SENIOR ICT SPECIALIST (HIGHER EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

The State Laboratory is seeking a permanent Senior ICT Specialist to support and enhance its ICT infrastructure, applications and cybersecurity environment.​

Reporting to the ICT Section Manager, the successful candidate will play a key role in delivering ICT projects, driving service improvements and ensuring the reliability and security of business-critical systems.

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Key responsibilities include:

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• Support and maintain ICT services comprising network, storage, compute, virtualisation, endpoint and cloud services.

• Perform infrastructure incident management, escalation and response.

• Champion security best practices, taking a lead role in security applications including endpoint protection, mail filters, web filters and firewalls.

• Assist the ICT Manager in the development and execution of the Cybersecurity Strategy

• Coordinate, support and review assigned work of ICT support staff where required.

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Essential Requirements:

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Given the technical nature of the role to be filled, you must have a relevant qualification which is 
matched with experience appropriate to this Senior ICT Specialist role. It is up to you to make sure 
that your CV showcases the experience you have gained so far. 

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Accordingly, you must, on or before Thursday, 16th July 2026 meet one of the following sets of criteria: 

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• Hold a degree qualification at Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) 
  major award (i.e. an ordinary level degree), or higher, in a relevant computing or 
  computational discipline and at least 3 years directly relevant* hands-on ICT networks and 
  cyber security experience from your employment to date. 
  OR 

• Hold a degree qualification at Level 8 on the NFQ major award (i.e. honours degree), or 
  higher, with computing or computational modules taken in the final year and at least 3 
  years directly relevant* hands-on ICT networks and cyber security experience from your 
  employment to date. 
  OR 

• Hold a major award qualification of at least Level 6, or higher, on the National Framework of 
  Qualifications (NFQ) in a relevant computing or computational discipline, for example: an 
  NFQ Level 6 qualification from a Post Leaving Cert Course at an ETB, or the FIT Tech 
  Apprenticeship and at least 5 years directly relevant* hands-on ICT networks and cyber 
  security experience from your employment to date. 
  OR 

• Have achieved at least two industry-recognised certifications one of which must be in an 
  area relevant to this role (see page 5 for a range of examples) and at least 5 years directly 
  relevant* hands-on ICT networks and cyber security experience from your employment to 
  date. 
  
  *Examples of relevant experience should be appropriate to the role and include, but are not limited to, areas such as networking or cyber security solution implementation, configuration and support/ administration including WAN/ LAN, enterprise firewalls and perimeter defence infrastructure, and penetration testing.

How to Apply