It’s time to go places

Description

Ryanair Labs are currently recruiting for Systems Engineer to join Europe’s Largest Airline Group!

This is a very exciting time to join Ryanair as we look to expand our operation to 800 aircraft and 300 million guests within the next 10 years.

Role Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced VMware, Storage and Datacenter Engineer to join our Infrastructure team. This role is responsible for the design, deployment, operation and lifecycle management of enterprise virtualization, storage, networking and datacenter platforms across multiple sites.
The ideal candidate will bring strong expertise in VMware vSphere/ESXi, NSX-T, PowerStore or equivalent enterprise storage, and secure/isolated datacenter environments such as Dell CyberVault, Commvault, or similar air‑gapped platforms. You will also lead engineering and support activities across disaster recovery, multi‑site architecture, and secure backup solutions including Veeam Immutable backups.
This position plays a key role in delivering resilient, scalable, secure infrastructure platforms that support mission‑critical business operations.

Main Duties

• Lead the technical design, implementation and delivery of VMware, storage, and datacenter solutions.
• Architect, deploy, and manage VMware vSphere, ESXi clusters, vCenter and associated ecosystem platforms.
• Design & operate NSX-T network virtualization technologies and micro‑segmentation.
• Lead multi‑datacenter architecture design including replication, failover, DR, and HA strategies.
• Design and manage Dell PowerStore, SAN/NAS systems, storage performance/IOPS optimization, and replication technologies.
• Lead the build-out and management of isolated/cold environments (Dell CyberVault / Commvault / air‑gapped recovery sites).

Operational Responsibilities

• Provide advanced Level 3 engineering support for VMware, storage, and physical server issues.
• Maintain and operate enterprise hardware including Dell, HPE or Lenovo physical servers.
• Ensure datacenter environments (power, cooling, cabling, racks, security) are maintained to best practice.
• Monitor and analyse system performance, capacity, and reliability across virtualized and physical platforms.
• Maintain and upgrade firmware, hypervisors, storage microcode, and physical infrastructure.

Backup & Recovery

• Manage and enhance Veeam Backup & Replication platforms including hardened/immutable repositories.
• Implement backup testing, recovery validation, and disaster recovery runbooks.
• Support cyber‑resilient backup architectures including offline/cold storage environments

Security & Compliance

• Implement security best practices across virtualization, storage, and datacenter systems.
• Support audit, compliance and governance activities.
• Apply change management, risk assessment and infrastructure governance procedures.

Documentation & Continuous Improvement

• Produce and maintain high‑quality documentation (designs, SOPs, diagrams, procedures).
• Identify opportunities to automate, harden or streamline operational activities.
• Provide credible technical advice balancing functionality, cost and risk.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in a similar role.
• VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter (design, build, lifecycle management)
• VMware NSX-T Data Center (security, micro‑segmentation, routing, overlays)
• Enterprise storage (Dell PowerStore preferred; Pure/NetApp acceptable)
• SAN technologies (FC, iSCSI, zoning, LUN masking, multipathing)
• Physical server hardware (Dell, HPE, UCS, etc.)
• Multi-datacenter architecture (replication, failover, DR)
• Cold/isolated vault environments (CyberVault, Commvault, or similar)
• Backup technologies — Veeam Backup & Replication, immutable repositories
• Windows Server, Active Directory & group policy (nice to have)

Soft Skills

• Strong communicator and collaborator across IT and business stakeholders
• Ability to lead projects end-to-end
• Analytical mindset with strong troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work under pressure and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment

Desired Qualifications

• VMware VCP / VCAP certifications
• Dell PowerStore Specialist / Dell Proven Certification
• Veeam VMCE certification
• NSX-T certification
• Datacenter or security certifications (CCNP-DC, CISSP, Azure/AWS infra)

Benefits

• Discounted and unlimited travel to over 250 destinations
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme – Matched up to 5% or €5,000 
• Death in Service Benefit – Up to 2 times of annual basic salary 
• 20 Days Annual Leave – Increasing to 22 days after 12 months and 25 days after 3 years of continuous service. 
• Option for up to 5 additional unpaid leave days per year 
• Cycle 2 Work Scheme 
• Unrivalled career progression 

Competencies