We at Clover Nenagh are dedicated to bringing the technology industry to rural Ireland in a socially responsible manner. We do so with a strong focus on core values and on offering personal support for our employees and our customers, both of which we recognise as key to the success of our business.

Every day, Clover devices handle the core credit card and point-of-sale processing for hundreds of thousands of merchants. Behind the scenes, we operate a cloud platform providing processing, storage and collaboration for merchants, application developers, service providers and our merchants' customers.  Our devices and platform form the backbone of millions of payment interactions between merchants and their customers daily. As well as providing applications to allow our merchants to improve the running of their businesses. 

Right now, as we are looking to grow our dynamic team to dive into new markets and expand our application marketplace reach, we are looking for motivated, creative and empathetic collaborators with a passion for technology who want to help us positively impact millions of merchant’s lives, one transaction at a time.

About this position

As Clover’s Senior Cloud Network Engineer, you will collaborate with technology architects in the design and selection of new technologies in support of business and network engineering initiatives and priorities. You will work on highest-priority business-critical network projects/tasks. You’ll work on the network tasks, projects or support issues that involve the highest level of risk, or impact corporate-wide performance. You’ll provide support, and you’ll be regarded as the highest-level technical expert in multiple network disciplines.

Daily Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of network solutions including firewalls, switches and routers in a hybrid on-premise/cloud environment
• Quickly manage and restore normal service operation when service interruptions occur
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and resolve high severity problems; collaborate or guide stakeholders during the problem resolution process as needed
• Create business continuity and disaster recovery requirements, methods and procedures based on established policies
• Champion and collaborate with other engineers to develop best practices
• Mentor and lead other network team members with actionable feedback and specific areas of improvement
• Research new technologies and innovate the Clover network stack
• Produce network schematics, diagrams, and other program documentation to assist with development, cost estimates, and vendor proposals
• Implement contingency plans, including reliable network backup and restore procedures
• Analyse network activity and network problems to proactively discover and prevent systematic errors; recommend enhancements to improve systems availability and performance
• Develop capacity planning models and load-balancing/redundancy solutions
• Monitor network activity and log problems between Clover and multiple external networks
• Communicate status and document problems and resolutions for future reference

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with 7 years of experience, or 10 years of relevant networking work experience
• 3+ years experience with migrating and/or extending on-premises networks to the cloud
• 2-3+ years experience with major cloud platform such as Google Cloud Platform, or AWS
• Deep knowledge of network security concepts, firewalls, and load balancers
• Fundamental knowledge of TCP/IP suite
• Deep understanding of Interior and Exterior Gateway Protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc)
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or AWS
• Strong knowledge of cloud VPC & VPN configurations
• Experience with Linux based networking
• Experience with network scripting/automation
• Experience with configuration management systems such as Puppet, Terraform, Ansible
• Experience with DNS, DHCP, VRRP, SNMP, TACACS+, RADIUS, VRFs, and other network related protocols
• Strong experience with IPSec VPN tunnels
• Experience implementing scalable, highly available and secure SSL VPN environments. OpenVPN and/or F5 APM experience is a plus
• Strong knowledge of wireless standards and protocols
• Experience with vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies in business continuity and disaster recovery
• Experience working on virtualised network environments
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• A culture of mindfulness and wellbeing. Clover Nenagh prioritises employee work life balance by making mindfulness and wellbeing a central part of our working lives. Our employees are provided with live and online wellbeing resources and programs. 
• Excellent education support to enable Clover employees to fulfil career aspirations. Clover offers several levels of educational support including internal online training and course library, support for achieving recognised professional certifications and a higher education policy. 
• A state-of-the-art, fully accessible building for people with physical requirements.
• VHI health Insurance. 
•  Income protection benefit. 
• Occupational contributory pension. 
• Parental leave policy. 
• Death in service benefit. 
• Employee rewards and employee service awards programs. 
• Competitive employee referral scheme.