Security Assessment Automation Specialist

4 days ago

Dublin, Ireland Robert Walters Ireland Full time

Security Assessment Automation Specialist (VP)

Overview: Join one of the world’s most respected financial institutions, renowned for its stability, innovation, and commitment to excellence. You/'ll shape the future of security automation across a complex, global environment — embedding cutting-edge security practices into every stage of the development life cycle across the bank’s cloud and on-premises platforms, ensuring security is robust, scalable, and ahead of emerging threats.

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Dublin Limited (SMFD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMBC and is growing rapidly as a Centre of Excellence for the bank’s universal banking business across EMEA. It provides a range of technology and operational support services, aligned to SMBC’s growth, innovation, and transformation strategies.

What you/'ll do:

- Automated Security Pipelines – Design and implement enterprise-grade security assessment pipelines integrating SAST, DAST, IAST, and SCA tools into CI/CD workflows.
- Infrastructure as Code Security – Integrate security testing into IaC workflows (Terraform, CloudFormation), ensuring security by design in automated deployments.
- Hybrid Environment Coverage – Support cloud-native (Azure, GCP) and on-prem infrastructure with tailored assessment strategies.
- Ephemeral & Traditional Infrastructure – Implement pre-deployment validation for immutable resources and architect scanning solutions for long-lived assets using network and agent-based tools.
- Policy-as-Code Governance – Establish frameworks for automated enforcement of security baselines and compliance requirements.
- Shift-Left Security – Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to embed security early in the software delivery process.
- Tooling & Innovation – Continuously evaluate emerging security tools and techniques, ensuring alignment with evolving threats and technologies.
- Security Architecture Guidance – Provide governance, secure design patterns, and best practices for security automation.

What you/'ll bring:

- Strong knowledge of CI/CD security integrations and DevSecOps principles.
- Proficiency in security assessment tools (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA) and pipeline automation.
- Expertise in CI/CD security, DevSecOps, and automation of security assessments (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA).
- Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code security (Terraform, CloudFormation) and Policy-as-Code (Azure Policy, OPA).
- Experience securing hybrid/multi-cloud (Azure, GCP) and on-prem environments.
- Strong knowledge of security frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2, CIS) and secure design principles.
- Skilled in threat modelling, Zero Trust, Least Privilege, and Network Segmentation.
- Familiar with SSDLC, governance, risk, compliance, and secure coding practices.
- Understanding of architectural patterns (Multi-Tier, Microservices, Event-Driven) and frameworks (TOGAF, SABSA).
- Have the right to work in Ireland and happy to work on site in Dublin (hybrid working model).

About the job

- Contract Type: Perm
- Specialism: Technology
- Focus: Information Security
- Salary: bonus
- Workplace Type: Hybrid
- Experience Level: Mid Management
- Location: Dublin
- Job Reference: LUC114-7D4D677A
- Date posted: 12 August 2025
- Consultant: Fiona Fung

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