Senior Network SRE & Automation Engineer

NetApp; Munster; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Global collaboration

Job summary

NetApp is seeking a Senior Network SRE & Operations Engineer to join our Cork team. You will bridge traditional network operations with NetDevOps, treating the network as code to maximize uptime across a hybrid environment.

You will design automation, manage security controls for Cisco ISE and Palo Alto, and own data center networking at scale. Travel of 10-20% is required as part of global support.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in network automation and scripting to reduce manual toil.
• Experience with version control and CI/CD pipelines for network configurations.
• Deep routing and switching experience in Cisco Catalyst/Nexus environments and hybrid cloud connectivity.
• Operational security experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Cisco ISE.
• Strong drive for operational excellence and automation across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automation workflows to replace manual configuration and patching.
• Manage security posture and act as SME for NAC, firewalls, and ISE.
• Own lifecycle and performance of global wired network and data centers.
• Leverage telemetry and APIs to detect and auto-remediate network issues.
• Serve as escalation point and promote SRE culture with SLAs and blameless post-mortems.

Skills

Network Automation

Python/Go scripting

Git & CI/CD

Cisco Nexus/Catalyst

Palo Alto & ISE

IaC: Terraform/Ansible

NetDevOps

Tools

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Nornir

LogicMonitor

SolarWinds NCM

ThousandEyes

Cisco ACI (bonus)

Job description

NetApp is seeking a Senior Network SRE & Operations Engineer to join our Cork team. You will bridge traditional network operations with NetDevOps, treating the network as code to maximize uptime across a hybrid environment.

You will design automation, manage security controls for Cisco ISE and Palo Alto, and own data center networking at scale. Travel of 10-20% is required as part of global support.