Cadence
technology
StaffNetworkEngineer
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“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.
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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