Cyber Security Engineer

Job Title: Cyber Security Engineer
Location: Dublin (2-3 days per week onsite)
Day Rate: Depending on Experience
Duration: 12 months

A dual Irish-American business in Ireland is seeking a skilled Cyber Security Engineer contractor to support on a number of large enterprise projects over the coming 12 months as well as being a pillar within the business for SecOps deliverables. The hiring manager is keen to meet with skilled, local contractors who have proven Cyber Security Engineering expertise.

Responsibilities

• Triaging events from a wide range of sources, including reports from employees, IT Service Desk, security systems and threat intelligence data.

• Manage, analyse, and respond to detected events, escalating issues where appropriate.

• Review logs and alerts to monitor system security events and provide input to develop use cases to improve the operation of security services.

• Support the integration and handover of new security services within the monitoring and detection capability.

• Providing operational reporting summaries and metrics to key stakeholders

• Assess, monitor, analyse, and mitigate risks on new and existing IT solutions.

• Identify vulnerabilities and investigate security incidents to determine root causes.

• Contribute to the automation and improvement of security processes and technologies.

• Acting as a subject matter expert, provide consultations and advice to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience in information security management activities.

• Experience with Microsoft Security Suite of products essential – Azure, Sentinel, Defender etc.

• Familiarity with firewalls, SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS concepts, email Security products, Vulnerability management and relevant industry standards (e.g., ISO27001, CIS, NIST).

Nice to have:

• Experience with Microsoft 365 and Azure – Entra ID, Conditional Access, Enterprise Apps, App Registrations, Identity Protection, Privileged Identity Management, Identity Governance, Azure Infrastructure, Entra Connect, Intune, Secure Score, Exposure Management, Exchange Online Protection, Purview

• Microsoft Security Operations Analyst certification is required.

• Other security certification such as CISSP, CompTIA Network+/Security+ etc.

This is an immediate need for a Cyber Security Engineer on a 12-month contract in Dublin. If you have the relevant experience (and do not require visa sponsorship) then please share an updated CV and a member of the Alldus team will get in touch!

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