Senior Network Engineer – Global Backbone & Automation

Apple; Cork; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our Global Network Services (GNS) team. The successful candidate will lead large-scale projects from planning through deployment and handover across multiple sites and data centres.

You will work with Cisco, Juniper and Arista gear, handling BGP, IS‑IS, MPLS and IPsec, while building automation in Python using Netmiko, NAPALM, Scrapli, Ansible, Terraform and Jenkins; version control with Git.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of network engineering experience with 3+ years in a project leadership role.
• Fluent English (spoken and written) for frequent client communication.
• Strong TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS, IS-IS, DWDM and UNIX-based systems experience.
• Proficient Python for network automation and orchestration tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale network projects from planning through deployment and handover.
• Collaborate across multi-site data centres, peering and transit expansions.
• Develop automation tooling to streamline provisioning and deployment.

Skills

Fluent English

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

Netmiko

NAPALM

Scrapli

REST APIs

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

Git

BGP

MPLS

IS-IS

TCP/IP

DWDM

Linux

macOS

Job description

Apple is seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to join our Global Network Services (GNS) team. The successful candidate will lead large-scale projects from planning through deployment and handover across multiple sites and data centres.

You will work with Cisco, Juniper and Arista gear, handling BGP, IS‑IS, MPLS and IPsec, while building automation in Python using Netmiko, NAPALM, Scrapli, Ansible, Terraform and Jenkins; version control with Git.