Overview

Our client is looking for a Cyber Security Delivery Lead to join their team. This is a daily rate contract role offering excellent daily rates.

The Cyber Security Delivery Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of cybersecurity and IT security initiatives, ensuring projects are executed efficiently, securely, and to a high standard. This role is delivery-focused and hands-on, requiring strong technical leadership, adaptability, and the ability to manage a diverse portfolio of IT and security projects across multiple technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Delivery Leadership

  • Lead the delivery of cybersecurity and IT security projects from initiation through to implementation and handover.
  • Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget, and meet agreed quality and security standards.
  • Manage multiple concurrent initiatives across infrastructure, platforms, and security domains.

Technical Leadership & Hands-On Delivery

  • Provide hands-on technical leadership and oversight across Microsoft, VMware, and Cisco environments.
  • Support the design, build, and deployment of security controls and solutions across on?prem and cloud platforms.
  • Act as a technical escalation point for complex delivery and implementation challenges.

Collaboration & Vendor Management

  • Work closely with internal IT teams, cybersecurity specialists, and third-party vendors to deliver secure and practical solutions.
  • Coordinate activities across infrastructure, network, and security teams to ensure integrated delivery outcomes.
  • Manage vendor delivery to ensure solutions meet technical and operational requirements.

Risk & Security Management

  • Identify, assess, and manage security risks during project delivery.
  • Ensure security controls are implemented in line with organisational policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Support security assurance activities including design reviews, implementation validation, and remediation tracking.

Stakeholder Engagement & Reporting

  • Engage with technical and business stakeholders to provide clear delivery updates, manage expectations, and resolve issues.
  • Produce delivery status reports, risk logs, and implementation outcomes for senior stakeholders.

Standards, Frameworks & Compliance

  • Ensure delivered solutions align with recognised security standards and frameworks (e.g. NIST, ISO 27001, NIS2).
  • Support audits, assessments, and compliance-related activities from a delivery and implementation perspective.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Proven experience leading the delivery of IT security and infrastructure projects in complex environments.
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of:
    • Microsoft technologies (e.g. Active Directory, Azure, M365 security tooling)
    • VMware platforms (virtualisation and associated security controls)
    • Cisco technologies (networking and security solutions)
  • Experience working with security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and NIS2.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage vendors, consultants, and cross-functional technical teams.
  • Strong delivery, communication, and stakeholder management skills with a pragmatic, solutions-focused mindset.

(Please apply with your CV in Word (preferred) for PDF format. More details are available on successful application.)

If you are interested in applying for this role, please do so via the relevant link. If you would like to discuss this role in confidence, please apply or contact Lauren(dot)OToole(at)eirbusiness(dot)ie including your CV.

Ref: EBT8090

Candidates must be eligible to work full time and long term in the location specified or currently hold a valid appropriate long term work Visa to apply.

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