Security Analyst 18mth ftc

Asiera – Security Analyst

Formerly known as HEAnet and EduCampus, we have been supporting Ireland’s academic and research community since 1983. We are now proud to come together as one unified organisation. Our new name Asiera captures what drives us every day – Advancing Services for Irish Education, Research and Academia.

Every day, our national education and research network supports more than 1.3 million students and researchers and over 175,000 staff across Ireland’s schools, ETBs and higher education institutions – more than 1.5 million people in total. In addition, we provide mission-critical management information systems to over 140,000 students and 20,000 staff across Ireland’s universities, technological universities, institutes of technology and colleges.

In Asiera, we are building an end-to-end digital ecosystem for Irish education, one that connects, enables, and empowers learners and institutions to thrive in an increasingly digital world.

We are seeking to appoint a Security Analyst to join our Security Operations team on an eighteen (18) month fixed term contract basis.

This role is primarily based at our Dublin 1 offices, however, we are pleased to offer a flexible work/life balance arrangement. This allows you to work from home up to three (3) days a week. You will be expected to work at least two (2) days a week in the office, giving you the opportunity to enjoy a balanced and dynamic work environment.

Potential travel required from time to time to events and client sites.

What the Security Analyst does

The Security Analyst will support the delivery of managed security services to our higher education clients. Reporting to the Security Operations Manager the Security Analyst will work closely with the Product Team, the Senior Security Analyst and a 3rd party MSSP in delivery of Asiera SOC & SIEM services.

The successful candidate will support the security operations and service delivery to our clients. When a client security incident occurs, a key responsibility of this role will be to assist the Senior Analyst in managing the security incident on behalf of Asiera, including investigation, threat hunting and issuing client advisories. This will include acting as a key contributor to aid client resolver groups, providing advice on containment and remediation steps, recovery stage activity, and identifying responsive actions that Asiera can take to manage and reduce threats to constituents.

The successful candidate will also be a key contributor in the further development of security platforms, platform integration, and design & development of additional managed security services and service features.

Key Responsibilities

SOC Alert and Case Management Governance

Security Incident Management – Investigation, Response Advisory, Comms Management

Contributor to service governance reports and preparation for service review meetings

Proactive & Reactive Threat Hunting Activities

Collaborate with Cross Functional Teams, PMO, Security Consultants, Engineering Teams, Service Desk on service development and client onboarding

Contribute to Security Platform Design and Development

Research and production of threat information for security reports, bulletins, client forums and events

Contribution to Security Product Roadmap

How we do it 

Our company values underpin how we do things in Asiera. We believe in and live by our values and understand they are integral to making Asiera a great place to work.

COLLABORATION - EQUALITY & FAIRNESS - FUTURE FOCUSED - POSITIVE IMPACT

For further information about who we are and our core values, see: https://www.asiera.ie/who-we-are/ 

What you get from us 

We promote a healthy work/life balance, and we take the care of our team members mental health seriously. Work outside of standard hours is rare and agreed in advance.

We value knowledge sharing and communication.  We have frequent team meetings combined with regular 1:1 catch-ups to make sure no one is hitting any roadblocks.

We encourage critical thinking and the exploration of new ideas. We often form cross-team special interest groups for specific topic discussions, both ongoing and for fixed projects.

Company Benefits  

Flexible Work/Life Balance framework

Flexible start/finish times

Health insurance for employees

Defined contribution pension scheme

On-going wellbeing initiatives

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Tax Saver Ticket scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Professional education support

Comprehensive group and individual training & development initiatives

 What we need from you 

Experience working in SOC/relevant IT operations role/relevant degree in computing /cyber security or relevant cyber security certifications

Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients, vendors and other stakeholders

Proven experience investigating ICT/ security incidents, including coordination and communication between multiple resolver groups and involved parties

Good knowledge of the threat landscape

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Ability to work in a busy work environment, to adapt to changing situations and divergent client environments

Adept at working with both technical experts and security experts on shared goals

Bonus Points

We don’t need you to have experience in the following areas, but if you did it could be beneficial:

Experience working with SIEM, EDR, NDR, Threat Intelligence Platforms

Good knowledge of NIST Security Incident Handling 800-61

Experience with Threat Hunting

Experience with Splunk SPL

Experience with NetFlow and PCAP analysis

Relevant Cyber Security Certification

Prior experience or knowledge of Higher Education and Research Sector

Prior experience in Managed Security Services

More important information 

At Asiera we celebrate diversity and understand how important it is to our ongoing success.  We would like to hear from candidates who are great at what they do and whose values align with ours.

If you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best, please let us know.

Asiera are delighted to be awarded with the Ibec Keep Well Mark. We take pride in developing, maintaining and enhancing our culture of wellbeing and continue to focus on this into 2026 and beyond.