Staff Network Automation & DevOps Engineer

PlayStation; Ireland; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PlayStation in Ireland seeks a Staff Network Systems Engineer to drive automation and modernise our global network. You will implement Infrastructure as Code, build reusable automation, and lead safe migrations while working across engineering, security and architecture teams.

You will shape standards, establish a trusted source of truth, and mentor engineers as you deliver end-to-end, auditable changes in a complex production environment.

Qualifications

• Deep enterprise networking knowledge including routing, switching, wireless and secure remote connectivity.
• Advanced Juniper Mist, EX Series and Junos experience or equivalent platform expertise.
• Hands-on software engineering skills in Python and Go, with maintainable code and APIs.
• Staff-level influence and communication skills across teams, governance forums and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead transition to a standardised, version-controlled and automated network operating model.
• Establish Infrastructure as Code practices, reusable automation and automated validation.
• Reduce configuration drift and make changes repeatable, auditable and safer.
• Collaborate across network, security, architecture and platform teams to shape direction and standards.
• Define a phased modernisation roadmap for network estate, toolchain and workflows.
• Build automation with Python, Go, Terraform and Ansible; use APIs and config-management tooling.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines with linting, testing, drift detection and controlled rollouts.
• Translate network intent into version-controlled implementations and influence reference architectures.
• Migrate existing services into the automated model while staying hands-on during delivery.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to governance forums to institutionalise automation.

Skills

Routing & Switching

Wireless Networking

Network Security

Infrastructure as Code

Python

Go (Golang)

Terraform

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

Diagnostics & Troubleshooting

Leadership & Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Job description

PlayStation in Ireland seeks a Staff Network Systems Engineer to drive automation and modernise our global network. You will implement Infrastructure as Code, build reusable automation, and lead safe migrations while working across engineering, security and architecture teams.

You will shape standards, establish a trusted source of truth, and mentor engineers as you deliver end-to-end, auditable changes in a complex production environment.