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28/05/2014
Ericsson Announces 120 Jobs For Ireland
Ericsson, the fifth-largest software company in the world, has announced further expansion of its Irish operations, with the creation of an additional 120 jobs in 2014.
The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland.
Ericsson is Ireland's leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure and services. Recruitment for the 120 new positions, to complement the existing workforce of more than 1,400, will commence immediately.
Ericsson is seeking to fill a range of positions in both Dublin and Athlone. The jobs being created are highly-skilled roles encompassing software developers, solution architects, consultants and programme managers. A number of these roles are in Ericsson’s recently acquired TV business unit, Mediaroom.
A number of the roles will go to graduates of the Dublin Institute of Technology MSc in Applied Software Technology and the Athlone Institute of Technology MSc in Applied Software Engineering. Both MSc programmes are Ericsson sponsored.
Making the announcement, Traoloch Collins, Ericsson's Managing Director in Ireland, said: "We are looking for highly-skilled people who want to work in a dynamic and creative environment. I am enormously proud of our team here in Ireland and the opportunity to grow even further."
(CD/IT)
The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland.
Ericsson is Ireland's leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure and services. Recruitment for the 120 new positions, to complement the existing workforce of more than 1,400, will commence immediately.
Ericsson is seeking to fill a range of positions in both Dublin and Athlone. The jobs being created are highly-skilled roles encompassing software developers, solution architects, consultants and programme managers. A number of these roles are in Ericsson’s recently acquired TV business unit, Mediaroom.
A number of the roles will go to graduates of the Dublin Institute of Technology MSc in Applied Software Technology and the Athlone Institute of Technology MSc in Applied Software Engineering. Both MSc programmes are Ericsson sponsored.
Making the announcement, Traoloch Collins, Ericsson's Managing Director in Ireland, said: "We are looking for highly-skilled people who want to work in a dynamic and creative environment. I am enormously proud of our team here in Ireland and the opportunity to grow even further."
(CD/IT)
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