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Senior Cyber Research Specialist

Dublin, Republic of Ireland | Hybrid
Permanent | Full time
Closing date:  Jun 4 2025

Senior Cyber Research Specialist

  • Dublin, Republic of Ireland
  • Full time
  • Closing on: Jun 4 2025
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What is the opportunity?

Reporting to the Head of Security Strategy & Architecture, the Senior Cyber Research Lead represents a great opportunity for an experienced individual to focus on targeted topics across the full breadth of capabilities within the field of cyber, and make a tangible difference to shaping the future of those capabilities as we evolve.

In this Role, you will

  • Create, own and manage a Group Information Security and Resilience (GISR) knowledge hub for use by the wider GISR team
  • Proactively conduct research on current and emergent threats, utilising sources to include but not limited to academia, industry publications, government agencies (national and international) etc
  • Collaborate with the Chief Information Security and Resilience Officer (CISRO) and GISR senior management to gain an understanding of their functions and to understand how you may be able to support them with targeted cyber research
  • Contribute to the creation of collateral for Board cyber education & awareness material
  • Create high-quality written and/or visual outputs
  • Provide thought leadership to the Group on Cyber through targeted research on emergent/trending areas of interest
  • Proactively collaborate with stakeholders to remain up to date with capabilities in use and the technology landscape of the organisation

What will make you stand out?

Confirmed proficiency in critical thinking and leadership will make you stand out!. Understanding where & how to seek high quality data (papers, articles etc) for analysis is key to the role, with the ability to work in a dynamic, fast paced environment with limited direction.
You champion innovation and help to drive change initiatives will help you to succeed in this role.
You confront difficult circumstances in creative ways, balancing multiple competing priorities and executes accordingly.

Essential Qualifications

3rd level degree in a computing or other technical field, or equivalent experience.
The below are desirable but not essential:
  • SANS or any other equivalent security certifications e.g. CISSP, CRISC, CISM, CCSP, CCSK.

More about the team

Our team is diverse, and thrives on collaboration and innovation, ensuring that we stay ahead in the ever-evolving threat landscape
We not only protect the security of the Bank but also enable colleagues to develop secure ways of working and to make secure choices both in and outside of the office.
The team is critical to protecting one of the Group's most important and valuable assets: Information, with a passion to keep our colleagues, communities and customers safe..
This is a hybrid onsite role and can be done anywhere in the Republic of Ireland with the primary office location as Baggot Plaza, Dublin DO4. Travel will be required for in-person collaboration - exact frequency to be agreed with manager. #LI-HYBRID #IJ-HYBRID

Why work with us?

The Bank of Ireland company culture prioritises work-life balance with a commitment to hybrid working, along with 25 days annual leave and excellent pension contributions. Family can mean different things to different people; we offer 6 months paid maternity leave, an innovative fertility and surrogacy policy along with working parent and carer supports.
Your health and wellbeing is important to us; we offer a substantial health insurance contribution, employee assistance program, WebDoctor and financial wellbeing coaches available. We also encourage and support staff to pursue educational and professional qualifications to grow and enhance your career!

Flexible working matching promise

We know how important flexible working arrangements are to our colleagues and we promise to try to match your current flexible working arrangement in this new role (all existing working arrangements considered!)

Key Competencies

  • Champion Transformation - Leader
  • Amplify Capability - Self
  • One Group, one team - Leader
  • Accountable - Self
  • Customer Focused - Leader

We're on a continuous journey to build an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, lived experience, abilities and perspectives. We provide reasonable accommodations at every stage of our recruitment process for disabilities, neurodivergence or medical conditions. If you require an accommodation please complete this form and one of our recruitment team members will be in touch via email. Any information provided will be treated as confidential within the recruitment team and used only for the purpose of determining and providing appropriate accommodations for the application and recruitment process.

Where Agency assistance is required Bank of Ireland Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Bank of Ireland by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

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