Welcome news as 60 new IT jobs to be created in Belfast
The posts will have an average salary of over £50,000 and will generate an additional £3.5 million to the local economy.
Sixty highly paid jobs are to be created when a major tech company opens a new IT centre in Northern Ireland.
Ammeon, which has its headquarters in Dublin, is setting up a service delivery centre in Belfast.
Alastair Hamilton, CEO of Invest Northern Ireland (NI) which contributed #600,000, said: This sizeable 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 existing companies in Northern Ireland's IT sector.''
Ammeon offers DevOps, Cloud and Automation services to customers in the financial services, telecommunications, automotive, transportation sectors as well to government organisations.
The new posts will be recruited in 2019.
CEO of Ammeon, Fred Jones said: “Ammeon’s focus is on accelerating IT delivery and innovation for our customers. Our new office in Northern Ireland is a pivotal point in our strategic growth.
“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.
“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."