Pauwels Consulting
EN
Cyber Security Consultant / SIEM Analyst
Brussels-Capital
Digital - Security
Bachelor, Master
Work experience: 10+
Reference number: 89568

Join a leading Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) that plays a central role in safeguarding the digital landscape of a major Belgian organization. As a SIEM Analyst, you will design and optimize monitoring use cases, working with diverse stakeholders to improve visibility, detect threats faster, and strengthen incident response capabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong Splunk Enterprise Security expertise, data analytics skills, and a passion for security monitoring to make a real impact.

Your Role

  • Collaborate with application and engineering teams on log ingestion and validation in the SIEM.
  • Create and improve monitoring use cases in collaboration with the Cyber Defense Center and threat intelligence teams.
  • Represent CSIRT in meetings with application stakeholders to ensure the right logs are onboarded.
  • Build dashboards and reports to track and communicate security insights.
  • Support the blue team during red team exercises to test and improve defenses.

What are we looking for?

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong expertise in the security aspects of Windows, Linux, internet technologies, and network protocols.
  • Hands-on experience with Splunk Enterprise Security (mandatory).
  • Knowledge of query languages such as SPL or KQL.
  • Experience in a SOC environment and with public cloud platforms (Azure, GCP, AWS) is highly valued.
  • Previous exposure to the telecom sector is a plus.
  • Flexible, team-oriented, with excellent communication skills.
  • High integrity and trusted handling of confidential information.
  • Proficient in English; knowledge of French and/or Dutch is a plus.

What do we offer?

Location: Brussels-based, with hybrid setup (1 day/week in office).

Contract type: Freelance/Consulting assignment

Start: ASAP

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