ESB is Ireland's state-owned electricity company, founded in 1927, spanning generation, networks and customer supply. Its stack pairs operational technology (SCADA, DNP3, Modbus, OPC) with a heavy virtualisation and SAP HANA core, and job posts center on SCADA integration of ABB MicroSCADA and Siemens SICAM. Accelerating, engineering-dominated hiring across Ireland, the UK and the US points to a build-out of renewables and substation capacity tied to a 2040 net zero target.
Notable leadership hires: Business Lead
ESB is a government-owned electricity utility headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, operating since 1927. It works across power generation, renewables including wind and solar, grid infrastructure and retail electricity supply to customers. The company employs between 5,001 and 10,000 people and recruits in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Its enterprise systems run on SAP with SuccessFactors for HR, alongside Citrix, VMware and Nutanix infrastructure and Red Hat OpenShift.
ESB runs SAP and SAP HANA, SuccessFactors, Oracle and DB2, on VMware ESXi, Nutanix and Dell PowerEdge, with Citrix, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenShift and Ansible, plus SCADA using DNP3, Modbus and OPC.
Job posts reference a net zero by 2040 strategy, ABB MicroSCADA and Siemens SICAM integration, AIS substation delivery, solar farm projects, a single view of the customer program and customer insight dashboards.
ESB hires in Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States, with recruiting weighted toward engineering and hiring activity accelerating.
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