Network Engineer

About the role

Role Overview

This is a hybrid role, with an expectation to be on site at least 2 days per week in our Cork office.

NETGEAR creates innovative networking solutions for homes and businesses around the world, and we run our own business networking products across our sites. We're looking for a Network Engineer to own our corporate network and site infrastructure globally, including how we monitor and observe it. This role reports to the Director, Cloud and Enablement, and sits within NETGEAR's global IT team.

This is a hands-on technical role with global scope. You'll set and uphold network standards across our sites, build the monitoring and observability that lets us spot problems before users do, and lead the response when things go wrong. It's a high-ownership role on a global team.

Key Responsibilities

- Own the design, operation and health of our corporate network globally, including LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, firewalls and secure remote access.

- Define global standards for network and site infrastructure, and use automation to make sure every site meets them.

- Lead monitoring and observability across network and site infrastructure, so issues are found and fixed before they affect users.

- Lead incident management for network and infrastructure issues, from response through root cause to lasting fixes.

- Design and plan capacity, resilience and connectivity for our offices, engineering labs and AWS environments as the business grows.

- Strengthen network security in partnership with Corporate Security.

- Manage relationships with connectivity and network vendors.

- Partner closely with Corporate Security, Engineering and peer IT teams globally.

Required Qualifications

- 4+ years in enterprise network engineering.

- Strong hands-on experience with routing, switching, Wi-Fi and firewalls in a multi-site environment.

- Experience with SD-WAN and secure remote access.

- Experience building monitoring and observability for network and infrastructure.

- Experience leading incident response and root cause analysis.

- Scripting or automation skills, such as Python or Ansible.

- Strong communication skills and experience supporting a global user base.

- Bachelor's degree (NFQ Level 8) in a relevant discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

- Industry certifications such as CCNA/CCNP or equivalent.

- Experience with NETGEAR business networking products.

- Cloud networking experience in AWS, such as VPC design, site-to-site VPN and Direct Connect.

- Network automation or infrastructure as code.

- Network design for lab or test environments.

Eligibility to live and work in Ireland is required. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role.