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Chef de projet CLM & PKI (H/F/X)

Customer: ETNIC Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 37 1030 Bruxelles Belgium
Dates: 2026-08-24 2026-12-31
Arrangements: Hybrid; part-time 2/5 (the mission description also states half-time).
Apply before: 2026-08-27

Description

ETNIC, the IT operator of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, is launching a project to automate the lifecycle management of qualified digital certificates and establish a private PKI for internal certificates. The wider initiative consists of mapping and diagnosis, a proof of concept with the Sectigo certification authority, and a deployment phase subject to a Go/No-Go milestone. The Project Manager will lead the first two phases and prepare the organization for the deployment decision.

The role coordinates development, infrastructure, security and ITIL/monitoring teams across organizational boundaries. It includes supervising the inventory of certificate-bearing assets, the risk assessment report, the Sectigo proof of concept and the deployment business case. The consultant will also coordinate architects, security/PKI experts and infrastructure engineers while establishing transverse project governance.

The Project Manager is responsible for planning and progress monitoring as well as budget follow-up and reporting to the management committee. The assignment is hybrid in Brussels and is advertised administratively as part-time 2/5, while the detailed mission text describes it as half-time. The administrative section gives an end date of 31 December 2026 and a five-month duration, while the detailed mission states a minimum of seven months for phases 1 and 2.

Top Reasons to Apply
Strategic security transformation
Cross-functional project leadership
Sectigo PKI innovation
Public-sector digital impact
Post-quantum exposure
Responsibilities
Plan coordinate phases
Track project progress
Supervise certificate asset mapping
Supervise risk assessment
Lead Sectigo PoC
Build deployment business case
Establish cross-functional governance
Coordinate project resources
Must Have
Confirmed IT project management
Security infrastructure experience
Cross-functional team leadership
Digital certificate knowledge
PKI knowledge
CLM principles knowledge
Native French
Nice to Have
ACME protocol knowledge
SCEP protocol knowledge
API integration knowledge
Public-sector environment experience
NIS2 awareness
Crypto-agility awareness
Post-quantum transition awareness
Dutch language
English language

Detailed Responsibilities and Skills

Additional Responsibilities

  • Monitor project budget
  • Report management committee

General skills

  • Confirmed experience in IT project management in a security or infrastructure context.
  • Ability to unite and coordinate cross-functional teams without direct hierarchical authority.
  • Native-level French.
  • Experience in a public or semi-public environment is nice to have.
  • Dutch is nice to have.
  • English is nice to have.

Technical skills

  • Confirmed knowledge of digital certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI).
  • Confirmed knowledge of Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) principles.
  • Knowledge of ACME protocols is nice to have.
  • Knowledge of SCEP protocols is nice to have.
  • Knowledge of API integration mechanisms is nice to have.
  • Awareness of NIS2 issues is nice to have.
  • Awareness of crypto-agility is nice to have.
  • Awareness of post-quantum transition is nice to have.

Tools

  • Sectigo certification authority is used for the planned proof of concept.