Careers and Jobs

Netezza has announced that it will be creating 65 jobs over the next 5 years in Dundalk. If you are a technical graduate then there could be the jobs for you. Infact Netazza actually suggested that the reason they are creating the jobs in Dundalk is because of its close proximity to DKIT. Netezza provides data warehouse equipment which helps store, retrieve and analyse large amounts of data.

On another positive note FAS has been receiving praise in the states on its visionary programme “The Science Challenge Initiative”. This programme will see 42 grads travel to th US for internship programmes. So if you do not fancy Dundalk perhaps 6 months in the states.

Shannon and Dublin based Avocent International Ltd has announced that it will be cutting its Irish workforce by 64 as a result of restructuring. The IT company currently employs 167 staff in Ireland so staff numbers will drop to 103. The company specialises in IT infrastructure management and employs 1800 staff globally with clients including Boeing, Intel & Microsoft. Although 200 jobs will be lost globally Shannon will be the hardest hit.

These jobs will be lost to singapore with costs being cited as the main driver for the move. This latest news is another hammer blow to the region.

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Business Objects will create 100 new jobs in Dublin as a result of a EUR29m investment. Business Objects will establish a R&D center in Citywest in Dublin. SAP bought Business Objects in January of this year so new jobs will be located at SAP’s facility in West Dublin.

These high value positions will be created over the next 4 years he next four years and they will be focus on new generation of performance optimisation applications. Jobs created will be for graduates and experienced IT professionals. IT roles will include IT architects, Software testers and programmers. There will also be a recruitment drive for engineers with Java, Eclipse, XML languages.

Business Objects & SAP currently employ over 1000 staff in Dublin & Galway. Business Objects set up in Dublin in 2004 and employs 200 of the 1000 staff.
This is some positive news for the government as these are they type of high-end jobs they have promised to deliver.

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Unum Ireland is opening of a Software Development Centre in Ireland. Unum, is a leading U.S. employee benefits company, ranking 251 on the Fortune 500 list. News was announcement in February of their expansion into Ireland. Since then they have employed a number of dynamic staff and they are now starting the second wave of recruitment. They are recruiting candidates with strong Java J2EE or Cobol/Mainframe skills and talented .NET developers.

Unum will be hosting walk-in open days in Dublin – 9th May and Carlow -10th. If you are interested in finding out more information visit the website.

TerminalFour has announced it will create 20 new jobs over the next two years as a result of a eur3 million investment. The new jobs created will be for skilled professionals across IT, Project Management, Marketing & Support. And get your CV dusted down as recruitment has already commenced.

TerminalFour was established in 1996 and has its HQ in Dublin. The company is a content management firm. TerminalFour made the headlines last year when it won content mamangement business with nine university websites including UCD and University of Glasgow.

Have you got CITRIX SYSTEMS experience, GERMAN & ENGLISH and want to work in IRELAND. Below is information on an open vacancy a friend of mine is working on. Read the Job Spec and if you are interested or know anyone who would like this job the contact details are below.

Summary

Technical Support Engineer will be responsible for the support of all Citrix products via the phone, fax, remote access and email.
Requirements
•Must have a strong knowledge of the Citrix Systems products and working knowledge of IBM PC compatible technology.
•Knowledge of Windows 2000/2003 server in a network environment. Must understand admin features of Microsoft Windows 2000/2003.
•Strong knowledge of networking protocols – TCP/IP, NetBeui & IPX/SPX preferred.
•Excellent customer service skills.
•Strong problem solving, analytical and communication skills.
•Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications

•Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems or systems.
•At least two years in a technical customer support role or field experience.
•Excellent verbal and written communication.
•Must be fluent in English, and German or another language.

IBM has announced that it is setting up a cloud computing centre in Dublin. This is the first of its kind in Europe and the project will be supported by the IDA. This development will create about 21 new jobs. Nine of these will be research based. OK – it is not many jobs but they are high-end jobs. Its quality and not quantity – that is what the government will say.

The new Dublin-based site will act as the European hub and it will provide research and other services to future facilities across EMEA. The site will also train lecturers at the DIT’s School of Computing in the area of cloud computing.

The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment – Micheal Martin made the announcement and said that the decision to locate in Ireland highlighted the importance of Ireland in IBM’s global R&D.

Keep your eyes peeled for these jobs over the coming months and for the active readers why not call IBM to find out exactly when these jobs will be coming on stream.