Technical Project Manager – Security Network Engineering
Title: Technical Project Manager – Security Network Engineering
Location: Dublin City Centre (onsite 5 days a week)
Type: Permanent
A senior Technical Project Manager responsible for delivering complex security and network infrastructure projects within a global technology and security organisation. The role is hands-on from a project perspective, requiring someone who can manage engineers, vendors and senior stakeholders while understanding the underlying technology and operational risks. Projects will cover areas such as firewalls, VPN/remote access, identity and authentication, web security, SIEM/EDR and security tooling. Many projects will be global in scope and involve changes to business-critical production environments.
THIS IS A SENIOR PERMANENT PROJECT MANAGER ROLE. YOU WILL IDEALLY BE COMING FROM A SECURITY OR NETWORK RELATED BACKGROUND
Key Responsibilities:
· Manage security infrastructure projects end-to-end, from requirements and design through implementation, migration and handover.
· Build detailed project plans covering milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, testing, change windows and rollback plans.
· Coordinate Security, Network, Windows/Linux, Operations, Service Desk, vendors and business teams across different regions.
· Own the production change process, including impact assessments, testing, approvals, communications and post-change validation.
· Run technical and design meetings, challenging assumptions, decisions and risks where required.
· Manage vendors, professional services, licensing and platform upgrades/replacements.
· Identify and resolve risks, blockers and dependencies early.
· Track audit, regulatory and security commitments, including DORA-related requirements.
· Provide clear reporting to technical and senior management, translating technical issues into business impact and risk.
· Improve project governance, documentation and delivery processes.
Technical Knowledge Required:
· The candidate does not need to configure the technology but must understand it sufficiently to challenge engineers and recognise technical and operational risks.
· Key areas include:
· Firewalls: policies, segmentation, NAT, HA, upgrades and IPsec VPNs.
· Remote Access: VPN, SSL VPN, RDP gateways, certificates and conditional access.
· Identity: MFA, RADIUS, SAML/OIDC, AD, Entra ID, PKI and FIDO2.
· Web Security: proxies, URL filtering, SSL inspection and internet connectivity.
· Security Operations: SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management and incident response.
· Networking: TCP/IP, routing, DNS, VLANs and multicast, particularly in low-latency environments.
· Security Frameworks: NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls and DORA.
Experience Required:
· 8+ years managing technical infrastructure or engineering projects.
· At least 4 years in security, network or identity projects.
· Experience delivering a major security platform replacement or migration in a live production environment.
· Strong experience with production change management, including testing, maintenance windows and rollback planning.
· Experience managing multiple technical teams, vendors and international stakeholders.
· Comfortable working directly with security/network engineers and Risk, Audit and Compliance teams.
· Experience within financial services, trading technology or another highly regulated, low-downtime environment is preferred.
· Previous experience as a Security or Network Engineer is a strong advantage.
· Certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, CISSP, CISM, Security+, PCNSA or CCNP Security are beneficial but not essential.
