AWS Cloud Infrastructure Senior Engineer/ Tech Lead

For the NN Public Cloud AWS Foundation team we are looking for a skilled AWS Infrastructure Engineer who can drive the improvements and modernization of our platform to enable cloud capabilities for our customers. This job opportunity resides within Group IT, the central IT department of NN. The AWS Cloud Foundation Team delivers the cloud foundation (access management, accounts, security, networking and more) in a standardized and automated way at a large scale (>750 AWS accounts). It’s your job to lead the team to modernize and improve automation further to become future proof, all the while maintaining the stability of the platform. 

What you are going to do 
NN’s cloud journey started in 2015 with a hybrid cloud strategy and transformed to its current state where the platforms are growing daily with more than 750 AWS accounts and 1000 Azure subscriptions. Your team provides secure, scalable and self-service access to the AWS Cloud. 
 
To support this hybrid cloud strategy, you and your team will continue to deliver a solid and secure foundation with enough freedom for application teams to build and manage their solutions.  
 
Responsibilities of the team, including you:  

• Innovate while maintaining the stability and security of our platform
• Keep an eye on AWS releases and implement relevant features to improve our platform
• Continuously improve our automation to reduce the OPS work of the team
• Run OPS and standby for the foundation every 5-8 weeks

What we offer you

• A salary ranging from €5,933 to €7,910 (based on a 40-hour workweek), depending on your experience and qualifications
• 13th month and holiday allowance are paid with your monthly salary 
• 27 vacation days for a 5-day working week and three Diversity Day
• A modern, collective pension scheme administered by BeFrank
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities for personal development
• NS Business Card 2nd class, which gives you unlimited travel, also privately
• Do you prefer to travel with your own transport? Then you can declare the kilometres travelled
• We work hybrid at NN. Together with your team, you decide where, how and when you work. The official location of this job is The Hague
• Allowances for setting up your home office and for internet use

Who you are 
You enjoy working in a team, like to take on a challenge, even if the boundaries are not immediately clear, and are proud of what you achieve together. You have a scout mentality that emphasizes curiosity and ownership to take immediate action on what you discover. You also want to continue to develop in the field of AWS, just as the platform continues to develop on a daily basis. Furthermore, we look for someone with:  

• a minimum of 5 years of experience with implementing AWS cloud solutions
• experience with Platform as a Service, scripting with Python and Infrastructure as a Code with Terraform and CDK
• architectural and platform/ solution design knowledge
• experience working with stakeholders on enterprise scale
• experience working within large multi-account environments
• recent AWS Certifications 
• take ownership and not afraid to take on a task from start to finish, delivering real results and sharing the knowledge gained in the process
• Fluently in Dutch is required
• Soft skills
• you can make informed decisions (not authoritative but decisive)
• pragmatic, grounded, structured, stays calm, mature (doesn’t get overwhelmed or too emotional when things become hectic)
• someone who can maintain an overview and keep the team focused

Who you will work with
The AWS Cloud Foundation Team consists of six skilled  AWS infrastructure engineers. The team is part of the Public Cloud Domain of NN where we have an open culture with honest and fun people. Your direct colleagues will consist of the AWS enablement team and the Azure foundation and enablement teams Together with the Public Cloud domain we have multiple days per year where we align on work and celebrate achievements. We also have teamdays and other smaller events within the team and outside of it. Every Wednesday we work from the office in The Hague, but you are free to come to the office whenever you like. All in all, there is plenty of opportunity to work with passion and to have fun while doing it. 

If you are enthusiastic about this vacancy and think that you would be a good fit for the team at NN, we would like to invite you to apply. During your first interview we are very keen to find out who you are, what motivates you and what you can contribute to this role at NN. Your second (and possibly third) interview will be with AWS DevOps engineers to find out if there is a technical match on your experiences, your way of working and your interests. 

Any questions? 
If you have any questions about the job, you can reach out to Elmira van der Schee (Talent Acquisition Specialist), via Elmira.van.der.schee@nn-group.com.