Cyber Operations Engineer

Archer; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 63,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus and benefits

Job summary

Archer is seeking a senior Cyber Operations Engineer to own vulnerability management and remediation across complex IT/OT environments supporting critical infrastructure.

You'll lead third-party security providers, drive service delivery and improvements, and support incident response across legacy and modern tech stacks, with exposure to cloud security, OT, threat intelligence, and AI security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ cyber security experience with hands-on vulnerability management.
• Experience across complex legacy and modern technology environments.
• Strong third-party/vendor management and stakeholder communications skills.
• Experience with cloud security, SOC, SIEM, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Own vulnerability management, remediation priorities and security improvement initiatives.
• Lead third-party security providers and drive service delivery and continuous improvement.
• Support SOC operations, incident response, investigations and cyber exercises.
• Work across IT, OT, cloud and emerging technologies to reduce cyber risk.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Stakeholder communications

Cloud security

Incident response

Threat intelligence

SOC operations

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Job description

CyberOperationsEngineer–OwnCyberSecurityAcrossCriticalInfrastructure

• Leadcybersecurityacrossacomplex,business-criticaltechnologyenvironment
• Ownvulnerabilitymanagement,remediationandsecurityimprovement
• Hands-onrolewithrealinfluenceacrosstechnology,vendorsandoperations

Join a major Irish organisation and take ownership of cyber security across complex IT and operational environments supporting critical national infrastructure.

This is not a standard SOC Analyst role. You’ll be a senior, hands-on Cyber Operations Engineer, driving vulnerability management, prioritising remediation, leading third-party security providers and supporting incident response across a mix of legacy and modern technologies.

You’ll work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholders, vendors and managed service providers, with genuine ownership from day one. The role also offers exposure to cloud security, OT, threat intelligence, emerging technologies and AI security, alongside participation in an evolving 24/7 SOC function.

If you want to move beyond monitoring and analysis into a role where you can influence security strategy, lead remediation and make a tangible impact protecting critical infrastructure, this is a rare opportunity.

Youwill:

• Own vulnerability management, remediation priorities and security improvement initiatives
• Lead third-party security providers and drive service delivery and continuous improvement
• SupportSOCoperations,incidentresponse,investigationsandcyberexercises
• WorkacrossIT,OT,cloudandemergingtechnologiestoreducecyberrisk

Skills/Experience:

• 5+ years’ cyber security experience, with strong hands-on vulnerability management experience
• Provenexperienceacrosscomplexlegacyandmoderntechnologyenvironments
• Strongthird-party/vendormanagementandstakeholdercommunicationskills
• Experiencewithcloudsecurity,SOC,SIEM,EDR/XDR,threatintelligenceandincidentresponse

Salary/Remuneration: Upto€105,000+bonusandbenefits.

About Archer – Archer Recruitment is a Specialist IT Recruitment Consultancy based in Ireland.