Staff Network Automation Engineer & DevOps Leader

PlayStation; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 98,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Wellness program

Employee discounts

Bonus potential

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Staff Network Systems Engineer to modernise our global network infrastructure through automation and Infrastructure as Code. You will establish a standardised, version-controlled operating model and drive reusable automation, secure credential handling and CI/CD practices.

Working across network engineering, security and platform teams, you will influence architectural direction, mentor engineers and lead complex delivery while ensuring resilient,

Qualifications

• Modernise network infrastructure through automation or Infrastructure as Code in a large, complex production environment.
• Strong software‑engineering skills in Python and Go, including API integration, testing and maintainable code.
• Practical experience with Terraform, Ansible and automated delivery components.
• Strong working knowledge of Git, PR workflows, CI/CD pipelines, release controls, policy enforcement and secrets management.
• Deep enterprise networking knowledge across routing, switching, wireless, NAC and secure connectivity; Juniper Mist/Junos experience or equivalent platform expertise.
• Expert troubleshooting and engineering judgement with experience supporting operational delivery, complex changes and major incidents.
• Staff-level influence and communication skills, including shaping technical direction across teams and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Assess the network estate, toolchain and workflows; define a phased modernisation roadmap.
• Establish the IaC operating model with source of truth, standards and secure credentials handling.
• Build reusable automation using Python/Go with Terraform, Ansible, APIs and configuration-management tooling.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines with linting, testing, drift detection, policy checks and controlled rollout.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture and security to translate network intent into version-controlled implementations.
• Lead safe migration of existing services into the automated model while supporting delivery and incidents.
• Participate in design-review forums and mentor engineers to scale automation across the team.

Skills

Automation

Python

Go

Git

CI/CD

Networking

IaC

Juniper Mist/Junos

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Enterprise

GitHub Actions

AWS

Azure

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Staff Network Systems Engineer to modernise our global network infrastructure through automation and Infrastructure as Code. You will establish a standardised, version-controlled operating model and drive reusable automation, secure credential handling and CI/CD practices.

Working across network engineering, security and platform teams, you will influence architectural direction, mentor engineers and lead complex delivery while ensuring resilient,