcomes, customer satisfaction, customer centricity;
• Able to explain complex technical and regulatory topics in a structured, clear, and compelling way to both engineers and boardrooms;
• A self-starting, eternal learner who is energised by being recognised as a domain expert;
• Comfortable operating with a degree of independence while contributing to a close-knit international team;
• Curious about where safety, cybersecurity, and AI intersect. You see this as a feature and opportunity, not a complication.