CyberSecurity Consultant

MCS Group | Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

MCS Group | Your Specialist Recruitment Consultancy is working with an established technology services business building a dedicated cyber consultancy team in Dublin. They are hiring a Cyber Security Consultant who can take ownership of client engagements, deliver meaningful work and develop alongside an experienced senior team.

This role suits someone moving from a larger consultancy or internal security function seeking more responsibility, broader exposure and a clear development path.

Qualifications

• Around five years of cyber security experience.
• Customer-facing cyber security consultancy or advisory experience.
• Strong GRC knowledge with solid technical understanding.
• Experience with NIS2, DORA or ISO 27001.
• Ability to manage standard customer engagements from early stage.
• Excellent communication, report-writing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Structured, collaborative and delivery-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Manage your own customer relationships and engagements.
• Deliver cyber governance, risk and compliance assessments.
• Support clients with NIS2, DORA and ISO 27001 compliance.
• Conduct maturity, risk and regulatory gap assessments.
• Help customers develop practical security improvement plans.
• Deliver operational resilience and incident-readiness engagements.
• Support ransomware preparedness and incident response planning.
• Facilitate cyber security tabletop exercises.
• Contribute to virtual CISO and wider advisory engagements.
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear, practical recommendations.

Skills

Client-facing experience

GRC knowledge

NIS2/DORA/ISO27001

Communication & reporting

Delivery ownership

Job description

Location: Dublin
Salary: €55,000 to €70,000
Working Model: Hybrid, approximately eight days per month on-site

There is a big difference between supporting cyber security work and having genuine ownership of it.

I'm working with an established technology services business that is building a dedicated cyber consultancy team in Dublin. They are now looking for a Cyber Security Consultant who can take ownership of client engagements, deliver meaningful work and develop alongside an experienced senior team.

This is a particularly strong opportunity if you are currently working in a larger consultancy or internal security function and feel ready for more responsibility, broader exposure and a clearer development path.

The Opportunity

You will join at an exciting point in the development of the Dublin consultancy team.

The business is currently hiring at both senior and mid-level, with plans to add graduate talent in the future. You will work directly with the Head of Cyber Consultancy and alongside a Senior Consultant who will lead larger engagements, support service development and provide mentorship.

You will also have clients and engagements of your own. You will not be sitting in the background waiting for an opportunity to contribute.

The work will be varied, combining cyber governance, risk, compliance and operational resilience across organisations operating within regulated and critical sectors.

The Opportunity

Cyber Security Consultant

What You'll Be Doing

• Managing your own customer relationships and consultancy engagements
• Delivering cyber governance, risk and compliance assessments
• Supporting clients with NIS2, DORA and ISO 27001
• Conducting maturity, risk and regulatory gap assessments
• Helping customers develop practical security improvement plans
• Delivering operational resilience and incident-readiness engagements
• Supporting ransomware preparedness and incident response planning
• Facilitating cyber security tabletop exercises
• Contributing to virtual CISO and wider advisory engagements
• Translating technical and regulatory requirements into clear, practical recommendations
• Working closely with senior consultants while retaining ownership of your own delivery

What They're Looking For

You will ideally have around five years of cyber security experience, although the quality of your experience matters more than an exact number.

You should bring:

• Previous customer-facing cyber security, consultancy or advisory experience
• Strong GRC knowledge supported by a solid technical understanding
• Experience with frameworks or regulations such as NIS2, DORA or ISO 27001
• The confidence to manage standard customer engagements from an early stage
• Strong communication, report-writing and stakeholder-management skills
• The ability to turn complex security requirements into practical actions
• A structured, collaborative and delivery-focused approach

Experience within financial services, public sector, telecommunications, healthcare, energy, transport or digital infrastructure would be helpful, but it is not essential.

Certifications such as CISM, CISSP, CISA or ISO 27001 would also be valuable, but relevant delivery experience will carry more weight than collecting qualifications.

Why Consider It?

• Join at the beginning of a growing Dublin cyber consultancy team
• Take ownership of clients rather than simply supporting senior colleagues
• Work across varied regulatory, risk and resilience engagements
• Learn directly from experienced cyber consultancy leadership
• Build towards a future Senior Consultant position
• Gain exposure to recognised organisations across regulated and critical sectors
• Work within a business investing in its cyber capability across Ireland and the UK
• Benefit from a grown-up and flexible approach to hybrid working

The standard expectation is approximately eight days per month on-site. This can include time spent at customer locations, so you will not be expected to attend both client sites and the office simply to meet an arbitrary target.

Interview Process

• An initial Microsoft Teams interview with the Head of Cyber Consultancy
• A second-stage interview, preferably held in Dublin

If you are a customer-facing cyber security professional looking for greater ownership, stronger mentorship and a genuine route towards senior consultancy, this could be an excellent next move.

If you have a disability which means you require assistance at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us directly to discuss. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity to all.

Please note, we are receiving an exceptionally high number of applications at present and will be unable to shortlist candidates who are not meeting the specific requirements for this role. Due to the high volume of applications, we may be unable to provide individual feedback. We thank you in advance for your understanding.