Infrastructure engineer Jobs in Dublin

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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to join our Technology Operations group in Dublin. This is a hands-on engineering role with strong elements of operational engagement and technical ownership .

The successful candidate will provide expertise across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) VM Infrastructure Terraform Kubernetes and configuration management tools (Ansible or equivalent) while helping to define and drive Infrastructure standards resilience and reliability.

The role spans build run and operations of our cloud & vm environment supporting the full lifecycle from infrastructure-as-code through to day-to-day operations on-call and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Cloud Infrastructure Engineering

implement and operate GCP infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) and Kubernetes (GKE / container orchestration).

Own infrastructure configuration management (Ansible or equivalent).

Ensure security scalability and high availability across infrastructure platforms.

Support cloud cost optimisation and capacity planning.

2. Operations & On-Call

Participate in the on-call rotation providing tier-3 / 4 support for critical infrastructure services.

Participate in incident response and root-cause analysis for infrastructure and cloud issues.

Drive automation of monitoring alerting and remediation workflows.

3. Technical Governance & Standards

Define document and enforce minimum technical standards across the Infrastructure VM & Cloud landscape.

Establish / Implement Ready for Service and service acceptance criteria for all new projects.

Enhance / Implement existing processes for vulnerability management patching and change control.

4. Delivery & Process Improvement

Partner with cross functional teams to align delivery models (Kanban for BAU Agile for projects).

Jira governance for Infrastructure projects workflow / agile methodology

Produce technical assessments / documentation upholding standards and providing recommendations for management.

5. Cross-Team Collaboration

Act as a technical point of contact for Infrastructure teams.

Provide ownership in workshops technical design reviews and operational readiness sessions.

Support knowledge sharing mentoring and technical upskilling within the team.

Core Deliverables

VM & Cloud Provisioning

Build and manage GCP compute instances storage and networking using Terraform.

Harden / Patch / Maintain VM images for Linux and Windows workloads.

Implement monitoring logging and backup policies for VM fleets.

Kubernetes Operations

Deploy and maintain Kubernetes clusters (GKE).

Configure namespaces RBAC ingress controllers and service mesh as required.

Build and deploy containerised workloads; manage scaling upgrades and patching.

Troubleshoot pod node and networking issues in production clusters.

Configuration Management (Ansible)

Write and maintain Ansible playbooks and roles for VM and cluster configuration.

Automate patching security hardening and system updates.

Standardise environment builds and enforce consistency across dev / test / prod.

Monitoring & Reliability

Implement and tune alerting rules (Stackdriver / Prometheus / Grafana).

Perform root cause analysis for incidents and feed improvements back into IaC.

Create runbooks and playbooks for common operational scenarios.

On-Call & Incident Response

Participate in on-call rotation for infrastructure and cloud services.

Lead troubleshooting during critical incidents and restore service quickly.

Document incident findings and implement automation / preventative fixes.

Day-to-Day Ops

Track and remediate vulnerabilities including OS / kernel upgrades.

Optimise resource usage and costs through tuning and automation.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical Expertise

5 years experience as an Infrastructure Engineer SRE or Cloud Engineer in enterprise environments.

Proven expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) / AWS

Strong skills in VM workloads Terraform (IaC) and Kubernetes (GKE or equivalent).

Hands-on with Ansible (or equivalent configuration management).

Broad knowledge of networking databases Linux systems and hybrid infrastructure.

Experience with monitoring observability and incident response tooling.

Delivery & Process

Demonstrated success implementing Kanban and Agile delivery within Infra / Cloud Ops an advantage

Ability to document and enforce technical standards.

Proven track record of improving operational performance and cross-team delivery.

Soft Skills

Strong communicator able to influence both technical engineers and senior stakeholders.

Organised and pragmatic with strong ownership and accountability.

Collaborative style balances governance with delivery speed.

Preferred Qualifications

GCP Professional Cloud Architect or equivalent certification or equivalent hands on Experience.

Experience in regulated environments (PCI-DSS ISO SOC2 etc.) an advantage

DevOps / SRE hands on experience

Engagement Details

Location : Dublin (Hybrid typically 2 days in office / 3 days remote).

Contract Type : Full-Time Permanent.

Working Model : Hands-on engineering

On-Call : Participation in rota with additional allowance.

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Key Skills

Jenkins,Ruby,Python,Active Directory,Cloud,PowerShell,Windows,AWS,Linux,SAN,Java,Troubleshoot,Backup,Puppet,hardware

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1