About SWARCO Ireland
SWARCO Ireland: We're enhancing journeys across the island through intelligent transport systems. As part of the global SWARCO Group, our work contributes to a worldwide network of smart mobility solutions including innovative traffic management; from signals to ……., making a real difference here. Join our passionate, collaborative team, valuing innovation, continuous improvement, and your professional growth in a supportive environment.
SWARCO is committed to safe and smart movement across Ireland. While we have frequent openings at our Depots across the Island, we are particularly keen to connect with talented Junior and Senior Network Technicians in Cork, Galway, and Limerick. If you're based in these areas, please reach out to our Talent team to express your interest.
What you will do
We have an opportunity to join our team as a Senior Network Technician working across Ireland – you will be the technical face of SWARCO to our customers. Developing their Network Architecture and Communication Resilience. You will travel from site to site – fault-finding, maintaining and optimising their network operations.
You will also:
- Install, configure, and commission networking equipment such as switches, routers, antennas, and media convertors.
- Provide Level 2 support for in-house IT infrastructure (Windows Server, Microsoft 365, networking, printers, etc.)
- Design and maintain robust, scalable industrial networks including Fibre Optics backbone, Wireless point-to-point links, IoT Device Network, Optimising network performance.
- Assist with backups, patching, and basic cybersecurity controls
What we are looking for
- Proven experience designing and maintaining Industrial or Enterprise-grade networks.
- Knowledge of Network Protocols (TCP/IP, OSPF, BGP, VLANs, VPNs)
- Proficiency in configuring switches, routers, firewalls (Cisco, OTN, Hirshman, AMG or similar) and wireless (PtP/LoS) network technologies.
- Desirable: Any experience with IoT protocols (especially MQTT, Modbus)
- Desirable: Knowledge of SNMP based monitoring tools (eg.Solarwinds, PRTG and Zabbix).
What we offer
As well as providing a competitive salary and benefits package, SWARCO actively runs employee opinion surveys as part of our drive to provide a comfortable and supportive working environment. We will support your development, and you will also receive:
- 25 days holiday rising to 28 days excluding bank holidays, plus the option to holiday.
- Generous employer pension contributions
- Additional Day’s Leave (Birthday)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee discounts portal – Perkbox
- Life assurance
Interested?
Please apply by clicking on the link below and share your details.
- Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before any advertised closing date. We, therefore, encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. Applications received after the closing date will not be processed.
- We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK, therefore successful candidates must have the right to work in the UK by the start of their employment. We are an equal opportunities employer.
- Agencies, please note, that should we require recruitment agency involvement, we will contact the agencies on our PSL; we would ask that you respect the relationships we have already built with these suppliers. If an agency submits an unsolicited CV to any partner or employee of our company for a role we have not actively engaged with you on, you should be aware that we will not be liable for any payment you charge in relation to it.
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