30 Information Security jobs in Ireland

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization's extensive global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
+ This is a hybrid role, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
+ Occasional scheduled Saturday work required.
**Role Description**
SMBC is seeking a Network Security Engineer who has a strong passion for Security Systems and is interested in building a career at a fast growing and reputable Bank. The Network Security Engineer will be responsible for configuring firewall rules, analyzing security events, and implementing robust security controls across systems and networks. This role involves close collaboration with cross-functional IT teams to ensure effective protection strategies are seamlessly integrated into infrastructure operations.
The ideal candidate will also have opportunities to serve as a subject matter expert, leveraging their technical expertise to resolve complex challenges while navigating established policies, standards, and governance frameworks.
This role will report to the Security Systems Engineer Team Lead
**Role Objectives: Delivery**
+ Works with internal IT Application, Infrastructure, Network and Support teams to ensure that security controls are implemented at all significant and relevant phases of IT processes.
+ Configures firewall rulebase and objects.
+ Configures system and network related parameters.
+ Performs IDS/IPS configuration, updates and tuning.
+ Participates in incident response and investigations; tracks and documents the remediation process.
+ Coordinates and performs security audits and vulnerability assessments to determine internal security procedures and compliance requirements.
+ Reviews security event log data and investigates anomalies.
+ Implements and supports information security solutions including security architectures, change and configuration management and security product integration.
+ Performs testing to evaluate new products for network and system controls.
+ Provides training to Help Desk staff on access request procedures.
+ Adheres to project management methodology/SDLC/PLC processes as it relates to projects and their implementation.
**Qualifications and Skills**
+ 2 years experience supporting IT Security tools and applications.
+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
+ Process documentation, flow charting and re-engineering experience.
+ Some Project Management Experience a plus.
+ Encryption technologies and PKI infrastructure.
+ Knowledge of Information Security regulatory requirements, codes and industry guidance such as such as NIST 800-53, ISO27001, CIS and Cobit.
+ Ability to utilize resources to contribute valuable input to Information Security projects and Risk Assessments, e.g. ISACA, CIS, FS-ISAC.
+ Networking technologies (TCP/IP/etc.) and protocols (SSL, SSH, LDAP, SMTP, DNS, etc.).
+ Microsoft Active Directory.
+ Familiarity with security monitoring concepts.
+ Administration of more than Palo Alto Firewall, Checkpoint Firewall, Imperva Waf, Tufin.
+ Have strong verbal and written communication skills.
+ Ability to demonstrate a self-motivated and disciplined approach to learning and working.
+ Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate leadership skills when needed.
+ Possess a highly developed sense of personal accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple personal tasks, projects, and goals.
**Additional Requirements**
SMBC's employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at

**Our Purpose**
_Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._
**Title and Summary**
Senior Network Security Engineer (Checkpoint)
Network Engineering team is looking for dynamic & experienced network professional to work on implementation, security and support of large multi-site, robust multi-vendor network environments.
Major Accountabilities:
o Manage and implement medium to complex networks in multi-domain environments working on industry leading technologies & platforms.
o Partner with design and platforms teams, implementing network designs as per requirements defined. Working on new, as well as re-architecting network segments to facilitate new requirements, technologies, and growth.
o Be able to effectively triage and conduct effective problem solving.
o Good communication, accountability and attention to detail are important soft skills
o Support regional projects, which include responsibility for planning, time, and implementation.
o Ability & desire to automate processes and tasks to increase efficiency.
Education:
o Bachelor's degree in computer science, Math, or Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
o Industry leading certification (Cisco, Checkpoint, Arista, etc) desirable but not compulsory
Knowledge / Experience:
o 5+ Years IT experience in the following areas:
o Skills and knowledge on network automation/scripting such as Python, Ansible.
o Proven experience & hands on knowledge on Fundamentals of Network engineering and operations.
o Experience of managing and deploying medium to large scale networks using such as Cisco, Palo Alto, Aruba, Arista & Checkpoint.
o Awareness of Project Management methodology and best practices.
o Strong hands-on knowledge of Network diagnostics, BGP, VPN, DMVPN, MPLS, SD-WAN
o Strong understanding of Network Architecture and new trends - Traditional, Cloud, Spine/Leaf, segmentation.
o Good knowledge and hands-on experience of firewalls and other security methods.
o Experience creating and maintaining detailed process documentation.
Skills/ Abilities:
o Strong verbal and written communications skills.
o Self-starter with demonstrated listening skills.
o The ability to adapt and willingness to learn new technologies as required.
o Team player and equally strong individual contributor.
o Limited supervision: work may be reviewed for direction and strategy.
Working condition
o May require occasional local/domestic travel within country
o Should be open to working occasional weekends/weeknights for planned work.
**Corporate Security Responsibility**
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
+ Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
+ Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
+ Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
+ Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization's extensive global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
+ This is a hybrid role, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
**Role Description**
As a Cyber Incident Response Analyst, you will be a key part of a high performing SOC team, with a desire to continually improve and advance our capabilities to protect SMBC Group. You will bring your passion for Cybersecurity to a team of like-minded professionals and leverage this passion to ensure our monitoring and response capabilities are effective and efficient and that we keep pace with a rapidly changing threat landscape.
You will relish your core role in supporting the monitoring and response of cyber security alerts and incidents by digging into and investigating them to find the root cause and identifying the gap in controls that allowed a threat to reach that point in the kill chain. If you identify an incident, you will lead that technical analysis, tracking down the actions of that threat actor as part of the incident response, while supported by the wider Incident response process and members of the SOC and CSIRT teams. If you identify a false positive, you will drive the effort to tune or refine our detections, or to drive improvements to our preventative controls to prevent a recurrence, freeing more time for the SOC to focus on improving our skills and capabilities. With your knowledge and expertise, you will develop and hone the SOC through work-product review, mentoring, and ownership of projects to develop the technical capabilities of the SOC.
As part of a wider team of SOC analysts, you are able to focus on an area you are passionate about, or if sufficiently experienced, take the lead. You will develop deep expertise and expand our capabilities in domains ranging from across Purple Teaming, Threat hunting, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), Security Automation, Detection Engineering and Threat Intelligence and share this knowledge to develop the depth of knowledge of the SOC. As part of a Financial Group with offices and data centers across the Globe, you will have access and exposure to leading technologies and tools. If there is a gap in our toolset, you can help us identify and bridge that gap by acting as Subject Matter Expert to do so. You will bring fresh ideas, challenge the status quo, and seek always to answer - how can we improve?
This role is best suited for candidates who enjoy and have experience within SOC or CSIRT teams and enjoy investigating and finding the root of an issue or incident and working on getting the most from leading edge security toolsets and platforms and processes. Candidates who excel will think critically to find ways to resolve security challenges. This role would suit an experienced and self-motivated cyber security professional with strong technical skills and knowledge combined with a passion for cyber security.
Note: Expectation is to be onsite once a month for this role.
**Role Objectives**
-Act as technical lead in the development and enhancement of capabilities such as Cyber Monitoring & Response/Purple Teaming/Threat Hunting/Digital Forensics/Incident Response
-Act as an escalation point for the analysis of security alerts or technical response to security events and incidents
-Review and guide the SOC personnel for well-written, complete, and thorough analysis
-Mentor and guide more junior SOC personnel sharing your knowledge and expertise.
-Develop and improve monitoring & response playbooks.
-Conduct proactive threat hunting and DFIR activities.
-Develop deep expertise in our monitoring systems and technology to act as an SME in working with our detection engineering and automation teams to enhance our abilities to prevent, detect & respond.
-Identify and test new adversary TTPs and our ability to detect and respond to them.
-Identify opportunities for efficiency, work hand in hand with Security Automation team to automate and improve our response processes.
-Assist in the implementation and ongoing support of security systems, acting as an SME for SOC related projects.
-Execute tasks or support projects to enhance team's capabilities.
-Assist in defining SOC requirements for information technology projects.
-Act as a role model and set the standard for technical analysis within the SOC.
-Providing strong mentorship and guidance to more junior SOC team members by acting and leading by example. Bring a positive outlook and seek to motivate and inspire your fellow team members.
-Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of cyber security best practices, risk vectors, mitigation techniques and protection software. Display knowledge of network security concepts and tools such as firewalls, proxy servers, email security and suspicious traffic flows. Exhibit analytical ability to lead incident response and mitigation efforts as well as identify key areas for improvement from post-incident analysis. Show ability to convey cyber security polices and concepts to employees and lead training efforts to ensure all employees follow recommended best practices relating to cyber security.
-Strong understanding of MITRE ATT&CK Cyber Kill Chain and similar frameworks.
-Strong knowledge of security controls related to the detection, analysis, and response (SIEM, EDR, NDR, XDR, UEBA).
-Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux systems, Active Directory, Cloud technologies.
**Qualifications and Skills**
-5+ years of experience in cyber security experience required, ideally in a SOC, DFIR, or CSIRT role.
-Strong verbal and written communication skills with experience in documenting their work to a high level.
-Professional Certifications an advantage but not essential if have requisite role knowledge, GCIH, GNFA, GFCA, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), OSCP, CISSP or similar certifications a plus.
-Must be self-directed with the ability to work independently.
-Ability to multi-task and remain productive in a service-driven and results oriented environment.
-Demonstrated strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
**Additional Requirements**
SMBC's employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at

Manager/Principal Cyber & Information Security - Dublin - Hybrid
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We're proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
We are currently seeking a Manager/Principal - Cyber & Information Security to join our diverse and dynamic team. As the Manager of Cyber & Information Security at ICON, you will bring strong technical skills to the team as per the key responsibilities detailed below.
**Key responsibilities will include:**
+ Manage complex operational security projects and solutions
+ Handle operational security issues that require in-depth knowledge across multiple areas such as Network, Cloud, Application and Data Security
+ Performing configuration review of security applications, systems, and services as required
+ Continuously improve ICON's cyber detection and response capability
+ Technical depth and knowledge across multiple areas including
+ Endpoint Security, Network Security, Mobile Device Security - Development and / or governance of security solutions on endpoints and servers, mobile devices and the network e.g. firewalls, IDS/IPS, WAF.
+ Data Security - Development and / or governance of security solutions for data security such as DLP and data classification & labelling tools
+ Cloud Native Security - Designing and implementing security for cloud-based resources covering access management, data security, monitoring to ensure that they are aligned with business requirements
+ Application Security - Embedding security within the development process using manual and automated security controls
+ Support security architecture decisions
+ Implement technical security controls and process improvements, collaborating on security roadmaps and strategies
+ Cross functional team collaboration and co-ordination with
+ Enterprise & Security Architecture, Innovation & Analytics, IT Operations and Cyber Resilience teams
+ IT Operations and Software Development teams to design and build secure solutions and services in a standardized manner
**To be successful in the role, you will ideally have:**
+ Desire for role requiring both hands on expertise and working with other teams to achieve required outcomes
+ Demonstrate a strong awareness of the current threat landscape. Experience building threat models and reviewing and / or configuring technical security or network solutions.
+ Demonstrate a strong technical background in Enterprise Security controls and solutions covering one or more of Cloud, Application, Network, Mobile Device, Data Security and OS
+ Certifications: Relevant certs e.g. SANS SEC4XX/5XX, ISC2 CISSP or equivalent
+ Nice to have:
+ Hands-on cloud experience, with one or more certifications
+ Experience analysing or evaluating security solutions
**What ICON can offer you:**
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That's why we've made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
+ Various annual leave entitlements
+ A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
+ Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
+ Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family's well-being.
+ Life assurance
+ Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site ( to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We're dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
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Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft's mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers' heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
Are you passionate about building secure, intelligent systems that identify threats before adversaries do? Do you want to shape the future of security building on AI tools? Our team, IDSEC AI, is on a mission to scale proactive security across Microsoft's products by unifying vulnerability identification and exploit detection. We're building systems that combine AI, large-scale code and binary analysis, and real-time intelligence to find and mitigate security issues across the software supply chain. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a strong foundation in AI and security to help design and deliver scalable systems that operate across millions of assets and billions of signals. You'll be working at the intersection of secure software engineering, advanced detection, and practical AI-enabling defenders to stay ahead of the threat curve. If you've ever wanted to build secure-by-design systems with the latest in machine learning, large language models, and static/dynamic analysis at cloud scale-this is your opportunity.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
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**Responsibilities**
+ **Conducting Research**
+ Identifies, conducts, and supports others in conducting research into critical security areas, such as competitor products, current attacks, adversary tracking, and academic literature. Partners cross-functionally (e.g., across disciplines, teams, or security versus non-security) to design solutions to prevent attacks. Designs lead to engineering projects. Investigates business-critical security issues (e.g., root cause, motivation, and impact). Advocates priorities. Elevates findings appropriately to address and mitigate issues. Solicits feedback and evaluates results to incorporate into future research. Demonstrates judgment in identifying projects and priorities (e.g., what to test and pursue). Understands interplay across Microsoft technologies and how they give rise to attacker opportunities.
+ Drives the evolution of security research by building intelligent tooling and agentic systems that scale across Microsoft's ecosystem. Enables autonomous threat detection, mitigation, and response, transforming manual workflows into adaptive, self-healing processes.
+ Works with others to synthesise research findings into recommendations for mitigation of security issues. Shares across teams. Drives change within team based on research findings. Contributes to professional community through publications.
+ Analyses complex issues using multiple data sources to develop insights and identify security problems and threats. Creates new solutions to mitigate security issues. Makes trade-offs to balance security and operational needs. Identifies and recommends process improvements and adopts best practices. Leverages the work of others to improve existing processes. Helps to drive resolution to systemic security issues through cross-team collaboration. Anticipates previously unknown potential artefacts that could be present in data as indicators of attacker activity. May contribute to professional community through conference and forum presentations.
+ Recommends prioritisation and validation methods for technical indicators. Synthesises threat data to generate trends, patterns and insights that align to intelligence requirements or customer requests. Reviews findings and identifies nuanced variants. Designs and develops scalable automation pipelines and agentic systems to accelerate threat analysis, variant detection, and mitigation workflows. Leverages AI-driven agents to autonomously triage, correlate, and respond to emerging threats.
+ Leads efforts to clean, structure, and standardise data and data sources. Leads data quality efforts to ensure timely and consistent access to data sources. Curates sources of data and partners to develop and sustain data access across teams. Incorporates new data sources consistent with corporate data privacy standards.
+ Takes product schedules, dependencies and risk assessments into consideration in performing security design and analysis. Creates a schedule for analysis of large feature areas that accounts for dependencies and meets milestones. Conducts security research of Microsoft and competitor products. Researches, analyses, and summarises security threats and shares with security assurance and security tooling teams as enhancements to the security compliance programme.
+ Identifies, prioritises, and targets complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creates and drives adoption of relevant mitigations. Suggests and drives appropriate guidance, models, response, and remediation for issues. Drives automation-first approaches to mitigation, integrating agentic frameworks that adaptively respond to threat signals. Builds reusable tooling and autonomous agents that generalise across classes of security issues. **Solution Generation**
+ Identifies, prioritises, and targets complex security issues that cause negative impact to customers. Creates and drives adoption of relevant mitigations. Suggests and drives appropriate guidance, models, response, and remediation for issues. Drives programme and process of mitigation through automation.
+ Solves classes of issues systematically and with transparency to customers in technical implementation and automation of solutions related to specific kinds of security issues (e.g., signature detection, malware, threat analysis, reverse engineering). Begins to develop substantial skills in other kinds of security issues outside areas of expertise. Works across disciplines to build improvements in solutions and methods. Uses results from research and experimentation to drive architecture or product direction for Microsoft.
+ Collaborates with engineering teams to embed agentic capabilities into security products, enabling continuous learning and self-improving defences.
+ Engages with customers and partners to improve security issues. Analyses security issues or patterns. Advocates for customers and partners. Develops feedback channels and translates feedback into better security practices. Escalates issues as needed. Fosters adoption of security features (e.g., multi-factor authentication (MFA)). Develops and provides guidance and education that result from resolution of security issues.Orchestration
+ Helps to make connections and assist in developing agreements between groups to clarify priorities and identify dependencies. Provides coordination across groups. Articulates key security issues to teams and to upper management. Autonomously drives coordination and collaboration across teams. Participates in internal or external collaboration in representing Microsoft's interests.
+ Leads the development and deployment of internal tooling platforms that support agentic workflows, including automated incident response, telemetry enrichment, and security posture evaluation.
+ Protects tools, techniques, information, and results of security practices. Assesses efficacy of operational security (e.g., red-on-red pen testing). Develops new techniques to evaluate operational security. Teaches others to master techniques.
+ Effectively manages multiple workstreams and resources during incidents, applies diagnostic expertise, provides guidance to other engineers working to mitigate and resolve issues, and maintains a commitment to the quality of products and services throughout the lifecycle. Ensures proper notes from incidents are documented and drives the execution of quality postmortem and root cause analysis processes across teams. Performs analysis of historical incident data to identify trends, patterns, and issues that should be addressed at high priority.
+ Leads large-scale security reviews. Leads work on architectural and design security reviews for feature areas. Where appropriate, ensures best practices for security architecture, design and development are in place. Measures return on investment (ROI). Determines value of investment. Measures customer satisfaction. Evaluates security risks and their impact to the affected services and works with DevOps leads, engineering leads and researchers to mitigate risks. Monitors and responds to security events, potential vulnerabilities, exposures, and policy compliance issues. **Industry Leadership**
+ Uses subject matter expertise to identify potential security issues, tools, mitigations, and processes (e.g., architecture, failure modes, attack chain, threat modelling, vulnerabilities). Stays current in knowledge and expertise as the security landscape evolves. Makes expertise available to others and drives change through sharing, coaching, conferences, and other means. Coaches and mentors others in area of expertise. Models appropriate risk-taking and ethical behaviour.
+ Uses business knowledge and technical expertise to assist with analysing the work of the team to identify potential tools to assist future vulnerability analyses. Helps define deployment best practices and security configuration standards to ensure technologies are deployed in a secure fashion. Researches and maintains deep knowledge of industry trends, technologies, tools, securities, and advances.
+ Influences the broader security community by advocating for agentic approaches to threat detection and response, contributing to the evolution of autonomous security standards.
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications**
+ Relevant experience in the software development lifecycle, distributed systems, cloud services, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection
+ OR a Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field
+ Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as C#, Python, Go, or Rust
+ Experience working with large-scale data processing pipelines or AI/ML inference systems
+ Strong understanding of security fundamentals, including secure coding practices, authentication/authorization, and common vulnerability classes (e.g., memory corruption, IDOR, SSRF)
+ Demonstrated ability to deliver secure, high-quality code in a fast-paced environment
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Experience applying AI to code (e.g., code understanding, analysis, or generation)
+ Background in ML model evaluation, interpretability, or adversarial robustness
+ Experience with Azure or other cloud platforms
+ Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines, secure software supply chain practices, and SBOM tooling
+ Experience in building or scaling systems for vulnerability management, security automation, or detection engineering
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations ( .

About Us:
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
How We Work:
At Proofpoint, you'll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity, guided by our BRAVE core values: Bold in how we dream and innovate, Responsive to feedback, challenges, and opportunities, Accountable for results and best-in-class outcomes, Visionary in future-focused problem-solving, Exceptional in execution and impact.
**About Proofpoint**
At Proofpoint, we are committed to protecting organizations and individuals from cyber threats through innovative security solutions. Our mission is to safeguard our customers from advanced threats, phishing attacks, and data breaches with cutting-edge technology and a global team of security experts.
**Role Overview**
We are seeking an experienced **Information Security Engineer** to join our global security team in Cork, Ireland. This is a critical role within our **Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT)** , responsible for managing and responding to security incidents across our global operations. You will serve as an **escalation point for our 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC)** and play a key role in the automation, orchestration, and enhancement of our security incident response capabilities.
This position requires deep expertise in cybersecurity, strong analytical skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. If you thrive in a role where you can actively **defend against cyber threats, conduct threat hunting, and drive security automation** , this opportunity is for you.
**Key Responsibilities**
+ **Incident Response & Escalation:**
+ Act as the **L3 escalation point** for high-severity security incidents within the **global 24/7 SOC** .
+ Lead **complex investigations** into advanced cyber threats, including malware outbreaks, targeted attacks, and persistent threats.
+ Provide **expert-level guidance** on containment, mitigation, and remediation strategies.
+ **Threat Hunting & Threat Assessment:**
+ Proactively hunt for **hidden threats** within enterprise networks using threat intelligence and behavioral analytics.
+ Develop and refine **threat detection rules** to improve SOC visibility.
+ Assess emerging threats and provide actionable recommendations to enhance security posture.
+ **Security Automation & Orchestration:**
+ Design and implement **automated workflows** to enhance security event triage and response.
+ Leverage **SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) platforms** to streamline incident response.
+ Work with **SIEM (Security Information and Event Management)** tools to optimize log ingestion and alerting mechanisms.
+ **Security Tooling & Continuous Improvement:**
+ Collaborate with security architects and engineers to **enhance detection and response capabilities** .
+ Perform **root cause analysis** on security incidents and recommend improvements to security controls.
+ Stay updated on **industry best practices** and evolving attack techniques to ensure effective defenses.
**Required Qualifications & Experience**
+ **Extensive hands-on experience** in **Cybersecurity Incident Response** or Security Operations.
+ Strong background in **SOC operations, SIEM, threat intelligence, and digital forensics** .
+ Expertise in investigating **malware, phishing, web attacks, insider threats, and advanced persistent threats (APTs)** .
+ Experience working with **security automation and orchestration tools (SOAR)** .
+ Familiarity with scripting languages such as **Python, PowerShell, or Bash** for security automation.
+ Strong understanding of **MITRE ATT&CK framework** , TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures), and cyber kill chain.
+ Hands-on experience with **cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP)** is a plus.
+ Certifications such as **GCIH, GCFA, CISSP, CISM, or OSCP** are highly desirable.
+ Ability to work in a fast-paced, global environment and **collaborate with cross-functional teams** .
**Why Proofpoint**
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We're a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly 'culture-add', and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. If you're an experienced governance and compliance leader with a passion for building teams and driving security excellence, we'd love to hear from you!
Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint
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Why Proofpoint? At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Learning & Development: We are committed to the growth and development of our team members, offering a range of programs including leadership and professional development workshops, stretch project assignments, and mentoring opportunities to help employees reach their full potential.
- Flexible work environment: (Remote options, hybrid schedules, flexible hours, etc.).
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:
Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to . How to Apply Interested? Submit your application here . We can't wait to hear from you!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
We are the leader in human-centric cybersecurity. Half a million customers, including 87 of the Fortune 100, rely on Proofpoint to protect their organizations. We're driven by a mission to stay ahead of bad actors and safeguard the digital world. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.
Our BRAVE Values:
At Proofpoint, we are BRAVE in everything we do, and our values aren't just words-they shape how we work, collaborate, and grow.
We seek people who are bold enough to challenge the status quo, responsive in the face of ever-evolving threats, and accountable for delivering real impact.
We value those with a visionary mindset who anticipate what's next and push cybersecurity forward, and we celebrate exceptional execution that ensures we continue to defend data and protect people.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Find your network, your allies, and your biggest fans. We know that work is simply better when you're surrounded by people who inspire you-who share ideas, cheer you on, and genuinely want to see you succeed. That's why we offer social circles, sponsored networks, and connection points across teams and time zones-to help you find your people, build your community, and thrive together.
This isn't just a job-it's a mission to protect people and defend data in a world that never slows down. We're building the future of human-centric cybersecurity, and that future belongs to all of us. We take ownership, move fast, and hold ourselves accountable-because that's what it takes to stay ahead. And we do it together, winning as one.
Be empowered to reach your full potential through meaningful challenges and personalized support-designed around you and your goals. Whether you're growing as a leader or leveling up from great to exceptional as an individual contributor, we're here to help you get there.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Description
The Global Services, Security (GSS) team, a part of Amazon Web Services, leverages the expertise and ingenuity of our builders to establish scalable security solutions for both internal and external customers that drive business outcomes. Our goal of securing the world's workloads and building a brighter future for humanity requires us to focus on reliable delivery of bar raising security outcomes and investment in security mechanisms and automation on behalf of our customers.
At Amazon Web Services (AWS), Security is our highest priority. The Security Escalations team in GSS is responsible for the security of services offered by Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS). We are looking for a passionate, innovative, results oriented technical program manager. Security Escalations is responsible for driving innovative enhancements that raise the bar for how AWS employees interact with resources, systems, and data. You are someone who loves managing programs and is committed to formulating and implementing wide-ranging process improvements. You are passionate about the security of the cloud and you want to solve real business problems. We have a team culture that encourages innovation and we expect team members and management alike to take a high degree of ownership for their program vision and execution of ideas. You possess strong verbal and written communication skills, can operate independently, and have a consistent track record of delivery. You have an understanding of technical concepts, and possess a broad understanding of AWS services. You are organized, detail-oriented, and drive towards improved performance while advocating for customer needs.
A Security Engineer must foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with discordant views. Engineers in this role are expected to participate fully in the planning of the security team's work and constantly seek opportunities for process improvement. They should also have a deep understanding of at least one specialty for which they are a sought out resource (both within AWS and Partner Security, and by groups throughout Amazon), while having an understanding of the application of Information Security in a broad range of technical areas.
You will have the combination of troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include project and software development work. This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties.
Key job responsibilities
A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include small-projects in addition to managing incident response activities. This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties.
Triage new incoming issues to determine the level of risk they present to AWS, and then accordingly prioritise its remediation in conjunction with the impacted service team.
Participate in efforts to promote security throughout the Company and build good working relationships within the team and with others across Amazon
Demonstrate high capacity and tolerance for context switching and interruptions while remaining productive and effective
Escalate issues to senior AWS leadership if you feel your issues are not progressing at the correct pace based on impact to ensure we are putting customers first.
Explore building and improving our tooling to make your own life easier and share that benefit with all our engineers globally.
Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work
Key job responsibilities
- Lead the triage and response to security incidents, assessing their potential impact on AWS systems and customers.
- Coordinate with service teams to implement rapid, effective remediation strategies.
- Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and procedures.
- Security Operations:
- Monitor security alerts and logs to detect potential threats or anomalies.
- Conduct thorough post-incident analyses and contribute to lessons-learned documentation.
- Collaborate with other security teams to improve detection and response capabilities.
- Automation and Tool Development:
- Design and implement automation tools to enhance incident response efficiency and effectiveness.
- Continuously improve existing security tooling and processes.
- Share innovations and best practices with the global AWS security community.
A day in the life
AWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimize with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You'll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.
About the team
As a Security Engineer, you will build or enhance existing automation to improve operational efficiency or generate new insights from existing data. You will identify, evaluate, and prioritize opportunities for automating Partner Security mechanisms across a diverse landscape of business tools, systems, and architectures. You will meet with other teams across the Global Services organization to collaborate on security mechanisms, like partner onboarding and offboarding workflows, to improve consistency and compliance throughout the organization.
You will contribute to security training programs, best practices documentation, and security policies tailored for internal teams engaging with subcontracted partners. You will implement scalable processes and tooling solutions to facilitate regular audits of partner security controls and compliance standards. Additionally, you will provide technical expertise and support for ongoing security assessments of Partners and subcontractors within the SMGS business units, ensuring adherence to AWS security standards
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.
Basic Qualifications
- This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state
- 3+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Knowledge of commonly found software security vulnerabilities (like OWASP top 10) and remediation techniques
- 2+ years of programming in one of the following or similar: Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with any combination of the following: threat modelling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
- Experience with Security Engineering (building tools) and Assurance methodologies e.g. fuzzing, static and dynamic code analysis
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice ( ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

**Our Story**
Unum Technology Centre in Carlow serves as a strategic software development and IT services centre supporting Unum, a leading provider of income protection in the US. Our team of IT professionals build solutions and critical business applications to digitally transform the way we do business.
We're looking for a Senior Application Security Engineer to lead the integration of secure development practices across our SDLC in both cloud and on-prem environments. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic influence, focusing on secure architecture, CI/CD automation, and developer enablement. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive threat modeling, build secure-by-default tooling, and mentor engineers across Ireland and the US-helping to elevate our overall security maturity and culture.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Secure Software Development & DevSecOps Integration**
+ Architect and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines using modern automation and guardrails.
+ Develop secure frameworks, SDKs, and CI integrations to enable frictionless adoption of security controls.
+ Maintain secure coding standards and guidance tailored to our technology stack.
+ Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to enhance container and infrastructure security (Docker, Kubernetes, IaC).
**Threat Modeling, Reviews & Remediation**
+ Lead threat modeling workshops across product and platform teams.
+ Identify and assess vulnerabilities using SAST, DAST, SCA, manual code reviews, and penetration testing.
+ Promote reusable remediation patterns for code and infrastructure vulnerabilities.
+ Leverage threat intelligence to prioritize mitigations based on business risk.
**Engineering & Automation**
+ Build and maintain automation tools for vulnerability triage, mitigation, and reporting.
+ Strengthen API security through robust authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML).
+ Integrate with API gateways (e.g., Layer7, MuleSoft) to enforce secure communication and tokenization.
+ Support secure deployment of microservices and distributed systems using best-in-class tooling.
**Security Culture & Enablement**
+ Mentor engineers and analysts, fostering secure development capabilities across teams.
+ Lead internal workshops, onboarding sessions, and lunch-and-learns to promote security awareness.
+ Collaborate with Security Champions to build advocacy and threat modeling expertise.
+ Create internal documentation, playbooks, and training materials aligned with real-world threats.
**Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration**
+ Act as a bridge between Security, Engineering, and Product teams to align on secure architecture and SDLC practices.
+ Participate in incident response, forensic analysis, and post-incident remediation.
+ Support compliance initiatives (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR) through technical guidance and documentation.
+ Define and track KPIs to measure and improve security maturity across the organization.
**Required Qualifications**
+ 5+ years in application security, software engineering, or a related technical security role.
+ Proficient in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, C#, Python, JavaScript).
+ Experience with security tools: SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanners, RASP.
+ Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD security.
+ Familiarity with OWASP Top 10, ASVS, CVSS, MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE, and software supply chain security.
**Technical Skills**
+ Deep understanding of API security protocols and secure service-to-service communication.
+ Experience with secure artifact/package management and container registries.
+ Ability to script or build internal tools to scale security practices.
+ Hands-on experience with DevSecOps tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Terraform, etc.).
**Compliance & Governance**
+ Working knowledge of privacy and security regulations (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
+ Experience supporting audits, risk assessments, and policy development.
**Preferred Qualifications**
+ Professional certifications (e.g., OSCP, CSSLP, CISSP, Security+).
+ Contributions to open-source security projects or community involvement.
+ Experience with policy-as-code tools (e.g., Open Policy Agent).
+ Familiarity with secure runtimes (e.g., Firecracker), sidecars, or service meshes (e.g., Istio).
**Key Attributes**
+ Strategic thinker with a hands-on, problem-solving mindset.
+ Strong communicator, able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
+ Collaborative leader with a growth mindset and a passion for mentoring.
+ Comfortable navigating fast-paced, cross-functional environments.
**What We Offer**
Our size and successful history in Carlow means we can offer you exceptional development and progression, supported by continual learning programs, IT Certifications & third level tuition reimbursement. We offer work-life-balance with flexible working arrangements (including hybrid) and initiatives in support of your well-being. Our attractive range of benefits and reward initiatives includes competitive compensation, 25 days annual leave, paid health insurance, pension scheme, annual performance-based bonus, paid maternity/paternity/adoptive leave, reward programs, and an opportunity to engage with charity and community activities.
Company:
Unum

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization's extensive global network. The Group's operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.
+ This is a hybrid role, requiring the successful candidate to attend our Tralee office.
**Role Description**
SMBC is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst who has a strong passion for Information Security Operations and is interested in building a career at a fast growing and reputable Bank. The Cyber Security Analyst will assist with monitoring, reviewing and performance of audits on security lists. The successful candidate will access logs, policy compliance reports and threat detection. They will be given opportunities to participate in monitoring network traffic for signs of irregular activity that may indicate a breach. You will provide incident response and support in the event of a cyber security event. You will play a key role in troubleshooting and remediate any issues and analyze threats once they have been contained. This role will report to the Cyber Monitoring & Response Team Lead.
**Role Objectives: Delivery**
+ Act as a core member of the Cyber Monitoring & Response in support of the bank
+ Analyze security alerts and respond to security events and incidents.
+ Maintain and update monitoring & response playbooks.
+ Conduct proactive threat hunting.
+ Develop expertise in our monitoring systems and technology and support Threat Detection team developing new detection ideas.
+ Identify opportunities for efficiency, work hand in hand with Security Automation team to automate and improve our response processes.
+ Assist in the implementation and ongoing support of security systems.
+ Execute tasks or support projects to enhance team's capabilities.
+ Follow standards for security excellence within the SOC.
+ Bring a positive outlook and seek to motivate and inspire your fellow team members.
+ Demonstrate understanding of cyber security best practices, risk vectors, mitigation techniques and protection software.
+ Display basic knowledge of network security concepts such as firewalls, proxy servers, email security and suspicious traffic flows.
+ Exhibit proficiency to quickly identify potential cyber security threats from logs and monitoring, and follow steps to minimize impact.
+ Show ability to convey cyber security polices and concepts to employees and conduct training efforts to ensure all employees follow recommended best practices relating to cyber security.
+ Understanding of MITRE Cyber Kill Chain and similar frameworks.
+ Knowledge of security controls related to the detection, analysis, and response (SIEM, EDR, NDR, XDR, UEBA).
+ Knowledge of Windows and Linux systems, Active Directory, Cloud technologies.
**Qualifications and Skills**
+ Bachelors Degree in Cyber Security.
+ Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
+ Have strong verbal and written communication skills.
+ Ability to demonstrate a self-motivated and disciplined approach to learning and working.
+ Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate leadership skills when needed.
+ Possess a highly developed sense of personal accountability and follow-through with an ability to effectively prioritize multiple personal tasks, projects, and goals.
+ 1- 3 years of experience highly desired
**Additional Requirements**
SMBC's employees participate in a hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at