Cyber Security Consultant

Digiweb Group; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Referral Scheme

Enhanced Family Leave

Summer Flextime

Job summary

Viatel Technology Group seeks a Cyber Security Consultant to deliver cyber assessments, advisory engagements, workshops and reporting for clients in the Republic of Ireland. The role supports senior consultants on larger programmes and requires at least three years in cyber security or related fields.

The position is Dublin-based with a hybrid model (minimum 3 days on-site per week) and involves developing consultancy capability, governance, and risk management capabilities for multiple

Qualifications

• Typically three to eight years of cyber security, risk, audit, compliance or related experience.
• Practical customer-facing experience, ideally within consultancy, professional services or managed services.
• Practical knowledge of recognised frameworks and regulatory requirements such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls and NIS2.
• Experience contributing to risk, maturity, control or regulatory gap assessments and improvement planning.
• Working knowledge of the Irish and EU cyber security regulatory landscape.
• Strong analytical, report-writing, presentation and workshop facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver consultancy engagements in line with scope, methodology, quality standards and timescales.
• Conduct evidence reviews, stakeholder interviews, control assessments, risk assessments and cyber maturity/gap analyses.
• Produce clear reports, findings, recommendations and prioritised improvement plans.
• Support the development of policies, standards, risk registers, governance arrangements and control frameworks.
• Facilitate or support customer workshops, interviews, presentations and cyber resilience exercises.
• Help customers interpret relevant regulatory requirements, standards and recognised good practice.
• Maintain accurate engagement records and support proposals, statements of work, tenders and customer presentations.
• Build trusted customer relationships and contribute to consultancy methodologies.

Skills

Cyber security

Risk assessment

Audit

Compliance

Regulatory knowledge

Report writing

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder interviews

Job description

About Us

Viatel Technology Group is a complete Business Communications and Digital Services provider. We provide fully managed security, networking, cloud and communications services to a wide range of clients across a variety of business sectors. Our Culture ensures a work environment where everyone can contribute equally and reach their full potential.

Reports To: Senior Cyber Security Consultant / Head of Cyber Consultancy

Location

Republic of Ireland – Hybrid (minimum 3 days on-site per week).This is a Dublin-based hybrid role. The successful candidate will be expected to work aminimum of three days per week on-site from a Viatel office/hub, with Dublin serving asthe primary office and commercial base for the role. This is not a fully remote position.

Job Purpose

The Cyber Security Consultant will deliver cyber assessments, advisory engagements,workshops, reporting and improvement planning, primarily supporting customers andopportunities in the Republic of Ireland. The role will work independently on definedassignments and alongside Senior Consultants on larger programmes, while developingbroader consultancy capability, specialist expertise and commercial awareness.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver consultancy engagements in line with agreed scope, methodology, qualitystandards and timescales.
• Conduct evidence reviews, stakeholder interviews, control assessments, riskassessments and cyber maturity or gap analyses.
• Produce clear reports, findings, recommendations and prioritised improvementplans.
• Support the development of policies, standards, risk registers, governancearrangements and control frameworks.
• Facilitate or support customer workshops, interviews, presentations and cyberresilience exercises.
• Help customers interpret relevant regulatory requirements, standards andrecognised good practice.
• Maintain accurate engagement records and support proposals, statements ofwork, tenders and customer presentations.
• Build trusted customer relationships, contribute to consultancy methodologies anddevelop capability within one or more service areas.

Required Skills and Experience

• Typically three to eight years of cyber security, risk, audit, compliance or relatedexperience.
• Practical customer-facing experience, ideally within consultancy, professionalservices or managed services.
• Practical knowledge of recognised frameworks, standards and regulatoryrequirements such as ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls and NIS2.
• Experience contributing to risk, maturity, control or regulatory gap assessmentsand improvement planning.
• Working knowledge of the Irish and EU cyber security regulatory landscape.
• Sound understanding of governance, risk, incident response, business continuity,third-party risk and core security controls.
• Strong analytical, report‑writing, presentation and workshop facilitation skills.
• Ability to manage assigned work across multiple customers and meet agreeddeadlines.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of Irish NCSC guidance, Risk Management Measures and the CyberFundamentals Framework, or CyFun.
• Experience or working knowledge of DORA, ICT third‑party risk, incident reportingor operational resilience.
• Practical involvement in ISO/IEC 27001 implementation, internal audit, readinessassessment or certification support.
• Knowledge of the UK NIS Regulations and NCSC Cyber Assessment Frameworkwould be advantageous when supporting customers operating across Ireland andthe UK.
• Experience supporting incident readiness, business continuity, disaster recovery,operational resilience or third‑party risk engagements.
• Experience in regulated or critical sectors such as financial services,telecommunications, public sector, healthcare, energy, transport or digitalinfrastructure.
• Exposure to cloud security, security architecture, security operations, vulnerabilitymanagement or technical risk assessment.

Certifications (Desirable)

• ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, Lead Implementer or Practitioner
• CompTIA Security+, CySA+ or equivalent
• SSCP, CISSP, CISM, CRISC or CISA, or active progress towards one
• Relevant cloud, business continuity, audit or risk qualification

Additional Requirements

• Applicants must have the right to work in the Republic of Ireland.
• The role requires travel to customer locations across Ireland, with occasional travelelsewhere as required.

Personal Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Clear, confident written and verbal communication
• Professional, customer‑focused and dependable
• Curious, pragmatic and motivated to broaden capability
• Able to work independently and collaboratively
• Committed to high standards of quality and attention to detail
• Pension Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Summer Flextime

Please note: This role is open to both internal and external candidates.