Cadence

technology

StaffNetworkEngineer

Cork, Ireland FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Network Engineer at Cadence. Skills: Network Engineering, Routing, Switching, VPN. Understand organisational needs. Translate needs into network designs”

What You'll Achieve.

enable Cadence’s business and engineering teams worldwide

Industry & Context.

technology
Problems you'll solve

analytical and troubleshooting skills; resolve complex, high-impact network issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting production data centre and enterprise campus networks, understanding of core networking protocols and concepts, Proven experience with routing, switching, firewalls, and network security principles, Network Access Control (NAC), Cisco Remote Access & Site-to-Site VPN, Aruba ClearPass NAC, F5 Load Balancers, Experience designing and supporting site-to-site and remote access VPNs, modern switching platforms, firewall technologies, Hands-on experience integrating on-premise networks with cloud platforms, network automation using tools or languages such as Python, Ansible, or Terraform, analytical and troubleshooting skills, Experience delivering and managing mission-critical infrastructure projects, Excellent communication, documentation, and organisational skills, high level of professionalism

Nice to Have

Experience working in multi-vendor environments, Experience enhancing network observability, monitoring, and security policy enforcement, Prior involvement in global or highly distributed network environments

What You'll Do.

Understand organisational needs

Translate needs into network designs

Design global data centre networks

Design enterprise campus networks

Implement global data centre networks

Implement enterprise campus networks

Support global data centre networks

Support enterprise campus networks

Lead high-impact initiatives

Contribute to high-impact initiatives

Act as senior escalation point

Provide deep technical analysis

Provide resolution for network issues

Design WAN/MPLS environments

Design cloud connectivity

Configure edge networks

Configure WAN/MPLS environments

Configure cloud connectivity

Support edge networks

Support WAN/MPLS environments

Support cloud connectivity

Improve operational efficiency

Identify risks across network

Identify gaps across network

Identify improvement opportunities

Define network standards

Audit network standards

Evolve network standards

Define network best practices

Audit network best practices

Evolve network best practices

Define operating procedures

Audit operating procedures

Evolve operating procedures

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with business teams; Partner with technology teams; Enablement of the NOC team

Communication Scope

Excellent communication skills

Process & Methodology

Deliver mission-critical infrastructure projects, Manage mission-critical infrastructure projects, Lead large-scale network transformation programmes

Full Job Description

## **At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.** Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace industrial and health. **At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.** **Job Title:** Staff Network Engineer **Location:** Cork, Ireland **Reports to:** Sr IT Architect **Job Overview:** We are looking for a senior network engineer with strong hands-on experience across routing and switching, WAN, VPN, NAC, and load-balancing technologies. In this role, you will design, deliver, and support resilient global network infrastructure that enables Cadence’s business and engineering teams worldwide. **Job Responsibilities:** * Partner with business and technology teams to understand organisational needs and translate them into scalable, secure network designs. * Design, plan, implement, and support global data centre and enterprise campus networks. * Lead and contribute to multiple high-impact initiatives in parallel, including large-scale network transformation programmes. * Act as a senior escalation point for complex network issues, providing deep technical analysis and resolution. * Design, configure, and support edge networks, WAN/MPLS environments, and cloud connectivity. * Improve operational efficiency through network automation, documentation, and enablement of the NOC team (e.g. runbooks, knowledge base, ticket trend reduction). * Proactively identify risks, gaps,

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