Cybersecurity Lead

Role Type and Location

• Remote role – located full time in Ireland

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  Eligibility to work

  
  

  • Applicants must be currently living in Ireland full time
  • Regrettably we can’t offer Visawork sponsorship for this role

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    About this Role

    • We are seeking a handson Cybersecurity Lead to secure Deciphexs internal technology infrastructure and operations.
    • Youll protect our employees and business systems while enabling secure operations and growth across the UK, Europe, and North America.
      

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      Key Responsibilities

      
      

      Technical Infrastructure Security

      • Deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise security tools: firewalls, IDSIPS, SIEM, endpoint protection, and vulnerability management.
      • Handson management of Google Workspace security (Advanced Protection, Security Center, DLP policies, device management, access controls)
      • Maintain AWS and other cloud services security, including IAM, VPC, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, for internal infrastructure, VMs, and business systems.
      • Secure any IT system whether cloudenabled or onpremises across the organization.
        

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        Employee & Endpoint Security

        • Secure employee devices, remote access, and enforce security policies across our UK, European, and North American workforce.
        • Implement and maintain endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions for all company devices.
        • Manage identity and access management (IAM) and Single SignOn (SSO) solutions for all internal systems.

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          Security Operations & Automation

          • Develop security automation scripts and tools to streamline operations, monitoring, and incident response.
          • Lead incident response, conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
          • Partner with IT teams on secure deployment of business applications and tools.

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            Physical Security Support

            • Support the IS team with security initiatives for office locations and laboratory facilities including network infrastructure and data storage.
            • Assist with secure network architectures for hybrid environments and intersite connectivity across regions.

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              Product Security Support

              • Collaborate with product teams on customerfacing security initiatives for our Patholytix, Diagnexia and Analytix platforms.
              • Support security architecture reviews, compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001), and customer security questionnaires.

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                Skills and Experience

                
                

                Required

                • 5+ years handson corporate cybersecurity experience.
                • Experience will be in fastgrowing tech companies or regulated industries.
                • Strong expertise in Google Workspace security (Advanced Protection, Security Center, DLP policies, device management, access controls).
                • Technical proficiency:
                  • SIEM platforms
                  • Endpoint security
                  • Network security
                  • IAM
                  • SSO implementation
                  • Security automation and scripting
                  • System hardening (WindowsLinux)
                  • • Experience with AWS and other cloud services security.
                    • Experience securing remote workforces across cloud and onpremises systems.

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                      Preferred

                      • Security certifications (CISSP, OSCP, AWS Security Specialty).
                        
                      • Knowledge of data protection regulations (GDPR, HIPAA) and corporate compliance requirements.
                        
                      • Healthcare or pharmaceutical industry security experience.
                        
                      • Microsoft SharePoint security experience.
                      • Experience securing offices and laboratory environments.

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                        What are the benefits of working with Deciphex?

                        
                        

                        ✨ Meaningful work that improves patient outcomes.
                        🚀 Exciting and challenging projects in a hypergrowth AI enabled company.
                        📈 Regular feedback with strong career growth opportunities.
                        🏡 Flexible remote model with autonomy to balance work and life (some roles require onsite presence).
                        💰 Competitive salary with annual performancebased increments.
                        🎄 Generous leave plus paid Christmas holiday.
                        🌎 Supportive, multicultural, and collaborative team.

                        
                        

                        About Us
                        

                        
                        

                        Through the work that we do, the team at Deciphex helps pharma to accelerate the process of essential drug development and helps cancer patients get a timely and accurate diagnosis.

                        
                        

                        Founded in Dublin in 2017, Deciphex has scaled rapidly to a team of over 100 people and counting who are providing software solutions to address the pathology gap in research pathology and clinical areas. We have offices in Dublin, Exeter and Chicago and are expanding our team throughout the world.

                        We are software developers, clinical specialists, artificial intelligence engineers, operations professionals and so much more, all working as one team to support our customers and patients.
                        

                        
                        

                        Read more about Deciphex here and more about our incredible team on our Careers Page here

                        
                        

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