Description

Responsibilities
You will be responsible for deploying, automating, and maintaining lab infrastructure spanning compute, network, storage, and software systems. Tasks include equipment provisioning, issue resolution, setup support for technical partners, and other operational duties. You will work with the latest storage, server, and switching technologies while evaluating new innovations. Collaboration with the team is essential to ensure high-quality support for engineers. A major focus of the role is improving operational maturity through automation, compliant configurations, and Scrum-aligned coding practices. You will: Ensure lab environments align with security compliance requirements including network segmentation, patching, and hardening baselines. Assist in maintaining Layer 2 network infrastructure, VLANs, and core services. Provide architectural-level support across networking, server, and virtualized environments. Experience in Agile/Scrum practices with solid skills in administering Windows and Linux environments Collaborate with engineering partners to define and implement lab configurations. Document installations, diagrams, and automation processes. Support lab life cycle operations, including inventory and new equipment intake.

Essential Requirements
BS degree or equivalent experience (5-10 years) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. Expertise in 2-3 of: networking, server hardware, virtualization, Operating Systems, coding. Experience with security compliance awareness and hands-on implementation experience. Strong communication skills and documentation discipline.

Desirable Requirements
Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, Ansible, etc. supporting automation. Exposure to agile/scrum methodology

Skills

• laboratory
• inventory management
• linux administration
• windows administration
• server hardware
• vmware
• storage systems
• network support
• infrastructure
• quality control
• layer 2

Job Title: Support Engineer

Location: Cork, Ireland

Job Type: Contract

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