Technical Project Manager – Security Network Engineering

Engage People Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Engage People Recruitment is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to deliver complex security and network infrastructure projects in a global organisation. This hands-on, onsite role requires coordinating engineers, vendors and senior stakeholders while managing operational risk.

You will oversee projects spanning firewalls, VPN/remote access, identity, web security, SIEM/EDR and related tooling, with global reach and production impact.

Qualifications

• 8+ years managing technical infrastructure or engineering projects.
• At least 4 years in security, network or identity projects.
• Experience delivering a major security platform replacement or migration in a live production environment.
• Strong experience with production change management, including testing, maintenance windows and rollback planning.

Responsibilities

• Manage security infrastructure projects end-to-end, from requirements and design through implementation, migration and handover.
• Build detailed project plans covering milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, testing, change windows and rollback plans.
• Coordinate Security, Network, Windows/Linux, Operations, Service Desk, vendors and business teams across different regions.
• Own the production change process, including impact assessments, testing, approvals, communications and post-change validation.
• Run technical and design meetings, challenging assumptions, decisions and risks where required.
• Manage vendors, professional services, licensing and platform upgrades/replacements.
• Identify and resolve risks, blockers and dependencies early.
• Track audit, regulatory and security commitments, including DORA-related requirements.
• Provide clear reporting to technical and senior management, translating technical issues into business impact and risk.
• Improve project governance, documentation and delivery processes.

Skills

Security knowledge

Network engineering

Project management

Vendor management

Job description

Title

Technical Project Manager - Security Network Engineering

Location

Dublin City Centre (onsite 5 days a week)

Type

Permanent

THIS ROLE IS ONSITE FULL TIME - PLS DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR HYBRID AS THIS IS NOT AN OPTION

A senior Technical Project Manager responsible for delivering complex security and network infrastructure projects within a global technology and security organisation. The role is hands-on from a project perspective, requiring someone who can manage engineers, vendors and senior stakeholders while understanding the underlying technology and operational risks. Projects will cover areas such as firewalls, VPN/remote access, identity and authentication, web security, SIEM/EDR and security tooling. Many projects will be global in scope and involve changes to business-critical production environments.

THIS IS A SENIOR PERMANENT PROJECT MANAGER ROLE. YOU WILL IDEALLY BE COMING FROM A SECURITY OR NETWORK RELATED BACKGROUND

Key Responsibilities

• Manage security infrastructure projects end-to-end, from requirements and design through implementation, migration and handover.
• Build detailed project plans covering milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, testing, change windows and rollback plans.
• Coordinate Security, Network, Windows/Linux, Operations, Service Desk, vendors and business teams across different regions.
• Own the production change process, including impact assessments, testing, approvals, communications and post-change validation.
• Run technical and design meetings, challenging assumptions, decisions and risks where required.
• Manage vendors, professional services, licensing and platform upgrades/replacements.
• Identify and resolve risks, blockers and dependencies early.
• Track audit, regulatory and security commitments, including DORA-related requirements.
• Provide clear reporting to technical and senior management, translating technical issues into business impact and risk.
• Improve project governance, documentation and delivery processes.

Technical Knowledge Required

• The candidate does not need to configure the technology but must understand it sufficiently to challenge engineers and recognise technical and operational risks.
• Key areas include:
• Firewalls: policies, segmentation, NAT, HA, upgrades and IPsec VPNs.
• Remote Access: VPN, SSL VPN, RDP gateways, certificates and conditional access.
• Identity: MFA, RADIUS, SAML/OIDC, AD, Entra ID, PKI and FIDO2.
• Web Security: proxies, URL filtering, SSL inspection and internet connectivity.
• Security Operations: SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management and incident response.
• Networking: TCP/IP, routing, DNS, VLANs and multicast, particularly in low-latency environments.
• Security Frameworks: NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls and DORA.

Experience Required

• 8+ years managing technical infrastructure or engineering projects.
• At least 4 years in security, network or identity projects.
• Experience delivering a major security platform replacement or migration in a live production environment.
• Strong experience with production change management, including testing, maintenance windows and rollback planning.
• Experience managing multiple technical teams, vendors and international stakeholders.
• Comfortable working directly with security/network engineers and Risk, Audit and Compliance teams.
• Experience within financial services, trading technology or another highly regulated, low-downtime environment is preferred.
• Previous experience as a Security or Network Engineer is a strong advantage.
• Certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, CISSP, CISM, Security+, PCNSA or CCNP Security are beneficial but not essential.