PlayStation
Staff Network Systems Engineer (Network Automation & DevOps)
Staff-level network systems engineer at PlayStation (Ireland) driving the shift of a global enterprise network to Infrastructure as Code and automated delivery. Hands-on with Python, Go, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions CI/CD and Juniper/Junos networking, while mentoring engineers and shaping network architecture standards.
- Compensation
- $109.4K–$164K / yr
- Location
- Ireland
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Deep enterprise networking knowledge: routing, switching, wireless, resilient design, network access control, secure remote connectivity
- Advanced Juniper Mist, EX Series and Junos experience (or equivalent platform expertise)
- Strong software-engineering skills in Python and Go (Golang): maintainable code, API integration, testing, error handling, documentation
- Staff-level influence and communication: shaping technical direction, building consensus, governance forums, developing engineers
- Expert troubleshooting; experience with complex changes, major incidents and root-cause improvement
- Practical experience with Terraform, Ansible or comparable tooling, incl. reusable, idempotent automation
- Track record of modernising network infrastructure through automation or IaC in a large, complex production environment
- Strong working knowledge of Git, pull-request workflows, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, release controls, policy enforcement and secrets management
Nice to have
- GitHub Enterprise, GitHub Actions, automated policy enforcement, artefact management and developer enablement
- Network APIs and data models: REST, NETCONF, RESTCONF, JSON, YAML and YANG-based workflows
- Azure or AWS networking, enterprise authentication, Zero Trust principles and network observability platforms
- Experience in high-availability gaming, digital-media, creative or similarly demanding production environments
- Architecture governance, technical authority panels, strategic vendor engagement and globally delivered service operations
Full description
- We’re looking for a Staff Network Systems Engineer to help drive the transition of our global network infrastructure from manually managed and inconsistent configurations to a standardised, version-controlled and increasingly automated operating model
- This hands-on staff-level individual contributor will establish Infrastructure as Code practices, reusable automation, automated validation and safe delivery pipelines
- The role will reduce configuration drift, make changes repeatable and auditable, and help the wider team adopt modern software-engineering practices
- Working across network engineering, security, architecture and platform teams, you’ll help frame and influence technical direction, create practical standards and guardrails, and remain actively involved in enterprise network engineering and operational delivery
- Assess the network estate, toolchain and operational workflows; identify sources of configuration variance, manual effort and change risk; and help define a phased modernisation roadmap
- Establish the Infrastructure as Code operating model, including the authoritative source of truth, configuration standards, source control, peer review, testing, release governance and secure handling of credentials
- Build reusable automation using object-oriented or comparable programming languages such as Python and Go (Golang), together with Terraform, Ansible, APIs and configuration-management tooling
- Develop CI/CD pipelines with automated linting, testing, intended-state validation, drift detection, policy checks, approvals, controlled rollout and reliable rollback patterns
- Partner with engineering, architecture and security teams to translate network intent into version-controlled implementations and influence reference architectures, standards, lifecycle plans and service roadmaps
- Lead the safe migration of existing services into the automated model while remaining hands-on during complex delivery, business-as-usual operations, critical changes, troubleshooting and major incidents
- Participate in technical authority and design-review forums, mentor engineers, and ensure automation becomes a sustainable team capability rather than knowledge held by a single specialist
- This is a staff-level role combining hands-on engineering with technical leadership across a global network environment. You’ll build production automation, guide others and remain engaged with operational delivery
- The objective is to establish an engineering system the team can operate and improve over time while maintaining secure, resilient and supportable network services
- Success will be demonstrated through:
- Increased coverage of network infrastructure managed through version-controlled automation
- Reduced configuration drift, manual intervention, operational toil and dependency on individual subject-matter experts