Are you passionate about building secure, high-performance networks? Do you enjoy scripting and automation and want to apply those skills in a dynamic enterprise environment? Join our international team in Amsterdam, where we manage and evolve the networks of the Finance & Risk (F&R) and People and Hubs domains. As a DevOps Engineer specializing in Network engineering, you’ll play a key role in delivering secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure for thousands of internal users.
The team
You’ll work as part of the F&R Site Reliability squad, collaborating closely with the Product Owner and fellow engineers to deliver high-impact solutions. Daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and reviews are part of your routine, supported by modern tools and a strong DevOps culture.
Roles and responsibilities
As a skilled network professional, you and your squad are responsible for managing and evolving the Datacenter Network. You will drive innovation across operational processes, ensuring scalable, secure, and efficient network infrastructure.
- Strong focus on network operations and brings solid troubleshooting skills to quickly diagnose and resolve issues.
- Design, implement and maintain secure and high-performing network infrastructure.
- Raise and implement network-related change requests
- Monitor, evaluate, and enhance Incident, Problem, Change and Configuration Management processes
- Actively monitor existing networks and stories and take appropriate proactive actions to maintain them
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Effectively collaborate with the support, technology, project teams to improve and maintain best-in-class IT services
- Share your knowledge by regularly presenting your learnings and coaching others.
- Participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to a shared team backlog.
- Continuously improve infrastructure, documentation and processes.
- Support a multi-vendor network infrastructure
- Uphold high standards for timely issue resolution
- Actively monitor IT network usage to ensure compliance with information security policies
- Stay up to date with network infrastructure technology standards
- Contribute to the design, preparation, and execution of network-related activities required for migrating applications and services to the ING Private Cloud (IPC)
- Collaborate closely with IPC Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, and Application teams to guarantee compliant and secure cloud adoption
How to succeed
We hire smart people for their growth potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious, keep learning and take on responsibility. In return, we’ll help you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.
Technical Skills - Networking & Security
- Expertise Routing & Switching (certification preferred e.g. CCNA/CCNP).
- Experience with routing and switching protocols in high-availability setups, Palo Alto, Check Point, Azure Networking
- Knowledge of LAN, WAN, and Datacenter environments.
- Understanding of security and risk principles in infrastructure design.
- Hands-on experience with firewalls and Open Networking platforms
Cloud & Automation
- Scripting skills in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or JavaScript, Terraform, Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Git (GitHub & Azure DevOps)
- Experience with IPC, ICHP and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle Cloud Infra) are preferred.
- Experience as an Automated, cloud-integrated network engineer with VNet, NSG, Azure Firewall and Express Route
DevOps & Agile
- Working knowledge of Agile and DevOps practices.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code, Git (GitHub/Azure DevOps)
- Familiarity with Scrum methodology (e.g., backlog, sprint planning, reviews).
Soft Skills & Behaviors
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills towards all levels in the organization
- A proactive, can-do attitude with a mindset of continuous improvement.
- Team player who values collaboration and knowledge sharing.
- End-to-end ownership mentality and ability to work independently.
- Willingness to coach and support the development of others.
- Creative, forward thinking with advice capabilities
- Respect deadlines and schedules
- Dynamic, flexible and well organized
- An authority in your domain and, as such, a reliable point of contact within the organization
Your education and background
- Professional and intellectual IT ability at least a masters degree
- Certifications and proven proficiency in Networking and Security
- You demonstrate at least a 10-year experience in Network environments as a Senior Network Engineer
- You have a specific knowledge on technologies such as Routing, Switching, Firewalling, NAC, DNS, VPN, Load balancing on equipment such as Cisco, Palo Alto, F5
- A knowledge of IP Telephony, Linux RedHat, as well as in IT processes such as ITIL or AGILE.
- Experience and preferable one or more certifications on Azure DevOps
- Certifications and proven proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages
- Excellent command of spoken and written Eng
Rewards and benefits
We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. Find out more about our employment conditions.
The benefits of working with us at ING include:
- 25-28 vacation days depending on contract
- Pension scheme
- 13th month salary
- 8% Holiday payment
- Hybrid working
- Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
- An informal working environment with innovative colleagues
About us
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