Network Engineer

Junior - Secure IT Environment Officer

Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands

Residency Requirement: Candidates must currently reside in or near Eindhoven

Duration: 6 Months

Experience Level: 0–4 years

Working Pattern: 40 hours per week

4 days onsite in Eindhoven

1 day remote

Role Purpose

The Junior Secure IT Environment Officer supports the operation and governance of Secure IT Environments by executing defined operational, support, and review tasks under supervision. The role focuses on consistency, traceability, and adherence to approved procedures, contributing to secure infrastructure operations and physical secure environment support, including Secure Support Room (SSR) activities.

The role is execution oriented and does not carry decision making authority or ownership of secure environments.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Network Change Support

• Support the review of infrastructure and network-related change requests (e.g. firewall rules, connectivity requests, access requests) against predefined standards and guidelines.

• Assist in validating request completeness

• Apply documented feedback and follow-up actions to requestors where clarification or correction is required, under senior review.

• Perform regular Compliance reviews against predefined standards and guidelines.

Security & Compliance Assistance

• Assist in ensuring infrastructure changes align with secure environment requirements (e.g. Restricted / High Secure environments).

• Support evidence collection and documentation for audits and internal reviews by maintaining structured records and references.

• Follow established escalation paths when deviations or policy gaps are identified.

Operational Coordination

• Participate in recurring team operational meetings to track workload, handovers, and priorities.

• Coordinate with infrastructure architects, security stakeholders, and service request teams to progress assigned tasks.

• Support handover and transition activities by maintaining clear task documentation.

Documentation & Reporting

• Maintain and update operational tracking artifacts (e.g. approval overviews, follow-up lists).

• Ensure documentation is clear, factual, and suitable for reuse by senior reviewers or auditors.

• Avoid recording decisions outside designated systems, adhering to separation of instruction vs. registration.

Scope & Boundaries

• Works under supervision of Secure IT Environment Officer.

• Does not approve final architectural designs or policy exceptions.

• Execute tasks based on defined templates, checklists, and review criteria.

Required Skills & Knowledge (Junior Level)

Technical (Foundational)

• Basic understanding of:

o Network concepts (IP addressing, ports, protocols)

o Firewall rule structures

o Segmented IT environments