IT professional services company Ammeon is to create 100 new jobs over the next twelve months.

The company is seeking to hire 100 engineers and IT professionals, as it expands development, operations and its cloud centre of excellence in Ireland.

Ammeon chief executive Fred Jones said the expansion plans follow the creation of 30 new jobs last November.

“We have built the largest indigenous team of professional service consultants focused on IT-based transformation projects and we are at the beginning of a significant international expansion,” he said.

He said the company is looking for both experienced engineers and graduates for a wide variety of high-value IT roles, adding that candidates with experience in service delivery management, project management, cloud architectures and deployment are of particular interest.

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton the hires will help drive the company's ambitious plans for further international growth.

“Technology is a key sector which we have targeted as part of our Action Plan for Jobs, and over the past four years we have seen an impressive jobs performance in this area. We need more ambitious Irish companies growing like Ammeon growing in this area,” he added.

Ammeon employs over 200 people, with the majority based in the company’s Dublin headquarters and a smaller number in its UK offices.

Last November the company hired an additional 30 IT professionals in the areas of software development, test automation and development.