Cyber Security Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer

Permanent ¦¦ Up to €75k p.a. + benefits

Ennis, Co. Clare ¦¦ Hybrid (3 or 4 days onsite)

TechHeads is currently seeking an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to play a key role in delivering a major cyber security improvement programme across a growing healthcare group.

This is a hands-on role focused on security remediation, Microsoft 365 security, vulnerability management and strengthening the organisation's overall security environment.

You will work closely with internal infrastructure/development teams, managed service providers and external security partners to identify risks and implement practical security improvements.

This role would suit a Cyber Security Engineer, Senior Security Engineer or Infrastructure/Security Engineer who enjoys hands-on technical work but is also comfortable taking ownership of security improvement projects.

Experience within healthcare, regulated environments or organisations handling sensitive personal data would be particularly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead remediation of critical and high-risk security vulnerabilities.
• Analyse vulnerability assessments and prioritise remediation activities.
• Coordinate patching and mitigation across servers, endpoints, cloud services and infrastructure.
• Strengthen security controls across Microsoft 365 and Azure environments.
• Improve identity and access management, including MFA, Conditional Access and privileged access.
• Support endpoint security, email security and data protection initiatives.
• Investigate security incidents and support incident response activities.
• Work with MSPs and external security partners to implement security improvements.
• Develop security standards, documentation and reporting.
• Support ongoing cyber security improvement projects across the group.

Requirements:

• 5+ years' IT/security experience, with strong hands-on cyber security experience.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365, Azure and Microsoft security technologies.
• Experience with vulnerability management and security remediation.
• Good understanding of identity, endpoint, network and cloud security.
• Experience working with tools such as Microsoft Defender, Intune, Entra ID and Sentinel would be advantageous.
• Comfortable working across multiple systems, business units and third-party providers.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.