Senior Network Engineer: Global Network & Security

Jones Engineering; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Structured training & CPD

Work-life balance

Job summary

Jones Engineering is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy and operate a resilient corporate network across multiple locations in Ireland. You will focus on automation, security, and connectivity for a high-performance environment.

The role requires hands-on expertise with FortiGate, Cisco Meraki, VLANs, MPLS, VPNs, and cloud networking. Occasional international travel and on-site work in Pembroke, Dublin are expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IP networking and enterprise network design.
• Hands-on FortiGate firewall management, NAT policies, and VPN configurations.
• Cisco Meraki dashboard administration and wireless/SD-WAN experience.
• Senior-level IP routing/switching, VLANs, MPLS, OSPF/BGP, QoS/queueing theory.
• Experience with VMware, Nutanix, and Azure networking configurations.
• Full, clean driving license for site visits across Ireland with rare international travel.
• Ability to troubleshoot enterprise networks and support 24x7x365 operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and scaling of the corporate network for high availability.
• Manage FortiGate firewalls and security policies, site-to-site VPNs.
• Oversee Cisco Meraki for branch deployments and ZTP provisioning.
• Design and maintain VLANs, routing, and MPLS architectures.
• Ensure connectivity across virtualised and cloud environments (VMware, Nutanix, Azure).
• Document network topology and maintain accurate site/wire schemas.
• Schedule maintenance upgrades and validate failover paths.
• Perform site visits across Ireland with occasional international travel.

Skills

IP networking

Security & firewall

VPNs

Routing & switching

Cloud & virtualization

Tools

FortiGate

Cisco Meraki

VMware

Nutanix

Azure networking

Job description

Jones Engineering is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, deploy and operate a resilient corporate network across multiple locations in Ireland. You will focus on automation, security, and connectivity for a high-performance environment.

The role requires hands-on expertise with FortiGate, Cisco Meraki, VLANs, MPLS, VPNs, and cloud networking. Occasional international travel and on-site work in Pembroke, Dublin are expected.