Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
IT crowd heads North with 60 high-pay jobs Ammeon says talent is big draw
AS Brexit negotiations rumble on, Northern Ireland has managed to bag investment from a Dublin-based IT company. Ammeon is creating 60 new high-paying roles in Belfast for software engineers, consultants and new graduates to carry out its Devops, cloud and automation services.
With salaries of over £50,000 a year each, the jobs are nearly twice the average in Northern Ireland.
And the move is a shot in the arm for the software development sector here as it establishes itself as a global hub.
Ammeon has already filled 14 of the new positions but is keen for others to apply. Boss Fred Jones it was the talent that persuaded the company to establish a base in Northern Ireland. He added: “We are looking for talented IT professionals with customer engagement skills who can help deliver major client projects and expand on our internal research and development activities.
“The availability of software engineering talent combined with a cost competitive environment and Invest NI support encouraged us to establish our service delivery centre in Northern Ireland.
“With our Belfast city centre location we are looking to take advantage of the highly skilled IT resources available in Northern Ireland.
“Automation and Cloud delivery have tremendous potential for our customers and our new Northern Irish base will play a vital role in accelerating our international expansion.”
Invest Northern Ireland has offered Ammeon £600,000 to support the job creation which will be completed by next year and will add £3.5million to the Northern Ireland economy each year in total salaries.
Invest NI’S Alastair Hamilton said: “This sizable investment by Ammeon reinforces the calibre of skilled IT resources available in Northern Ireland and our reputation for world class expertise in software development.
“Ammeon’s new Belfast centre will help drive the development of its Cloud and Automation service offerings and complement the work of companies in Northern Ireland’s IT sector.”