Senior Cyber Security Consultant

Viatel Technology Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Viatel Technology Group is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Consultant to lead customer engagements across cyber advisory, governance, risk, assurance and operational resilience, primarily for Republic of Ireland clients. You will guide projects through discovery, scoping, delivery and executive reporting, while mentoring colleagues and helping grow the Viatel Cyber Consultancy practice.

The role requires extensive client-facing work, excellent communication with executive stakeholders, and the

Qualifications

• 8+ years in cyber security with substantial client-facing consultancy or advisory work.
• Proven ability to lead engagements and build trusted exec relationships.
• Broad knowledge of cyber governance, risk, assurance, and operational resilience.
• Experience applying ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, NIS2 requirements.
• Experience delivering risk/maturity/gap assessments, policies and remediation roadmaps.
• Excellent report writing, workshops and presentations with strong commercial awareness.
• Ability to manage multiple engagements with a pragmatic, outcome-focused approach.
• Strong understanding of Irish and EU cyber security regulatory landscape.

Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements from discovery to delivery and executive reporting.
• Deliver cyber strategy, governance, risk, compliance, assurance, maturity and resilience initiatives.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop prioritised improvement roadmaps.
• Facilitate workshops with boards and senior leaders across clients.
• Translate regulatory obligations into practical security improvements for customers.
• Lead or support incident readiness and resilience exercises; support third-party risk reviews.
• Quality-assure consultancy deliverables and support proposals and statements of work.
• Mentor consultants and develop reusable methodologies with Sales, SOC, and Delivery teams.

Skills

Cyber security

Customer facing

Engagement leadership

ISO 27001

NIST CSF

CIS Controls

NIS2

Risk assessments

Policy development

Executive reporting

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

Viatel Technology Group is a complete Business Communications and Digital Services provider. We provide fully managed security, networking, cloud and communications services to a wide range of clients across a variety of business sectors. Our Culture ensures a work environment where everyone can contribute equally and reach their full potential.

Job Purpose

The Senior Cyber Security Consultant will lead customer engagements across cyber advisory, governance, risk, assurance and operational resilience, with primary responsibility for customers and opportunities in the Republic of Ireland. The role covers the full engagement lifecycle, from discovery and scoping through to delivery and executive reporting, while supporting pre-sales, mentoring colleagues and helping develop the Viatel Cyber Consultancy practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead customer engagements from discovery and scoping through assessment, delivery, reporting and executive presentation.
• Deliver cyber strategy, governance, risk, compliance, assurance, maturity and operational resilience engagements.
• Conduct risk and regulatory gap assessments and develop clear, prioritised improvement roadmaps
• Facilitate workshops with boards, senior leaders, risk owners and technical or operational teams
• Translate regulatory and industry requirements into practical, proportionate security improvements
• Lead or support incident readiness, cyber exercises, business continuity, disaster recovery and third-party risk reviews.
• Quality-assure consultancy deliverables and support proposals, tenders, statements of work and effort estimates.
• Mentor consultants, develop reusable methodologies and work with Sales, SOC, Digital Services and Delivery teams.

Required Skills and Experience

• Typically 8+ years of cyber security experience, including substantial customer-facing consultancy or advisory work.
• Proven ability to lead engagements and build trusted relationships with executive and senior stakeholders.
• Broad knowledge of cyber governance, risk, assurance, technical security and operational resilience
• Practical experience applying ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, NIS2 requirements
• Experience delivering risk, maturity or gap assessments, policies, control frameworks and remediation roadmaps.
• Excellent report writing, workshop facilitation and presentation skills, with strong commercial awareness.
• Ability to manage and quality-assure multiple engagements while maintaining a pragmatic, outcome-focused approach.
• Strong understanding of the Irish and EU cyber security regulatory landscape and the ability to translate regulatory obligations into practical customer improvements.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of Irish NCSC guidance, Risk Management Measures and the Cyber Fundamentals Framework, or CyFun.
• Experience supporting financial services organisations with DORA, Central Bank of Ireland expectations, ICT third-party risk, incident reporting or resilience testing.
• Knowledge of the UK NIS Regulations and NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework would be advantageous for supporting customers operating across Ireland and the UK.
• Working knowledge of related standards and obligations such as ISO/IEC 27002, ISO/IEC 27005, ISO 22301, GDPR, CER or PCI DSS.
• Experience in regulated or critical sectors such as financial services, telecommunications, public sector, healthcare, energy, transport or digital infrastructure.
• Experience in cloud security, security architecture, incident response, service development or thought leadership.

Certifications (Desirable)

• CISSP, CISM, CRISC or CISA
• ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor or Lead Implementer

Additional Requirements

• Applicants must have the right to work in the Republic of Ireland.
• The role requires regular travel to the Dublin office and to customer locations across Ireland, with occasional travel elsewhere as required.

Personal Attributes

• Credible, confident and customer-focused trusted adviser
• Strong commercial judgement and stakeholder awareness
• Pragmatic, structured and outcome-oriented approach
• Strong leadership, mentoring and collaboration skills
• High standards of integrity, quality and attention to detail