Information Security Incident Responder - Dublin

Country: Ireland 
City: Dublin 
Req ID: 507339

About CRH

We are CRH, and we are committed to contributing to a more resilient and sustainable built environment. We understand the wider impact our businesses can make in supporting human activity. We continue to do this through the delivery of unique, superior building materials and products for use in road and critical utility infrastructure, commercial building projects and outdoor living solutions.

CRH is the leading provider of building materials solutions that build, connect and improve our world. Employing c.75,800 people at c.3,160 locations in 29 countries, CRH has market leadership positions in both North America and in Europe.

Without you noticing our products, we are everywhere you live, work, and relax.

Our project portfolio includes some of the most sustainable and cutting-edge building projects around the world. Think of the asphalt on the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit, the Paris Metro Rail project, but also the Louis Vuitton Museum in Paris, parts of the Burj Khalifa, and the Kennedy Space Centre.

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CRH Group are seeking an experienced Information Security professional to join the Incident Response function of Group Information Security. The role is a full time senior position based in the Dublin office, Ireland, with opportunities for travel to CRH global locations as required. 

The successful candidate will play an integral role in helping defend CRH against the latest security threats and ever changing landscape. You will assist on the “out-of-band”, the irregular and support the Business Units and Operating Companies with best practice guidance. The role requires an excellent blend of hands on technical experience and strong communication with internal stakeholders and external partners.
    

Key Responsibilities:

Working directly with Operating Companies and Business Units, the successful candidate will:
•    Provide incident response guidance and leadership to the CRH community in the areas of fraud, eDiscovery, threat hunting and major incident management.
•    Be an escalation point for the threat monitoring function.
•    Perform technical tasks and implementation of new and enhanced technologies to support enhance email security, web security, along with technical infrastructure and applications.
•    Sit with business / functional unit leaders and understand their requirements, interpret security ramifications and assist their teams in building solutions for these problems.
•    Research solutions to people problems in adoption of technology and to assist Operating Companies in overcoming these hurdles in the pursuit of better practices.
•    Support global functions across the business in the translation of regulatory requirements and technical delivery for both in-flight and post-delivery projects.
•    Support other GIS functions (e.g. Operations and Engineering) in a range of technical deliveries from infrastructure rollout to cloud deployment to penetration testing. The successful candidate will have a desire to learn new skills.

Key Characteristics

•    Team player & people-focused approach to solving issues.
•    Extensive technical abilities in networking, operating system, database and practical risk management.
•    Ability to read contracts with a view to understanding IS management ramifications.
•    Understand the business agenda, sensitive to CRH’s culture and values, gain respect and credibility.
•    To be articulate and accurate.
•    Strong networking and relationship management and influencing skills.
•    Self-motivation and the ability to be managed.
•    Flexibility and ability to travel at short notice (circa 25-30% at times may be required) 
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills and be capable of understanding, documenting, communicating and presenting technical issues in a non-technical manner to audiences with varying degrees of technical expertise.
 

Education and Experience

•    8-10 years’ experience in IS fields providing customer-facing deliveries
•    Extensive technical ability is a must with analytical ability to take out-of-band problems
•    Experience working with Incident Response best practice frameworks and standards
•    Experience working on technical platforms for e-mail / Anti-Virus/ Proxies etc. – a strong advantage
•    An ability to maintain composure under pressure
•    Ability to find opportunities in problematic and challenging situations
•    Good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
•    Experience of managing stakeholders
•    Certifications relevant to technical risk controls (ISACA / GIAC / Degree etc.).
•    A desire to learn and demonstration of self-motivation
•    Proficiency in a foreign language would be a plus given our global footprint but is not mandatory

What CRH Offers You

• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

• Highly competitive salary package

• Comprehensive secondary benefits

• Significant contribution to your pension plan

• Health and wellness programs, including an on-site gym and fitness classes

• Excellent opportunities to develop and progress with a global organization

Connect your future to CRH

We are curious to learn more about you. At CRH, we believe our mutual differences contribute to the healthy, productive, and enjoyable workspace we create. Please introduce yourself and send us your application.

Is this role not for you, but do you know someone who would love to join the team? Please let us know!

CRH finds it important that vacancies are shared to individuals that may find them interesting and/or could be suitable for the role

Please contact our recruitment team at careers@crh.com.

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Benefits/perks listed above may vary depending on the nature of the employment with CRH and the country where you work.

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We do not accept candidate introductions for this position from recruitment agencies, unless you have been instructed to do so by our recruitment team.