Systems Engineer

Job Overview: Seeking a seasoned professional with 5+ years' experience, preferably in voice/telephony, to lead and deliver cutting-edge technology solutions.

Key Expertise:

• Proven leadership, organizational, and communication skills with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Extensive experience with Agile (Scrum, Kanban), software design, development, and automation.
• Expertise in enterprise-scale architecture, ensuring high availability and business continuity.
• Proficiency in Linux systems, VoIP, SIP, and data communication protocols like HTTP, SIP, TLS/SSL, TCP/IP, etc.
• Knowledge of Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and tools like uDeploy/Ansible.
• Skilled in cost-effective telecommunications systems and technology provisioning.
• Ability to troubleshoot, test, and support production environments with continuous availability.

Core Skills:

• Independent and professional under high-pressure situations.
• Clean, testable coding practices, fostering team productivity.
• Passion for innovation and automation to enhance software quality.
• Excellent collaboration and negotiation skills for cross-team alignment.

Role Deliverables:

• Drive high-quality results by designing and implementing scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with business and tech teams to optimize speed, code quality, and platform stability.
• Improve monitoring, telemetry, and operational stability for enterprise applications.
• Lead incident and crisis management efforts while supporting governance policies and processes.

I have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer with a financial services company based in Galway. This will be part of a growing team within their contact centre function. Here's what I'm looking for:

• 5+ years in systems engineering/similar role
• Agile (Scrum, Kanban) proficiency; knowledge of software design, development, testing, and automation.
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Linux, Ansible

I have a brand new permanent role, with of my financial services clients in Galway. This role would be for a Senior API Security Platform Engineer falling within an Application and Infrastructure Security Product team within the Enterprise Cybersecurity function.

Skills Required:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, preferably with a focus on Application or API Security.
• In-depth understanding of API protocols and frameworks such as REST, SOAP, GraphQL, gRPC, as well as API gateways and authentication/authorization standards (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT).
• Strong grasp of OWASP API Security Top 10 and secure coding methodologies.
• Familiarity with common API vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies.
• Experience in runtime security, eBPF, and traffic monitoring for API discovery.
• Expertise in API Security frameworks, security testing tools (DAST, AST, etc.), and runtime API protection platforms is highly advantageous.
• Background in application security, including pen testing, Static Composition Analysis (SCA), Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), and Web Application Firewalls (WAF) is a plus.

This is an initial 12 month day rate contract opportunity with a client of mine based in Galway. As a Platform Engineer you will have:

Qualifications

• Experience in the voice/digital/telephony area
• Proficient in Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and software automation
• Knowledge of enterprise-scale platform architecture
• Familiar with web, telephony, and data communication protocols (HTTP, SIP, TLS/SSL, TCP/IP, SNMP, LDAP, RDP, SDP)
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD pipelines (uDeploy, Ansible), and Linux systems
• Working knowledge of VoIP, SIP, and data networking
• Softphone software installation, configuration, and troubleshooting
• System backups, reboots, and documentation experience
• Troubleshooting, unit testing, QA, and UAT support experience

I have a brand new role with one of my financial services clients based in Galway. This would be a permanent and hybrid position.

Key Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience with AWS in a production setting.
• Proven track record of building and deploying Docker images.
• Expertise in migrating applications from other container orchestration solutions (e.g., ECS) to Kubernetes, preferably on AWS EKS.
• Demonstrated proficiency in running Kubernetes workloads, ideally on AWS EKS, and managing Kubernetes clusters.
• Familiarity with Confluent or Apache Kafka.
• Experience developing and deploying Helm charts and libraries.
• Hands-on knowledge of Jenkins Core, including crafting and maintaining declarative CI/CD pipelines and libraries.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, and Splunk Cloud.
• Strong knowledge of UNIX operating systems and shell scripting.
• Solid experience managing services and applications in a large AWS cross-account environment, utilizing IAM and federated SSO.
• Ability to design and maintain robust logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks using tools like Datadog and Splunk.

Feel free to reach out for more info - imran.jiwo@nicollcurtin.com

This is a permanent role with one of my financial services clients based in Galway. 

Expertise Required:

• 5+ years in systems engineering, including experience with contact center platforms like Genesys, Avaya, Cisco, or Amazon Connect.

• Strong leadership, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficient in Agile (Scrum, Kanban) methods, software development, and automation.

• Knowledge of enterprise-scale architecture, ensuring high availability and business continuity.

• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and VoIP/SIP technologies.

• Proven ability to work independently under pressure and document processes.

• Experience in 24/7 production environments.

Key Skills:

• Ownership mentality with a focus on delivering results.

• Collaborative in fast-paced, team environments.

• Produces clean, testable code and solves complex problems.

• Passion for automation and continuous improvement.

• Strong communication, facilitation, and influencing abilities.

Value Delivered:

• Leading technology solutions that address business challenges.

• Driving Agile development practices and improving platform stability.

• Simplifying systems through consistency and refactoring.

• Enhancing monitoring, telemetry, and operational stability.

• Supporting incident/crisis management and governance policies.

I am working with a financial services client based in Galway and they're looking for a senior platform engineer to join their team. The selected candidate will have extensive experience in voice/telephony area. This role is a hybrid role in a growing team.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years experience in voice/telephony.
• Experience with Agile (Scrum, Kanban), software design, development, testing, and automation.
• Understanding enterprise-scale platform architecture for high availability and continuity.
• Familiar with data communication protocols (HTTP, SIP, TLS/SSL, TCP/IP, SNMP, LDAP, RDP, SDP).
• Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD pipelines (uDeploy, Ansible).
• Experience with Linux OS management, VoIP, SIP, and data applications/networking.
• Softphone software installs, system backups, and reboots.
• Troubleshooting, dev unit testing/QA, and supporting user acceptance testing.
• Experience supporting 24/7 production environments.
• Supporting operational stability for Call Centers and Investment Centers.

I'm working with one of my financial services clients based in Galway, and they're looking for a Principal Cybersecurity Software Engineer/Tech Lead to join their team. This will be a permanent role falling within the application security platform team.

Requirements:

• 8+ years in designing and developing enterprise applications (Java/Python/Go, Spring, Angular) with tools (Maven, Git, Jenkins, AWS).
• Experience with scalable applications on Kubernetes or similar.
• Leadership, mentoring, and coaching experience.
• AWS certification and cloud environment experience preferred.
• Application security experience (Pen Testing, SCA, SAST, DAST, WAF) is a plus.
• Experience with unit and functional testing (JUnit, PyUnit, Mockito, Cucumber, Karate, Cypress).
• Hands-on experience with automation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Agile (Scrum) environment experience.

*Candidates must currently being living in Ireland and have EU citizenship or a Stamp 4 visa to be considered*