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Cyber Recruitment for Mission-Critical Teams

Information security recruitment is facing record demand, and organisations are competing for the same specialist skills. Teams need Security Engineers, SOC Analysts, Pen Testers, Cloud Security Analysts, and GRC specialists who can actually protect the business, yet the talent gap keeps widening. The UK alone is short more than seventy thousand cyber professionals, and global shortages run into the millions.

If you’re hiring, you need people who can strengthen your defences without slowing delivery. If you’re exploring cyber security jobs, you want employers who invest in good tooling, clear processes and real career progression.

MCS Group works across cyber security recruitment, information security hiring and cyber risk talent every day. We understand the pressure on modern security teams and connect you with opportunities and talent you won’t find through standard job boards.

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Cyber Recruitment Expertise That Actually Solves Problems

Whether you are strengthening existing security capability or building it from the ground up, we help you hire cyber professionals with the technical depth and judgement to solve real-world problems.

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    Security Engineering & Architecture

    When systems are vulnerable and deadlines are tight, you need people who can design, harden and test properly. We recruit Security Engineers and Security Architects who’ve handled real incidents, not just theory.

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    SOC, Threat & Incident Response

    Most alerts are noise. You need analysts who know what to ignore and what to escalate. We place SOC Analysts and Threat Analysts who can investigate, not panic.

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    Penetration Testing & Offensive Security

    Real offensive skills are rare. We connect you with Pen Testers and Red Teamers who’ve worked on live engagements and know how to break things properly.

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    GRC & Compliance

    GRC is only useful when it works in practice. We recruit Analysts and Governance Specialists who can interpret controls without slowing the business to a crawl.

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    Cloud & Identity Security

    IAM, misconfigurations, drift, SSO, identity sprawl. Cloud security is never quiet. We bring in Cloud Security Analysts and IAM Engineers who can stabilise hybrid and multi-cloud environments fast.

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Why Security Leaders Trust MCS for Cyber Recruitment

When a real incident hits, who do you trust? From cloud defence to SOC operations and governance, we help employers hire cyber security professionals with hands-on experience and strong judgement.

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The technology industry never stands still — and neither do we.
 At MCS Group, we recruit across every major area of tech, helping businesses in Belfast, Dublin, and across the UK and Ireland find the people who move them forward.

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Find Your Next Move in Cyber Security and Risk

Cyber security and risk careers suit people who want real responsibility for protecting systems and operations. We support professionals across cloud security, SOC, engineering, GRC, offensive security and identity as they move into roles that match their skills and ambition. Whether you want deeper technical work, clearer progression or better tooling and processes, we help you make the right next move.

SOC Analysts, Threat Analysts and Detection Engineers working on real incidents, monitoring, response and threat hunting in operational security teams.

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Modern security starts early. We place professionals into engineering and cloud security roles where secure design, automation and resilience are built into the platform, not bolted on later.

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Strong security depends on being challenged. From penetration testing to offensive security, we help you move into roles focused on uncovering weaknesses and improving security from the inside out.

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Security is as much about governance as technology. We support moves into GRC and information security roles where managing risk, regulation and assurance underpins business decision-making.

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Identity sits at the centre of modern security. We work with teams hiring IAM specialists to secure access, manage identities and protect how users and systems interact.

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Building strong data teams starts with solving the real problems

Data roles can look similar on paper but be worlds apart in practice. Pipelines, models, dashboards and governance all break for different reasons. You need people who understand the difference and can guide you to the right skill set without wasting time.

Every consultant in our cyber team works in a single niche. Security engineering. SOC and threat detection. Pen testing. Cloud and identity. GRC. You speak to someone who understands the role in detail, from SIEM tuning to identity hardening to offensive testing methodology. Better conversations. Better matches.

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Security hiring moves fast, and good candidates rarely stay available. At MCS our shortlists are built through active conversations with Security Engineers, SOC Analysts, Pen Testers, Cloud Security Analysts and GRC specialists across the UK, Ireland and wider markets. Accuracy first, delivered quickly.

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We work closely with security teams across Belfast, Dublin, London and beyond. That means consistent communication, transparent feedback and a recruitment partner who understands the pressure behind every cyber hire, from incident response coverage to audit deadlines.

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Need a Security Engineer to lift your defensive capability? Scaling a SOC function? Tightening governance, risk and compliance? Building out cloud security? We shape the hiring approach around your priorities.

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We’re proud of the partnerships we’ve built with start-ups, scale-ups, and enterprise technology teams. Clients and candidates trust us because we keep things simple, honest, and focused on results.

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Find the right people. Find the right role. Make it count.

From engineering to SOC to governance, we support teams and professionals across the full cyber security landscape.

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