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.

Location

Dublin 1, Leinster (Hybrid)

Department

Asiera

Employment Type

Full-Time

Minimum Experience

Entry-level

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