DevOps engineer GIA squad in Amsterdam

The Job

Building a secure network is your hobby, but you can switch easily in a mindset to an enterprise environment where uptime, performance, and security are critical to serving our customers optimally. You like to script and program for fun but can apply these skills to your job as well. You are an energetic engineer who is creative and has a can-do mentality. You are a team player, collaboration and sharing knowledge is a natural behavior.

Based in the Netherlands, you will join an international team who is responsible for delivering top notch internet proxy and remote access services to ING employees.

You will participate in agile work processes such as daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and planning. Together with the Product Owner, the team (Squad) works on common goals and a shared backlog. We use video and collaboration tools to facilitate the communication process.
 

What you do (Capabilities)

The Global Internet Access Squad delivers proxied Internet Access and Remote Access VPN solutions to ING employees. The Squad has global responsibilities for the design and maintenance of existing and new solutions in the Global Datacenters.

You can move all user typical user stories and tasks from “To-Do” to “Done.”

You recognize yourself in this profile (Competencies)

You have experience in implementing and changing configurations on network infrastructure. You are able to make mental connections and challenge network designs on technical implementation and security aspects. You are assertive in picking up new work and signal issues on time to the team and product owner. You are verbally and written competent in the English language.
 

Competencies – Skills

• Insight and implementation of desired structural infrastructure solution

• Experience and preferable one or more certifications on:
  • Cisco Routing & Switching (CCNP)
  • McAfee Web Gateway
  • Palo Alto Networks firewalls (PCNSA)
  • Check Point firewalls
• Experience scripting in one or more of the following languages; Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript
• Creating and improve documentation and work instructions on the delivered infrastructure solution
• Knowledge of configuration tools like Puppet, Chef or Ansible
• The technology of interfacing squads and consumers to achieve an end-to-end view
• Impact of different factors on the performance and capacity of services different elements on the performance and capacity of services
• Working-level knowledge of Agile and DevOps practices
• Understanding of the Scrum methodology (e.g., backlog and spring planning, review and marketplace)
• Knowledge of DevOps way of working (e.g., continuous delivery, cross-functional team set-ups, development of cross-skilled squad members)

Competencies - Behaviors

• The mindset of openness and willingness to try new ways of working and technologies
• End-to-end ownership mindset
• Active team player who takes responsibility
• Independent and autonomous in completing tasks
• The mentality of continuous improvement of the service and way of working
• Reflects upon behaviours and performance to proactively identify improvement areas
• Strong problem solver to structure and improve complex situations
• Coaches others to help their individual development

Your education and background

• Professional and intellectual IT ability at least a Bachelor's degree
• Certifications or proven proficiency in Networking and Security
• Certifications or proven proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages
• Excellent command of spoken and written English