Director, Global SOC & Cyber Defense (Dublin)

Brightwater Executive; Leinster; On-site; EUR 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Brightwater Executive is engaging a Director to lead the Dublin-based Cyber Security Operations Centre as it expands its Centre of Excellence in Ireland. The role joins a global, 24/7 follow-the-sun cyber defence model and reports into global information security leadership.

The Director will manage a team across security analysis, threat hunting, insider threat and cyber operations engineering, driving continuous monitoring, incident response and proactive threat detection.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years in cybersecurity operations or cyber defence.
• 5+ years leading security operations teams.
• Experience with incident response, digital forensics triage and multi-cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Dublin SOC strategy, priorities and multi-year roadmap.
• Oversee 24/7 operations, capacity planning, shift handovers and budgets.
• Act as Incident Commander for high-severity incidents.
• Coordinate regulatory and client notifications including GDPR, NIS2 and DORA.

Skills

Cybersecurity leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

People leadership

On-call incident management

Communication with executives

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Cybersecurity

CISSP or equivalent

Tools

SIEM/SOC tools

EDR/XDR

SOAR

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

Brightwater Executive is engaging a Director to lead the Dublin-based Cyber Security Operations Centre as it expands its Centre of Excellence in Ireland. The role joins a global, 24/7 follow-the-sun cyber defence model and reports into global information security leadership.

The Director will manage a team across security analysis, threat hunting, insider threat and cyber operations engineering, driving continuous monitoring, incident response and proactive threat detection.