About this job

GSA AND SECURITY ACCREDITATION DEPARTMENT
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is responsible for the operations and service provision for the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) EGNOS and Galileo. By developing a new generation of GNSS, Europe is laying the foundation for new high-technology industry development, leading to job creation and economic growth.
The Security Accreditation Department provides independent, balanced, timely and comprehensive security risks analysis to support the decisions of the Security Accreditation Board (SAB). The SAB is an autonomous body, established pursuant to the GSA Regulation, which shall take all security accreditation decisions related to the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).
The SAB shall set up special subordinate bodies, acting on its instructions, to deal with specific issues. In particular, while ensuring necessary continuity of work, it shall set up a panel to conduct security analysis reviews and tests to produce the relevant risk reports in order to assist it in preparing its decisions.

Responsibilities

The Information Assurance Officer contributes actively to the fulfilment of the Agency’s regulatory responsibilities related to security accreditation of the systems under its remit, in line with the applicable legislation.
Pursuant to the instructions of the Security Accreditation Board, the job holder’s tasks and responsibilities shall in principle include:
• Perform security assurance tasks on CIS infrastructures and operations, focusing on documentation review to provide information assurance and security risk assessments;
• Participate in relevant Programme reviews and report on these to ensure findings are addressed, possible non-compliance to the system security baseline is identified, new security risks are known and security measures are defined to reduce such risks to acceptable levels;
• Provide security assurance expertise on topics of concern to the SAB and its subordinate bodies;
• Participate to technical meetings after documentation review in order to elaborate comments from the security assurance point of view;
• Contribute to the drafting of security accreditation reports supporting the SAB decisions;
• Manage security accreditation contract activities: draft contracts, handle the ITT process according to applicable rules, manage the awarded contracts and associated contractors, coordinate contractors’ activities, review deliverables, manage reports, acceptance sheets, forecast and follow up the contracts’ budget, and report to the Head of Department;
• Support meeting organisation and administrative tasks needed for the functioning of the SAB and its bodies;
• Contribute to other tasks of the Department, as necessary.

Profile

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The selection procedure is open to applicants who satisfy the following eligibility criteria, on the closing date for application:
1. A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma when the normal period of university education is four years or more
OR
A level of education which corresponds to completed university studies attested by a diploma and at least one year of appropriate professional experience when the normal period of university education is three years
2. In addition to the above, appropriate professional experience of at least six years after obtaining the required diploma
3. Be a national of a Member State of the European Union
4. Be entitled to his or her full rights as citizen
5. Have fulfilled any obligations imposed by the applicable laws concerning military service
6. Meet the character requirements for the duties involved
7. Have a thorough knowledge of one of the languages of the European Union and a satisfactory knowledge of another language of the European Union to the extent necessary for the performance of his/her duties
8. Be physically fit to perform the duties linked to the post

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
In order to consider your application valid, you are required to log in and submit application through the GSA e-recruitment portal https://www.gsa.europa.eu/gsa/jobs-opportunities