The closing date for this competition is 3pm on Thursday, 20th August 2026.
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- Salary Range: €83,113 to €103,576
- Grade: Assistant Principal
- Work Pattern: Full-Time
- Employer: Civil Service
What is the Role?
The ICT Infrastructure, Security and Operations Delivery Managers (Assistant Principal Officer level) recruited from this competition will be directly involved in delivering on a range of Government strategies within their appointed organisations. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a larger team delivering on the ambitions of Ireland to be a digital leader and enabling digital engagement with the State by businesses, members of the public and public servants.
Successful candidates will be integral members and leaders of teams that are delivering secure and resilient ICT and digital services for their organisations as well as working on critical projects of national importance and public prominence such as social welfare supports, interactions with the Revenue Commissioners by individuals and businesses, subsidies in the agri-food sector and for key life events such as birth, marriage, deaths, and employment.
The panel formed from this competition will be used to fill vacancies across the Civil Service.
Applicants should note that the majority of vacancies will be in the greater Dublin area.
Requirements
Essential
Given the technical nature of the roles to be filled, you must have a relevant qualification that is matched with experience appropriate to this ICT Infrastructure, Security and Operations Delivery Manager role. You should make sure that your application form clearly shows the experience you have gained so far in your career.
Accordingly, you must, on or before 20th August 2026, meet one of the following sets of criteria:
A:
A 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 5 years directly relevant*, hands-on ICT infrastructure, security and operations experience from your employment to date;OR
B:
A qualification at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major award (i.e. honours degree), or higher, in a relevant computing or computational discipline and at least 3 years directly relevant*, hands-on ICT infrastructure, security and operations experience from your employment to date;OR
C:
A qualification at Level 8 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major award (i.e. honours degree), or higher, with computing/computational modules taken in the final year and at least 5 years directly relevant*, hands-on ICT infrastructure, security and operations experience from your employment to date;OR
D:
At least 8 years directly relevant*, hands-on ICT infrastructure, security and operations experience from your employment to date and either: a) a Level 6 qualification on the NFQ major award qualification, or higher, in a relevant area of ICT infrastructure, security and operations; Or b) at least 2 industry-recognised certifications in a relevant area of ICT infrastructure, security and operations (see pg. 10 for a range of examples).* Examples of relevant experience should include, but are not limited to, areas such as enterprise/ security/technical architecture, technical infrastructure service design and delivery, server and client operating systems and architecture stacks, telecommunications and networking infrastructure delivery support, technical support, ICT service management, operations and server support, ICT/cyber security, mobile device management, virtualisation delivery support, cloud computing, etc.
Relevant Industry Certifications
Relevant industry certifications (see Option D (b) above) considered appropriate for ICT Infrastructure, Security and Operations Delivery Manager in the Civil Service should be certified at practitioner/ advanced/ professional level, as confirmed by the relevant certifying party, and may include:
- Service management – e.g. ITIL, practitioner level or above;
- Project management – e.g. Prince and PMI, practitioner or above;
- Knowledge domain-specific awards such as the Special Purpose Award in Business Analysis at Level 8 on the NFQ
- Other frameworks, methodologies and industry recognised infrastructure certifications such as COBIT, iSAQB, TOGAF, Agile, DevOps, IASA, etc.
Vendor-based certifications, at the advanced/ professional/ practitioner level, which should be achieved within the past 5 years, including but not limited to:
- Operating systems (incl. Microsoft Windows operating systems, Linux, desktop and mobile;
- Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, IBM and Microsoft Azure cloud technologies, Virtualisation (VMWare, HyperV, etc.);
- Microsoft (e.g. MTA, MCP, Microsoft 365 Certified, Microsoft Azure), IAM, DBA, Security, Data Centre, Cisco (CCNA/ CCDA or higher), HPE and Aruba, Juniper, Brocade, Linux, Check Point, Citrix, Palo Alto, Fortinet etc.;
- Frameworks and industry recognised infrastructure certifications such as: CompTIA (e.g. N+, S+), CISSP, CITA.
Interested?
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