Cloud Network Engineer

As a Cloud Engineer specialising in networking, you’ll be part of our Cloud Engineering Team, which is responsible for designing, building, automating and managing the infrastructure on which our critical internet services operate.

You’ll work in a modern hybrid environment where AWS cloud platforms, on-premises OpenShift platforms and network infrastructures are seamlessly integrated.

In that role, you’ll combine in-depth knowledge of cloud, networking and DevOps-principles. As well as being passionate about finding solutions, you'll be ready to take responsibility for operational service availability.

You’ll analyse complex faults, automate processes and make an active contribution to the continuous improvement of our infrastructure.

Here's what you'll be doing:

• Designing, implementing and managing our AWS cloud infrastructure and network services

• Developing and maintaining infrastructure-as-code solutions with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation

• Building and improving CI/CD processes and automated deployment pipelines

• Designing and managing network architectures within AWS and hybrid environments

• Managing connectivity between cloud environments, data centres, internet exchanges and external partners

• Troubleshooting complex incidents on AWS, network and OpenShift platforms

• Improving the reliability, availability and security of business-critical services

• Collaborating with cloud engineers, platform engineers, security engineers and development teams

• Actively participating in incident, change and problem management processes

• Participating in a standby or emergency response team in order to help assure the continuity of our services

Our core values of customer focus, trustworthiness, innovation, independence and professionalism strike a chord with you. And you want to keep learning and developing. If that sounds like you, you'll fit right in! Because we allow people to be themselves.

You’re an experienced engineer who’s comfortable in both cloud and network environments and energised by automation and the resolution of complex technical problems.

You’re a very technically capable professional who accepts responsibility for service quality and availability. You’re also a systematic worker with strong analytical skills, who stays calm when complex incidents occur. You think in terms of automation and continuous improvement, and you’re happy to share your knowledge with colleagues.

You understand that you’re working in an environment where stability, security and reliability contribute directly to the performance of essential internet services. That sense of responsibility drives you to make a difference every day.

You’ll also have:

• Several years’ relevant experience as a cloud engineer, network engineer or similar

• Demonstrable experience with AWS in production environments

• Experience of DevOps-principles, infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD

• Experience with Terraform, Git and automated deployment processes

• Experience with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift platforms

• Experience of troubleshooting in hybrid IT environments

• Knowledge of Linux and scripting, e.g. using Python, Bash or PowerShell

• Experience with high-availability, business-critical infrastructures

• Currently valid entitlement to work in the Netherlands (visa or employment sponsorship is not possible)

Technical knowledge

You have in-depth knowledge of one or more of the following:

• AWS networking

• VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, Direct Connect and Network Firewall

• TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF and DNS

• Routing and switching

• Network and cloud security

• Observability, monitoring and incident analysis

Your qualifications:

We expect you to have or be willing to quickly secure the following:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

• CCNP Enterprise or similar knowledge and experience of enterprise networking, demonstrable by formal qualifications and practical experience

It's an advantage if you also have experience with:

• Kubernetes and OpenShift

• Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and other components of Grafana LGTM Stack

• OpenTelemetry

• Site reliability engineering (SRE)

• AWS Well-Architected Framework

• Critical infrastructures such as internet, telecoms, registry or financial environments

Who are you?

You’re a very technically capable professional who accepts responsibility for service quality and availability. You’re also a systematic worker with strong analytical skills, who stays calm when complex incidents occur. You think in terms of automation and continuous improvement, and you’re happy to share your knowledge with colleagues.

You understand that you’re working in an environment where stability, security and reliability contribute directly to the performance of essential internet services. That sense of responsibility drives you to make a difference every day.

For us, it's all about balance. Balance between hard work and relaxation, between performance and reward, between your ambitions and ours, between an inspiring office environment and the convenience of working from home, and of course between professional and private life. As well as utilising the latest, proven internet technologies, we also work with modern IT systems for easy collaboration, remotely, physically and in hybrid forms. We also make sure that our people have well-equipped home workstations, plus access to an office space with everything they need to get together, collaborate and inspire each another.

If you want to go running or visit granny during office hours, we're okay with that. And if you fancy a workation, that can be arranged. As long as you live up to your professional responsibilities, we'll work out between us exactly how and when you do your work. And we're not fans of annual performance appraisal. What really matters is year-round personal development and results. Where you take the lead. It’s a philosophy that our personnel really like: Effectory designated us a Worldclass Workplace for 2025-2026. Recognition for our passion and outstanding employment practices.

Pay and other benefits

What’s in it for you? First, ample opportunity for growth and skills development. After all, you'll be helping us take our IT set-up in a whole new direction. On-the-job growth will go hand-in-hand with training-based personal development -- for which we have a generous budget! There's an attractive benefits package as well:

• Gross monthly salary of up to €5,800, depending on experience

• Holiday pay of 8 per cent, plus a thirteenth salary payment

• A variable collective bonus of up to 4 per cent

• An attractive extra bonus if you introduce us to a new colleague

• A basic holiday allowance of 25 days, plus scope for building up to 13 days' occasional leave entitlement, if you work full time

• A pension with ABP

• A business rail card if you come to work by public transport

• Travel allowance up to the maximum tax-exempt amount

• Plus a taxable allowance of €0.10 per kilometre in addition to the maximum tax-exempt amount for business travel

• A PluralSight licence and the opportunity to acquire other certificates

• A daily home working allowance for every day that you work from home

• A complete, healthy home workstation

• €55 a month (net) for your home broadband

• €25 a month (gross) contribution to your health insurance

• Additional parenthood leave on full pay

• An optional cycle lease scheme, where SIDN covers 50 per cent of the lease cost, up to a maximum of €60 (gross) per month

• €500 a year to donate to a good cause of your choice

• Your own .nl domain name and hosting package

• Ample education and training opportunities

• Professional coaching and budget coaching

• A relocation allowance if taking the job means moving house

Everything above is for a full-time role (40-hour week).

The selection procedure includes screening, which involves obtaining a Certificate of Good Behaviour (similar to a criminal record check), and a assessment, performing reference and integrity checks.

Recruitment agencies need not respond. We prefer to identify talent ourselves!