CyberSecurity Consultant

MCS Group Consultancy; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

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Job summary

MCS Group Consultancy in Dublin is building a dedicated cyber consultancy team and seeks a Cyber Security Consultant to own client engagements, deliver meaningful work, and develop with an experienced senior team. The role combines governance, risk, compliance and resilience across regulated sectors, with hybrid working and roughly eight on-site days per month.

You will manage relationships, deliver security assessments, support NIS2, DORA and ISO 27001, and mentor engagements while retaining

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.
• Excellent communication, report-writing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Structured, collaborative, delivery-focused approach.
• Experience in regulated sectors is helpful but not essential.
• CISM, CISSP, CISA or ISO 27001 certifications are valuable.

Responsibilities

• Managing your own customer relationships and 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 delivery.

Skills

GRC knowledge

NIS2

DORA

ISO 27001

Customer-facing experience

Report writing

Stakeholder management

Delivery-focused

Job description

Cyber Security Consultant 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.

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.
• 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

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.

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