Principal Cyber Security Engineer

The Recruitment Company (TRC); Connacht; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 20%

Job summary

The Recruitment Company (Australia) is seeking a Principal Cyber Security Engineer to join our Galway-based, hybrid team. You will own and operate an enterprise HashiCorp Vault environment, safeguarding secrets for thousands of applications across a large organization.

You will design new secrets and access capabilities, lead automation efforts, and drive CI/CD improvements while collaborating with international engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Expertise in AWS and cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on with HashiCorp Vault operations.
• Experience with PAM or enterprise secrets management.
• Strong Linux/UNIX administration.
• Proficient in Python, Ansible, and automation.
• Familiar with CI/CD, Terraform, Jenkins and containers.
• Capable of leading initiatives across international teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and operate an enterprise HashiCorp Vault environment.
• Design and develop new secrets management and access management capabilities.
• Manage production environments, upgrades, monitoring and performance.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines through automation and DevOps practices.
• Support disaster recovery, infrastructure resilience and capacity planning.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to architecture and continuous improvement.

Skills

AWS

Cloud infrastructure

HashiCorp Vault

PAM

Linux/UNIX

Python

Ansible

Infrastructure automation

CI/CD

Terraform

Jenkins

Containers

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Principal Cyber Security Engineer

Galway | Hybrid | €80,000–€95,000 + 20% Bonus

An exciting opportunity for a Principal Cyber Security Engineer to join a global financial services organisation, taking ownership of a business-critical Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform.

You'll be responsible for the operation, development and continuous improvement of an enterprise-scale HashiCorp Vault environment, providing secrets management services to more than 5,000 business applications.

This is a hands-on technical position combining cloud security, infrastructure engineering and automation, with the opportunity to influence security capabilities across a large international business.

What you'll be doing

• Own and operate an enterprise HashiCorp Vault environment.
• Design and develop new secrets management and access management capabilities.
• Manage production environments, upgrades, monitoring and performance.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines through automation and DevOps practices.
• Support disaster recovery, infrastructure resilience and capacity planning.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to architecture and continuous improvement.

What we're looking for

• Strong AWS and cloud infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on experience administering and operating HashiCorp Vault.
• Background in enterprise secrets management or PAM technologies.
• Strong Linux/UNIX administration experience.
• Experience with Python, Ansible and infrastructure automation.
• Understanding of CI/CD, Terraform, Jenkins and container technologies.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and work across international engineering teams.

The opportunity: Take ownership of a critical security platform operating at significant scale, working within an established global cybersecurity team with genuine scope to influence engineering standards and security capabilities.