Principal Cyber Security Engineer

The Recruitment Company; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruitment Company is seeking a Principal Cyber Security Engineer in Galway for a hybrid role. You will own and operate a large HashiCorp Vault environment, manage secrets for thousands of applications, and drive automation, CI/CD and security improvements across a global financial services backdrop.

Lead initiatives, collaborate with international teams, and influence security architecture while delivering reliable, scalable PAM and cloud security capabilities.

Qualifications

• Extensive AWS/cloud infrastructure experience.
• Hands-on 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.

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

HashiCorp Vault

PAM technologies

Linux/UNIX

Python

Ansible

CI/CD

Terraform

Jenkins

Container technologies

Leadership

Tools

HashiCorp Vault

Terraform

Jenkins

Docker

Ansible

Job description

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.