Staff Network Systems Engineer - Network Automation & DevOps

Sony; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Ireland is seeking a Staff Network Systems Engineer to advance our global network infrastructure toward standardised, automated operations. This hands‑on role blends engineering with technical leadership and drives Infrastructure as Code practices and reusable automation.

You will design safe delivery pipelines, reduce configuration drift, and shape technical direction while collaborating with security, architecture and platform teams to ensure resilient,

Qualifications

• A strong track record of modernising network infrastructure through automation or Infrastructure as Code in a large, complex production environment.
• Strong software‑engineering skills in Python and Go (Golang), including maintainable code, structured data, API integration, testing and documentation.
• Practical experience with Terraform, Ansible or comparable tooling, including reusable automation components and controlled delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of Git, PR workflows, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing and release controls.

Responsibilities

• Assess the network estate, toolchain and operational workflows.
• Identify sources of configuration variance, manual effort and change risk.
• Help define a phased modernisation roadmap.
• Build production automation and reusable components across teams.
• Operate and improve secure, resilient network services.

Skills

Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Python

Go (Golang)

Terraform

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

Networking knowledge

Communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Enterprise

Git

Job description

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

Role overview

We're looking for a Staff Network Systems Engineer to help drive the transition of our global network infrastructure from manually managed and inconsistent configurations to a standardised, version-controlled and increasingly automated operating model. This hands‑on staff‑level individual contributor will establish Infrastructure as Code practices, reusable automation, automated validation and safe delivery pipelines. The role will reduce configuration drift, make changes repeatable and auditable, and help the wider team adopt modern software‑engineering practices. Working across network engineering, security, architecture and platform teams, you'll help frame and influence technical direction, create practical standards and guardrails, and remain actively involved in enterprise network engineering and operational delivery.

What you'll be doing

• Assess the network estate, toolchain and operational workflows
• identify sources of configuration variance, manual effort and change risk
• and help define a phased modernisation roadmap.

What we are looking for

• A strong track record of modernising network infrastructure through automation or Infrastructure as Code in a large, complex production environment.
• Strong software‑engineering skills in object‑oriented or comparable programming languages such as Python and Go (Golang), including maintainable code, structured data, API integration, testing, error handling and documentation.
• Practical experience with Terraform, Ansible or comparable tooling, including reusable, idempotent automation components and controlled infrastructure delivery.
• Strong working knowledge of Git, pull‑request workflows, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release controls, policy enforcement and secrets management.
• Deep enterprise networking knowledge across routing, switching, wireless, resilient design, network access control and secure remote connectivity, together with advanced Juniper Mist, EX Series and Junos experience or equivalent platform expertise.
• Expert troubleshooting and engineering judgement, with experience supporting operational delivery, complex changes, major incidents and root‑cause improvement.
• Staff‑level influence and communication skills, including shaping technical direction across teams, building consensus, contributing to governance forums and developing other engineers.

Desirable Experience

• Network APIs and data models, including REST, NETCONF, RESTCONF, JSON, YAML and YANG‑based workflows.
• GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, automated policy enforcement, artefact management and developer enablement.
• Azure or AWS networking, enterprise authentication, Zero Trust principles and network observability platforms.
• Architecture governance, technical authority panels, strategic vendor engagement and globally delivered service operations.
• High‑availability gaming, digital‑media, creative or similarly demanding production environments.

Work Expectations and Measures of Success

This is a staff‑level role combining hands‑on engineering with technical leadership across a global network environment. You'll build production automation, guide others and remain engaged with operational delivery. The objective is to establish an engineering system the team can operate and improve over time while maintaining secure, resilient and supportable network services.

Success will be demonstrated through

• Increased coverage of network infrastructure managed through version‑controlled automation.
• Reduced configuration drift, manual intervention, operational toil and dependency on individual subject‑matter experts.
• Shorter and more predictable change lead times, with improved auditability, validation and rollback confidence.
• Lower change‑failure rates, maintained service reliability and faster recovery from configuration‑related incidents.
• Sustained adoption of automation standards, modules and delivery practices across the wider engineering team.

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market a