Security & Risk Adviser

HEAnet is Ireland’s National Research and Education Network, providing internet connectivity and ICT shared services across all levels of the Irish education system, reaching 1,000,000 end users. We connect learners and researchers across all of Ireland to education resources and to fellow national educational and research networks in Europe, and the rest of the world. We are looking for a Security and Risk Adviser to join our expanding ICT Security Services Team.What does the ICT Security Services Team do?The team provides a set of core security services which are common to all of our clients. These include but not limited to: penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, policy review and development and security awareness training.What You Get From Us From the team We value knowledge sharing and communication. We start each week with a team meeting to cover outstanding issues and planned work for the week, combined with team stand-ups each morning to make sure no one is hitting any roadblocks. You will also have a 1:1 meeting every two weeks with your manager. Every Friday we have presentations from anyone in the company on a wide range of topics from technical demos to project management to mental health. On different days of the week any team member may be working from home or at a client site, so we keep in touch using instant messaging, video conferencing and other communication tools. We encourage critical thinking and the exploration of new ideas. We provide a diverse workload. Everyone on the team has a core responsibility to a service or piece of infrastructure, but we limit single performance objectives to a max of 30%, so you will get to work in multiple areas with different team members. We promote a healthy work/life balance. Work outside of standard hours is rare and agreed in advance. We take the care of our team members mental health seriously. What We Need From YouThe ability toConduct technical ICT security assessments and risk analysis of Applications, Network and Infrastructure for on-premise and cloud-based environments;Technical Security Architecture review, design and assessments;Perform Phishing simulations style attacks as appropriate;Delivery of Penetration tests as appropriate to HEAnet clients; Contribute to the design and review of IT Policies and procedures and liaising and communicating with clients as appropriate;Delivery of technical workshops and presentations to HEAnet clients which requires good communication and interpersonal skills;Contribute to providing and communicating technical expertise to HEAnet’s response to ICT Security incidents in its client base;Assisting in training and general ICT Security awareness development, delivery of Information security program management;Friendly, collaborative approach.Bonus PointsWe don’t need you to have experience in the following areas, but if you did it could be beneficial:Knowledge and experience working with Windows and Linux operating systems;Familiarity with Cloud based infrastructure services and virtualization technologies;Security incident response and analysis;Background in administration of Enterprise IT systems and/or applications;In-depth technical knowledge and understanding of IT security related products; Good knowledge of the wider IT assurance agenda, including BCP (business continuity planning) and Data Protection;Experience in delivering information security awareness training;Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) qualification.LocationThe successful candidate will be based at HEAnet's office, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1 and will be required to attend HEAnet client locations nationwide in the delivery of ICT Security services.Closing DateWe aim to fill this vacancy as quickly as possible and will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.Equal OpportunityHEAnet is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.




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