Expert Cybersecurity – Disaster Recovery & Resilience

Pauwels Consulting; Anderlecht; Hybride; EUR 90 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Pauwels Consulting is seeking an Expert Cybersecurity Disaster Recovery professional to govern resilience capabilities and maintain validated continuity arrangements balancing technical feasibility with business priorities.

You will define DR strategies, perform analyses, advance maturity with ISO 22301, oversee readiness, and guide hybrid/hybrid recovery designs across environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in resilience and disaster recovery within a broader IT career.
• CISSP certification and at least one risk management certification.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Fluent in Dutch, French, and English (C1 in all).
• Ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience setting up disaster recovery environments.

Responsabilités

• Define and maintain disaster recovery strategies and standards to align with business needs.
• Perform cost-benefit analyses for recovery options, including replication and failover patterns.
• Drive organizational maturity using ISO 22301 and related frameworks.
• Oversee disaster recovery readiness by reviewing tests and remediation actions.
• Provide guidance on hybrid cloud and on-premise recovery designs and dependency mapping.

Connaissances

Disaster Recovery

Stakeholder influence

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

CISSP certification

Risk management certification

Description du poste

Our client, a leading organization in the transport and infrastructure sector, is looking for an Expert Cybersecurity Disaster Recovery professional. The project ensures robust governance and strategic oversight of resilience capabilities to maintain validated continuity arrangements that balance technical feasibility with business priorities.

• Define and maintain disaster recovery strategies and standards to ensure technical feasibility and business alignment.
• Perform cost-benefit analyses for recovery options, including replication strategies and failover patterns.
• Drive organizational maturity improvement using recognized models like ISO 22301.
• Oversee disaster recovery readiness by reviewing test results and ensuring actionable remediation.
• Provide expert guidance on hybrid cloud and on-premise recovery designs and dependency mapping.

• 8+ years of experience in Resilience and Disaster Recovery within a broader 20-year career in IT.
• Proven track record in conducting maturity assessments and leading organizational improvement programs.
• Possess a CISSP certification and at least one recognized risk management certification.
• You bring experience in setting up disaster recovery environments, supported by a formal recommendation from a previous project.
• You possess a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• You have a strong business-oriented mindset with experience outside the purely technical IT domain.
• You’re capable of influencing stakeholders and driving change without direct authority.
• You are fluent in Dutch, French, and English with a minimum C1 level in all three languages.

Nice to Haves

• In-depth knowledge of ISO 27031, NIST 800-34, and NIS 2 resilience obligations.
• Experience with multi-site recovery and high-dependency architectures.
• Familiarity with network, storage, replication, and failover patterns in hybrid environments.
• Specific certifications related to Disaster Recovery.
• Previous experience within critical infrastructure or similar high-availability sectors.

• Start date: 26/10/2026
• Duration: until 31/12/2027
• Location: Brussels
• Working model: Hybrid (minimum 2 days per week onsite)
• Contract: open to both permanent employees and freelancers