Cybersecurity Resilience Lead

 

 

 Position Description

 

Technology plays a leading role in enabling and delivering ESB’s strategy of achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040, but it’s our people who will make this Brighter Future a reality. 

With almost 800 people working across our IT Delivery and CIO functions, together we design, build, and support a broad range of technologies and services to deliver on our mission to bring sustainable and competitive energy solutions to all customers. We achieve this by harnessing all our resources, investing in our people, and working collaboratively together. 

We operate one of the most advanced and critical technology landscapes in Ireland, managing a vast array of enterprise IT and OT technologies. These technologies reside in our state-of-the art data centres, in our power generation plants, and in our critical operations centres. In addition to enterprise IT applications, databases, and platforms, we also operate critical SCADA systems, OT and Plant/Industrial Controls Systems and critical Telecoms systems – all requiring the appropriate level of security to protect our business.

As a new role under the Cybersecurity Emergency and Incident Management function, the successful candidate will build on ESB’s well-established cybersecurity culture and focus on designing our cybersecurity resilience program. This role will evolve with ESB’s future requirements and the continued evolution of cybersecurity threats and activities. It is imperative for reducing risk to ESB by ensuring our data, systems, and processes are aligned with cybersecurity resilience best practices.

 

 

Key Responsibilities

 

• Lead ESB's cybersecurity resilience planning.

• Assist in delivering a strategy to respond to and recover from cybersecurity incidents, and IT and OT disasters resulting in outages.

• Provide leadership and mentorship on cybersecurity resilience, documentation, and knowledge management/planning across ESB.

• Assist in the development of resilience plans to effectively recover from a cybersecurity incident and oversee their implementation.

• Ensure that ESB’s cybersecurity resilience function meets all industry regulations, standards, and compliance requirements, eg. CER and NIS2 Directives.

• Liaise with technology system owners to ensure technical backup and recovery plans meet business needs.

• Ensure that ESB’s cybersecurity resilience function communicates ESB security policies and requirements so that relevant staff know, understand, and can follow them.

• Assist in the preparation and execution of crisis and cyber exercises, including an executive crisis management tabletop simulation.

• Collaborate with Business Unit BCP sponsors to enhance business continuity measures to better prepare for a cyber incident.

• Develop and maintain reporting metrics that can effectively measure the maturity and success of the resilience program across the various business units.

• Participate in the development and evaluation of cybersecurity policies, standards, and procedures.

 

 

 Experience and Qualifications

 

Essential 

• Excellent stakeholder management experience, and communication and presentation skills.

• Minimum of 4/5 years relevant experience in resilience planning, business continuity and/or emergency management.

• Ability to distil complex concepts into simple and easy-to-understand instructions and communications during an emergency.

• Proven ability to lead and influence change and to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences, both technical and non-technical.

• Strong proficiency in MS Office suite including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, and SharePoint.

 

Desirable

• Relevant 3rd level degree or equivalent work experience.

• Experience with and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies, and tools.

• An understanding of risk assessment, business impact analysis, and mitigation strategies.

• Relevant certification(s) in cybersecurity, information security, incident management, disaster recovery, and/or business continuity planning.

• Previous experience working in the utilities industry and/or OT experience (electricity industry a bonus).

 

 

Location

 

This position will be based in ESB’s Head Office, F27, Dublin.

 

ESB is committed to smart working – combining digital tools with a culture of trust and empowerment to enable flexible ways of working. The successful candidate may work flexibly within their jurisdiction with attendance at the workplace for in-person collaboration on at least one anchor day per week. All smart working arrangements are subject to manager approval and ongoing review, based on the operational requirements of the role, the team, and the individual.

 

 

Reporting To

 

Cybersecurity Emergency & Incident Management Lead

 

 

Why Work with Us? 

 

• Opportunity to lead Ireland’s transition to net zero carbon future 

• Progressive, hybrid working model 

• Career development through mentoring and training  

• Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities 

• Sports and Social Clubs 

• Networking opportunities 

• Credit Union 

• Generous Pension 

• Access to staff well-being programmes 

• Generous parental leave entitlements 

• Strong values-based and inclusive culture  

• Strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion  

• Great team environment working to our Core Values: Courageous, Caring, Driven and Trusted 

  

 

Salary 

 

€57,500 - €68,000 depending on experience.

 

 
Closing Date 

 

7th Febuary 2025

 

 

 

 

Note: Applicants who anticipate requiring assistance or reasonable accommodations for any part of the application or interview process may contact, in confidence, recruitment@esb.ie 

 

If you have any queries in relation to this job, please contact recruitment@esb.ie  

 

Your application will be held in reserve for 6 months should you be suitable for the role.