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Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity! Note this role is based in Ireland and you must be based in Ireland to complete the tasks of this role\nWe want an energy transition for everyone from everyone!\nPlease note: We do not require assistance from recruitment agencies and will not be accepting unsolicited agency submissions for this vacancy.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3619,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":2,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Irish","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Ireland","iso":"IE","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Energy & Utilities","Bioenergy"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T01:15:07Z"}],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.21,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":162,"expected_fill_days":42,"reasons":["conf:3","stale_co","velocity","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-02T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/greenvolt-technical-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/greenvolt-technical-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-03T00:54:32Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":664,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4336,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-04T00:00:00Z"}}}