Information Security and Accreditation Officer Job

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ESO Information Security and Accreditation Officer
Job Requisition ID: 20814
Date Posted: 29 July 2026
Closing Date: 19 August 2026 23:59 CET/CEST
Publication: Internal & External
Type of Appointment : 4 years, extendable to indefinite
Directorate: Resources and Services
Workplace:
Noordwijk, NL
Location
ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Description
Information Security and Accreditation Officer, ESA Security Office (ESO), Directorate of Resources and Services.
Reporting functionally to the RNC-X Security Manager and hierarchically to the ESA Security Office, you will be responsible for the security activities related to the Directorate of Resilience, Navigation and Connectivity (RNC) Information Security Office, to ensure rigorous supervision of the correct management of information in terms of security, in accordance with the requirements of the ESA Security Directives. You will, in addition, be responsible for the coordination of the ESO security assurance Team in the RNC Directorate.
The main ESO Interface will be the ESO Security Accreditation Manager in Brussels.
Duties
As Accreditation Manager, your tasks and responsibilities, will include: - ensuring proper coordination of the ESO Security Assurance Team under the functional authority of the RNC-X Security Manager and in full coordination with ESO; - coordinating with the RNC ESO Security Assurance Team the Directorate's independent security risk analysis, which will include analysis and risk coming from RNC space programmes and RNC security-critical activities; - supporting the establishment of RNC security assurance status and ensuring the Directorate's proper PL1/PL2 security implementation; - supporting the achievement of programme security accreditation objectives and milestones.
As ISO (Information Security Office), your tasks and responsibilities, as defined in the ESA Security Directives, will include: - ensuring the security of the Directora...