Cloud Data Security Engineer

Job: Cloud Data Security Engineer

Location: Dublin (2 days a week onsite min)

Type: Long term Contract (min 12 months)

Rate: 420-450 per day.

We are looking for a hands-on engineer, not an architect. Someone who builds, configures, and operates security controls day-to-day — not someone who mainly writes standards/frameworks and hands off implementation to others.

The MUST HAVES for this role are

• Hands-on production experience securing AWS, Azure, or GCP — IAM, network security, encryption, workload protection (actually configured these, not just reviewed)
• Hands-on implementation of data protection controls in Microsoft Purview (or a close equivalent — e.g. Varonis, BigID)
• Track record running control governance/remediation — i.e. has actually closed out non-compliance findings, not just reported them
• Comfortable working directly with Data/Privacy/Legal/IT stakeholders on control implementation

Strong plus

• Data breadth beyond pure cloud security: data classification, rights management (DRM/IRM), data or AI security posture management (DSPM/AISPM). This is the gap the hiring manager is explicitly trying to fill — the previous person didn't have it.
• Active interest/use of AI tools, and some grounding in AI data security (e.g. data exposure risks from AI tooling)

This role is not suited to

• Pure architects/strategists with no recent hands-on tooling work
• Candidates whose "cloud security" experience is policy-writing only, with no IAM/encryption/workload config on their hands
• Candidates with zero data governance exposure (classification, DLP, rights management) — this is the #1 screening filter right now

This job is a brilliant opportunity to join a world leading Aviation business and play a key role in there digital transformation. If you are interested, please send your CV ASAP for immediate consideration.