Overview Senior Cyber Security Engineer – Long-Term Daily-Rate Contract (Hybrid, 3 Days Onsite) Very Competitive Day Rate | Long-Term Programme | Hybrid Role eir business talent is partnering with a major public-sector organisation to secure an experienced Senior Cyber Security Engineer for a long-term daily-rate contract.
This role plays a key part in strengthening cyber resilience, maturing security controls, and supporting a national digital services environment.
This hybrid contract requires three days onsite each week at the organisation's Leinster-based headquarters, located within easy commuting distance of Dublin via primary motorway routes.
Role Overview The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will be responsible for designing, implementing and operating enterprise-grade security controls across cloud and on-premises environments.
You will support regulatory and compliance requirements, including alignment to ISO/IEC :, GDPR Article 32, NIS2 expectations, and NIST SP -53.
This is a strategic technical role with strong visibility, contributing to enterprise security architecture, operational security processes, and ongoing cyber maturity initiatives.
Key Responsibilities – Implement security controls across IAM, endpoint protection, network segmentation, logging/monitoring, backup/restore, vulnerability management and secure configuration.
– Align controls to ISO : Annex A, NIS2, GDPR Article 32, and NIST -53.
– Design and maintain runbooks, control baselines, Statements of Applicability, risk registers, and audit evidence.
– Support incident-response development and reporting processes.
– Conduct supplier security due diligence and enforce minimum cyber requirements.
– Provide technical leadership across cloud and data-protection safeguards (encryption, key-management, restore testing, resilience).
– Produce structured monthly/quarterly security dashboards, KPIs and compliance evidence.
– Collaborate closely with internal teams, external suppliers and stakeholders.
Experience Required – 7+ years working in cyber security engineering, architecture, or security operations.
– Experience delivering and evidencing controls aligned to ISO, NIS2, GDPR, and NIST -53.
– Strong technical background across cloud, infrastructure, IAM, network security, vulnerability management and incident response.
– Proven experience preparing audit-ready documentation and compliance artefacts.
– Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
What's on Offer – Long-term daily-rate contract – Very competitive day rate – Hybrid model — 3 days onsite (commutable from Dublin via major motorway routes) – Opportunity to deliver meaningful impact at national scale – Strong technical environment with long-term stability Additional Requirement:All applicants must hold a valid EU passport or Stamp 4 visa to be considered.
For more information please apply here or contact Michael Mooney / michael(dot)mooney(at)eirbusiness(dot)ie Ref: EET