Firewall Engineer - Datacenter Networks Squad

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 have a strong focus on improvement of processes, procedures and the Way of Working. You take initiative easily and you strive to optimal satisfaction of both our consumers as well as the engineers within the squad. You are energetic, creative and you have a can-do mentality. You are a team player, collaboration and sharing knowledge is a natural behavior.

You will join an international team who is responsible for managing and developing’s the IaaS technology of ING cloud platforms.

You will innovate and 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. You will take a leading role for the Palo Alto platform and you will guide the squad into the right direction to improve the services and satisfaction. You are not shy in supporting the other squads within the area and our tribe. You feel comfortable in a role as trusted advisor. We use video and collaboration tools to facilitate the communication process.

You recognize yourself in this profile (Competencies)

You have experience in implementing, configuring and changing network infrastructure. You are able to make mental connections and challenge network designs on technical implementation and security aspects. You are pro-active and are verbally and written competent in the English language.

Competencies – Skills

• Knowledge and experience with Firewall products (PCNSE or equivalent)
• Broad knowledge of LAN, WAN and DC environments
• Knowledge of routing and switching protocols in a highly available environment
• Knowledge of scripting and automation tools
• You can manage (monitor, evaluate, continuously improve) Incident, Problem, Change and Configuration Management processes
• Technical implications of Security and Risk principles
• Clear understanding of consumer context and needs, as well as the value-add of your service to the consumer
• Strong analytical skills
• Insight and implementation of desired structural infrastructure solution
• Creating and improve documentation and work instructions on the delivered infrastructure solution
• You know your way around with orchestration platforms as Terraform, Ansible, Saltstack, Chef, Puppet, Azure Automation, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, AWS Cloud formation etc.
• 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
• Understanding of the Scrum methodology (e.g., backlog and spring planning, review and marketplace)
  
  

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
• Excellent command of spoken and written English
  
  

Rewards & Benefits We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at ING Benefits.

The benefits of working with us at ING: include:https://careers.ing.com/en/benefits-NL

• A salary between 5.212,06 - 8.387,68 euro's
• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues
• Work Agile, so new ideas come to life faster
  
  

Questions? Contact our Tech recruitment team for more information about this role. Want to apply directly? Please upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the “Apply” button.

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