City of Varaždin, Varazdin, Croatia · Hybrid
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: Network Engineering, Technical Leadership, Network Reliability Engineering, Network Automation, BGP
Málaga, Andalusia, Spain · Hybrid
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: PHP, Laravel, Symfony, RESTful APIs, MySQL
Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, Colombia · On-site
Quiénes somos Ilkari es una compañía global de tecnología soberana: diseñamos, construimos y operamos centros de datos certificados, nube soberana y servicios de dominios corporativos. Con sede en Dublín (Irlanda), seis …
Skills: Asset Management, Inventory Control, Warehouse Operations, Data Accuracy, IT Asset Disposition
Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, Colombia · On-site
Quiénes somos Ilkari es una compañía global de tecnología soberana: diseñamos, construimos y operamos centros de datos certificados, nube soberana y servicios de dominios corporativos. Con sede en Dublín (Irlanda), seis …
Skills: Microsoft Dynamics 365, Jira, Procurement, Vendor Management, Negotiation
Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, Colombia · On-site
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: Management Accounting, Financial Reporting, Tax Compliance, Team Leadership, Budgeting and Forecasting
City of Varaždin, Varazdin, Croatia · Hybrid
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: Sales, Channel Management, Account Management, Contract Negotiation, Business Development
City of Varaždin, Varazdin, Croatia · Hybrid
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: Commercial Strategy, Business Development, Go-To-Market Strategy, Enterprise Sales, Partner Relationship Management
City of Varaždin, Varazdin, Croatia · On-site
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: Technical Presales, Data Centre Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Networking, Solution Architecture
City of Varaždin, Varazdin, Croatia · On-site
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: Sales Enablement, Lead Generation, Event Management, Public Relations, Partnership Marketing
Tocancipá, Cundinamarca, Colombia · On-site
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: Commercial Contracting, GDPR Compliance, Corporate Governance, Intellectual Property Management, Legal Drafting
City of Varaždin, Varazdin, Croatia · Hybrid
Who we are Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change ac…
Skills: OpenStack, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes
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Lead the development and operation of network engineering capabilities across datacenter, cloud, and corporate environments. Drive the adoption of Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) principles through automation, observability, and operational resilience.
Requires 7+ years of networking experience and a minimum of Cisco CCNP Enterprise certification. Must have strong expertise in routing, switching, network automation tools like Ansible and Python, and experience with cloud platforms.
Ilkari is a privately-held start-up based in Dublin, Ireland. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change accelerates. Our best-in-breed sovereign technology delivers privacy and control over where companies’ data resides, where it flows, and how it’s accessed.
We’re here to rewrite the story of data sovereignty – empowering innovators, pioneers and visionaries to make their mark. We believe the sky is not the limit. We strive for the perfect balance of simplicity and excellence in everything we do, and we’re looking for people who are ready to join our journey and rewrite the story of data sovereignty.
The Network Team Lead is a hybrid role based at Ilkari's Croatian Data Centre, located at Ivane Brlić-Mažuranić 30, 42000 Varaždin. We're looking for a hands-on to lead the development and operation of Ilkari's network engineering capability across datacentre, cloud, customer, and corporate environments.
This role combines strong technical leadership with emerging people management responsibilities, supporting the recruitment, onboarding, and development of a new network engineering team while remaining actively involved in the design, implementation, automation, and operation of the network estate.
Working closely with Architecture, Infrastructure, Platform, Security, Support, Service Delivery, and the Delivery Manager, the Network Team Lead will help evolve our Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) capability by embedding automation, observability, testing, and operational resilience into everything we build and operate.
Lead and support a multisite Network Engineering team, providing technical direction, clear priorities, and day-to-day leadership while supporting recruitment, onboarding, and capability development.
Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve enterprise, cloud, datacentre, and customer network services, ensuring high availability, scalability, security, and operational resilience.
Drive the adoption of Network Reliability Engineering (NRE) principles by improving automation, network testing, monitoring, observability, configuration management, and operational standards.
Promote infrastructure-as-code and network automation using technologies such as Ansible, Python, and GitOps principles to improve consistency, reduce manual effort, and minimise operational risk.
Strengthen operational readiness by ensuring robust monitoring, synthetic testing, capacity management, and validation processes are in place before production changes and customer onboarding.
Support product delivery squad models by ensuring network engineering capacity and expertise are effectively assigned across products, enabling reliable delivery and consistent technical standards.
Partner with Support, Infrastructure, Platform, Security, and Change teams to improve incident response, reduce recurring issues through structured problem management, and continuously improve network reliability.
Support customer onboarding and new cloud deployments by ensuring network services are operationally ready, documented, tested, and supportable before go-live.
Work with the Delivery Manager to align network priorities with delivery objectives, supporting estimation, dependency management, resource planning, and predictable execution.
Collaborate closely with Architecture and Security to co-create secure, scalable, and maintainable network solutions that support both technical and business objectives.
Contribute to maintaining the Network Engineering skills matrix, identifying development opportunities, and supporting continuous improvement across the team.
7+ years of enterprise, service provider, cloud, or datacentre networking experience.
Previous experience providing technical leadership or leading small engineering teams.
Minimum Cisco CCNP Enterprise (or equivalent enterprise networking certification).
Strong experience across routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, EVPN, VXLAN desirable).
Experience supporting cloud networking within OpenStack, Proxmox, Kubernetes, VMware, or similar environments.
Strong understanding of firewalls, VPNs, load balancing, network segmentation, high availability, and security best practices.
Experience with network automation using Ansible, Python, APIs, Git, Infrastructure-as-Code, or similar tooling.
Experience implementing network monitoring, observability, telemetry, and synthetic testing platforms.
Strong operational experience across Incident, Problem, Change, Capacity, and Operational Readiness processes.
Experience supporting customer-facing production environments.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Network Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Technology, or a related discipline is preferred.
CCNP Enterprise or equivalent is required; CCIE or cloud networking certifications would be advantageous
Strong hands-on expertise in enterprise, datacentre, and cloud networking, including BGP, OSPF, routing, switching, segmentation, VPNs, firewalls, and high-availability design.
Experience supporting network services across cloud and virtualisation platforms such as OpenStack, Proxmox, Kubernetes, VMware, or similar environments.
Strong capability in network automation using Ansible, Python, APIs, Git, and infrastructure-as-code or GitOps-based practices.
Experience with network monitoring, telemetry, observability, synthetic testing, and performance analysis to support proactive fault detection and reliability improvement.
Strong understanding of incident, problem, change, capacity, and operational readiness practices within customer-facing production environments.
Data sovereignty starts here.
Ilkari is a sovereign technology company that puts you in control of your digital assets. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change accelerates. Our best-in-breed sovereign technology delivers privacy and control over where your data resides, flows and how it’s accessed. We’re talking industry-first, end-to-end sovereignty solutions. We are on a mission to empower enterprises to build data sovereignty on their terms.
Offices: Dublin, IE · Málaga, ES · London, GB · Bogota, CO
Data sovereignty starts here.
Ilkari is a sovereign technology company that puts you in control of your digital assets. We deliver hyper-private scale innovation and technology to safeguard and secure data, enabling true data sovereignty even as the pace of change accelerates. Our best-in-breed sovereign technology delivers privacy and control over where your data resides, flows and how it’s accessed. We’re talking industry-first, end-to-end sovereignty solutions. We are on a mission to empower enterprises to build data sovereignty on their terms.
Offices: Dublin, IE · Málaga, ES · London, GB · Bogota, CO
