Senior IT Security Automation Engineer — Hybrid Dublin

Cpl; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 75,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid and flexible working

Discretionary bonus

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Pension

Paid leave

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

CPL, partnering with a leading financial services organisation, is recruiting an IT Security Automation Engineer in Dublin. The role focuses on hands-on automation to strengthen security controls, reduce manual effort and embed security into technology delivery.

You will work with infrastructure, engineering and security teams in a hybrid setup. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in a similar role, strong security knowledge, scripting ability, and IaC/PaC experience.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in a similar IT security automation role.
• Strong technical understanding of information security across network, infrastructure and endpoints.
• Hands-on scripting in Python/PowerShell/Bash or similar for automation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools and principles.
• Knowledge of Policy as Code and enforcing security standards at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation solutions to improve security controls.
• Integrate security tooling into infrastructure and delivery pipelines.
• Automate configuration and change management for security controls (e.g., firewall policies).
• Support adoption of IaC and PaC practices across teams.
• Review manual processes to identify automation opportunities and deliver improvements.
• Collaborate with global stakeholders to maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems.
• Balance operational support with security engineering and transformation work.

Skills

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Bash scripting

Infrastructure as Code

Policy as Code

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

CPL, partnering with a leading financial services organisation, is recruiting an IT Security Automation Engineer in Dublin. The role focuses on hands-on automation to strengthen security controls, reduce manual effort and embed security into technology delivery.

You will work with infrastructure, engineering and security teams in a hybrid setup. The ideal candidate has 4+ years in a similar role, strong security knowledge, scripting ability, and IaC/PaC experience.