ONE of the Republic's leading IT infrastructure businesses Codec-dss has set up a new office in the north and is providing at least 10 jobs offering attractive salaries of around £35,000.
The company, established more than 30 years ago, says it is keen to grow its business in the UK market and sees Belfast as the ideal launch pad.
Codec-dss (www.codecdss.ie) provides IT solutions including IT consulting, managed services, hardware and IT application development and deployment.
It currently employs 120 people across its offices, providing IT services and solutions to the private and public sectors, and it recently signed the Department for Communities as a new client.
Bill Scott, director of international business at Invest NI - which has offered the company £45,000 towards the creation of the new jobs - said: “Codec-dss has offices in the Republic of Ireland, Poland and Germany and now sees the UK market as being the next step to help grow its existing core areas of business.
"It has chosen Northern Ireland for this new office due to the availability of a talented workforce and proximity to Great Britain.
“Four of the 10 new roles are already in place and the company is now looking to recruit consultant roles which will attract salaries of approximately £35,000. Once the project is fully operational it will generate £440,000 in annual salaries into the Northern Ireland economy.”
John Roddy from Codec-dss said: “We have identified an opportunity to broaden our geographical markets as well as continuing to cross sell our products and services. We will be specifically targeting the GB market from the Northern Ireland office.
“We offer a great opportunity for newly graduated IT professionals and technical experts, providing training to help them become specialists and further enhance their career development, we are also looking to hire experienced candidates. We are impressed by the availability of skilled workers in Northern Ireland.
“Invest NI has been very supportive of our plans and we are confident we will develop a team here that can really help our business to grow.”
