Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Davy
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dublin • Ireland
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About the role
- Lead security assurance across cloud platforms and modern development practices.
- Focus on Microsoft Azure/365.
- Combine hands-on cloud security engineering, DevSecOps expertise, solution architecture review, and security governance.
- Work closely with Service Delivery, Architecture, and Development teams to embed robust security controls across the SDLC.
- Proactively identify risks and support the secure operation of enterprise systems.
- Act as a key escalation point within the Security function.
- Contribute to incident response, threat modelling, and continuous improvement of security capabilities.
- Secure cloud environments, including Azure, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft 365, and Salesforce.
- Provide expert guidance and assurance across cloud architecture, SaaS integrations, design submissions, and technical change processes.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend future-state secure solutions.
- Assess internally developed application designs from a security perspective.
- Provide operational support for the Microsoft Defender suite (Endpoint, Identity, O365, Cloud).
- Investigate and triage outputs from SIEM, vulnerability scanners, and security tools.
- Support incident response processes by contributing technical analysis and remediation guidance.
- Support secure delivery across IaaS, PaaS, Containers, and Infrastructure-as-Code environments.
- Ensure secure integration of APIs, cloud-native services, and CI/CD tooling.
- Support container platform security, particularly within Red Hat OpenShift/Azure Red Hat OpenShift environments.
- Design and maintain IAM capabilities including provisioning, RBAC, ABAC, SCIM, PAM, and LDAP-based integrations.
- Provide expert guidance on modern authentication and authorization frameworks (OAuth 2, OIDC, SAML).
- Support management of certificates, token-based authentication, and federated identity platforms.
- Ensure alignment with industry frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, and CIS benchmarks.
- Monitor, measure, and report on the effectiveness of security controls.
- Support internal and third-party audits and assurance programmes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience delivering enterprise-level cybersecurity solutions and controls.
- Strong expertise in Microsoft Azure/M365 security architecture and tooling.
- Hands-on experience with hybrid enterprise environments (Active Directory, Entra, Windows Server, RHEL).
- Practical familiarity with secure coding principles, CI/CD integrations, and application security tooling (SAST/DAST).
- Strong understanding of API security, networking fundamentals, Linux/Windows hardening, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience with containerised platforms, especially Red Hat OpenShift.
- Strong analytical abilities with a structured approach to troubleshooting and incident response.
- Ability to identify systemic issues and recommend long-term improvements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to articulate security risks to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Degree or Masters in Information Security, Computer Science, or related discipline (nice-to-have).
- Microsoft Azure / Microsoft 365 certifications (nice-to-have).
- Experience securing Salesforce and associated integrations (nice-to-have).
- Familiarity with multi cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP) (nice-to-have).
- Practical experience integrating with third-party security solutions (e.g., CASB, CWPP, CNAPP) (nice-to-have).
- Familiarity with microservices security patterns and zero-trust architecture models (nice-to-have).
Benefits
- Health and wellness support
- Flexible working options
- Flexible benefits allowance
- Learning and development opportunities
- Assisted retirement planning
- Psychological safety and emotional wellbeing support
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud security engineeringDevSecOpssecurity governanceincident responsethreat modellingIAM capabilitiessecure coding principlesAPI securitycontainer securityapplication security tooling
Soft Skills
analytical abilitiestroubleshootingcommunication skillsarticulation of security risksstructured approachability to identify systemic issuesrecommend long-term improvements
Certifications
Microsoft Azure certificationMicrosoft 365 certificationdegree in Information Securitydegree in Computer Science