Cyber Defense Engineer Location: Cork Type: Full-Time Salary: €80,000 - €100,000 A security-focused organisation is bringing in an experienced engineer to support live threat investigation, platform analysis, and incident-driven problem solving across customer environments.
This role is hands-on and technical, with a strong emphasis on understanding how attacks unfold and how controls behave under pressure.
The Role You'll analyse security events, validate detections, and help organisations respond effectively to real-world threats.
The work blends investigation, tooling analysis, and clear technical guidance-cutting through noise and focusing on what actually matters during an incident.
What You'll Do Investigate suspicious activity across endpoint, network, and cloud telemetry Analyse logs and alerts to confirm impact, scope, and attacker behaviour Support containment and remediation through technical guidance Troubleshoot detection and response tooling when behaviour isn't as expected Produce concise technical findings for stakeholders Contribute to improving how threats are detected and handled What You'll Bring 5+ years in security operations, incident response, or defensive engineering Strong experience with SIEM, EDR, and security monitoring tooling Solid grounding in networking, Windows, and Linux systems Understanding of attacker techniques and modern threat frameworks Calm, analytical approach during high-pressure situations Reperio Human Capital acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business.
Skills: Cyber-defense Incident-response Threat-investigation SIEM-EDR Security-operations Malware-analysis Benefits: Work From Home