Director of Infrastructure & Networking Transformation

The Panel; Dublin; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Panel is seeking a senior IT leader in Ireland to own and transform its infrastructure and network estate. You will take end-to-end ownership, set the roadmap, and guide engineering teams and partners through a major modernization initiative.

With 15+ years in infrastructure, network, and cloud, and 10+ years in senior technology leadership, you will drive strategic delivery across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments, ensuring resilience and performance across critical services.

Qualifications

• 15+ years across infrastructure, network and cloud in large-scale or regulated environments.
• 10+ years in senior technology leadership with large technical teams and major transformation programmes.
• Proven track record building and executing infrastructure strategy and roadmaps.
• Genuine depth in WAN, LAN, Wi‑Fi, data centre and cloud networking, SDN.

Responsibilities

• Own the full estate end to end: cloud, on-premises and hybrid across compute, storage, network and connectivity.
• Set and drive the transformation strategy: simplification, automation and Infrastructure as Code, AI Operations, observability and predictive resilience.
• Lead a high-calibre team of internal specialists alongside strategic managed service partners.
• Be accountable for the resilience, performance and availability of critical infrastructure and network services.

Skills

Infrastructure leadership

Networking expertise

Strategic planning

Team leadership

Vendor governance

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

Observability tooling

Job description

The Panel is seeking a senior IT leader in Ireland to own and transform its infrastructure and network estate. You will take end-to-end ownership, set the roadmap, and guide engineering teams and partners through a major modernization initiative.

With 15+ years in infrastructure, network, and cloud, and 10+ years in senior technology leadership, you will drive strategic delivery across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments, ensuring resilience and performance across critical services.