Iratxe is a technical engineering graduate from the Universidad del País Vasco and also holds a degree in telecoms systems from the Universidad de Mondragón. She started work in 2004 in the Dominion group.

In 2011 she joined Ambar Telecomunicaciones, where she worked exclusively providing services for the IT entity of the Basque Government, initially as a technology consultant, later as head of technology and finally head of the infrastructure support service. In 2017 she joined SPRI to become part of the Basque Cybersecurity Centre as head of ICT infrastructure.