VMware is the latest tech firm committing to boost its presence in Ireland, announcing plans to hire 205 new employees in the Emerald Isle by 2025, and named an engineering executive to head up those efforts. The commitment comes in the shadow of Broadcom’s $69 billion acquisition of VMware.

The new hires will be focused on extending VMware’s work on multicloud platforms. Their work will be centered on VMware’s current presence in Dublin, though the vendor stated they will be offering remote work opportunities.

VMware named recently hired VP of Engineering Andrei Grigoriev to head up its team in Ireland. This will extend the reach of VMware’s CTO office headed by Kit Colbert and be in place to manage an in-country staff that will be in excess of 1,200 employees following the new hires.

“Ireland is an important geography for VMware and our commitment to recruit more than 200 talented technologists in Dublin to bolster our multicloud innovation is testament to the exceptional talent pool Ireland provides,” Colbert noted in a statement.

The new hiring plan is supported by the Irish government’s IDA Ireland project, which is focused on driving foreign investment into the country. “This investment by VMware is very welcome, and IDA Ireland offers its ongoing support to the team,” IDA Ireland CEO Martin Shanahan noted in a statement.

IDA was also behind Ericsson’s recent announcement that it plans to hire 250 people at its current research and development center in Ireland to help develop cloud-native products designed to support its 5G products and services.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) last year announced that it was hiring 150 new employees at its sites in Galway and Kildare, Ireland. Those positions were focused on cybersecurity, software development, global research and development, and cloud consulting.

The VMware announcement comes on the heels of chip giant Broadcom putting in a $69 billion offer to acquire VMware. That deal has received a decidedly mixed reception from industry analysts that have questioned what impact Broadcom’s typical margin focus will have on VMware’s need to innovate.

“As with past acquisitions, Broadcom’s primary goal will be to improve profitability through cost synergies, mostly related to redundant headcount,” Technology Business Research Senior Analyst Catie Merrill wrote in a recent research note. “While margins will certainly benefit, VMware’s innovative agenda … hangs in the balance, with the outcome dependent upon Broadcom’s desire to drive synergies with VMware in both R&D and go to market.”

David Bicknell, principal analyst at GlobalData, said those Broadcom past integration concerns involving Symantec and CA Technologies are likely to spill over into VMware internally.

“VMware should take heed of Symantec and CA Technologies’ experiences following their acquisition by Broadcom. CA Technologies reportedly saw a 40% reduction in U.S. headcount and employee termination costs were also high at Symantec,” Bicknell wrote.

Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan, for his part, explained to investors in a subsequent call on the deal that his company plans to invest in what will be a significant part of Broadcom’s business.

“With the addition of VMware, our software business will now represent close to half of our total pro-forma revenue, with approximately $20 billion of software revenue for fiscal [2021],” Tan said. “With this type of scale and continuing commitment to R&D and innovation, we will be able to significantly invest and fund new innovative solutions that will support our customer base to now dive deeper into the VMware market opportunity and products.”