About Forvis Mazars
Forvis Mazars in Ireland is a leading professional services firm with ambitious growth plans and over 1000 staff based in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick. We are an integral part of Forvis Mazars Group, an internationally integrated partnership with over 40,000 professionals operating in over 100 countries and territories around the world. Our strategic framework drives positive and meaningful impact for our people, the environment and local communities while delivering unmatched client experience to our clients.
Why join us
Security/ cyber security audit is an exciting and challenging environment working with clients of different sizes and sectors nationally and internationally. Security/ cyber security audit is the set of technical skills that enable you to review the technology that organisations use to determine where weaknesses exist that could be exploited and to provide technical recommendations to reduce risk.
As a member of the Forvis Mazars team, you will play a key role in delivering exceptional service to our clients, while benefiting from a strong culture of inclusion, support, and collaboration across borders. You will be fully integrated into our team and have access to excellent professional development, training opportunities, and career growth pathways.
The Position
As organisations are increasingly reliant on technology and as the security landscape in which businesses are forced to operate becomes more and more difficult, the profession of Security/ cyber security audit is fast becoming one of the most dynamic and exciting disciplines around.
At Forvis Mazars, our team helps clients identify and manage technology risks across areas like cybersecurity, data protection, IT audit, and digital transformation.
We wish to hire a security/ cyber security auditor/ audit senior coming from a strong technical security background having either worked in a security, cyber security or Security/ cyber security audit role for at least 3 years.
The successful candidate will join a growing team of strong technical security audit professionals working on a range of prestigious Irish and international clients. This role will afford the successful candidate with the capacity to develop both your technical IT/security skills and your audit and security compliance skills.
If you’re interested in the intersection of tech, audit, and business strategy, this is an exciting space to grow your career.
Key Requirements
We accept applications from a range of different backgrounds. Whilst a strong academic background is key, what’s more important to us is how you apply yourself to your work and to the pursuit of knowledge. You may have a background in technology, computer science, engineering, security or cyber security - but what’s important is that you bring to the firm a willingness to learn and apply your skills in the best way possible and to service our clients.
A professional qualification such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or similar would be an advantage.

Candidates must have strong knowledge of

• EU security legislation such as NIS/ NIS 2
• Security standards such as ISO 27001/2
• Technology and infrastructure
• Cybersecurity threats and enterprise defences
• Operational security infrastructure controls such as Firewalls, IPS/IDS, Internet proxies PKI Infrastructure, prevention solutions and methodology as well as various user authentication products
• Technical cyber security practices and solutions such as security infrastructure, security monitoring, patching, operation of a SOC/SIEM, threat management, penetration testing, vulnerability management
• Security patch management, security incident and event management
• Deep understanding of security for Linux/Windows servers, and related TCP/IP protocols. Experience with secure configuration for Linux and Windows servers

• Experience with WLAN security protocols and tools, such as 802.1X, LEAP, PEAP, WPA, and VPN technologiesNon technical cyber security practices- governance, risk management, security policy, playbooks, incident management, threat intelligence etc

Ideal Candidate

• Fluent spoken and written English
• A bachelor’s degree in security, cyber security, technology, computer science, engineering, or a related field (at least a 2:1)
• A Master’s degree would be an advantage
• At least 3 years working in a technical security/ cyber security or security/ cyber security audit role
• Demonstrate strong independent decision-making abilities
• Be capable of identifying improvement opportunities, generating ideas and implementing solutions
• Be an enthusiastic self-starter that has excellent analytical skills with the ability to identify and
• analyse problems, propose potential improvements to clients.

• Be capable of identifying new areas of learning and using newly gained knowledge or skills on the job.Can set own high standards of performance and delivering desired results

• Candidates who have only worked on external financial IT audits need not apply.
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  Please Note: Forvis Mazars is an Equal Opportunities Employer. In applying for a role with us, you consent that Forvis Mazars will process your personal data for the purpose of handling your application. Forvis Mazars endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, at times when we do need to engage with agencies, Forvis Mazars operates within a preferred supplier list (PSL) and only work and partner with recruitment suppliers where our agreed contractual terms are in place. If unsolicited CVs are received from agencies, we will not be liable for payment of introduction fees. Thank you for your co-operation.

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