Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer & Automation Lead

521 Cisco Systems Internetworking (Ireland) Limited; Galway; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

521 Cisco Systems Internetworking (Ireland) Limited is seeking a senior Cloud and Data Center Network Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize cloud-based and data center networks in a secure, scalable environment.

You will collaborate with product managers, security teams, and IT operations to define detailed specifications, migrate compute/storage as needed, and manage virtualization and storage platforms with minimal service disruption.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in CS or Engineering with 8+ years in network or data center operations.
• Experience deploying and operating virtualization platforms ( VMware, OpenStack, Hyper-V ).
• Proficient in Linux/Windows Server for HA and performance.
• Experience with NetApp/Dell EMC NAS/SAN storage and data replication.
• Proficient in Terraform, Ansible, GitOps for IaC.
• Strong IPv4/IPv6 networking and cloud network architecture.
• Scripting in Python, Bash, and PowerShell for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud and data center network architectures.
• Collaborate with product managers, security, and IT ops to define specs.
• Plan migrations for data centers and storage, ensuring minimal downtime.
• Deploy and manage virtualization platforms and storage systems.

Skills

Network engineering

Linux administration

Windows Server administration

Automation scripting

Python scripting

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

VMware

OpenStack

Hyper-V

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps

Python scripting

Bash scripting

PowerShell

IPv4/IPv6 networking

NAS/SAN storage

Job description

521 Cisco Systems Internetworking (Ireland) Limited is seeking a senior Cloud and Data Center Network Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize cloud-based and data center networks in a secure, scalable environment.

You will collaborate with product managers, security teams, and IT operations to define detailed specifications, migrate compute/storage as needed, and manage virtualization and storage platforms with minimal service disruption.