Digital DevOps Infrastructure Senior Consultant

Role: Digital DevOps Infrastructure Senior Consultant Location: Amsterdam NETHERLANDS or Brussels; BELGIUM Hybrid Permanent Skill Profile - Very strong technical knowledge and experience in networks and related services. - A network-first mindset combined with good practical knowledge of infrastructure automation and DevSecOps practices. - Minimum of 10 years of related professional experience. Networks and Related Services - SDN/NFV concepts. - SD-WAN deployments, including Cisco/Viptela, Silverpeak, Velocloud, Cloudgenix, and uCPE. - WAN switching and routing, Hybrid WAN, LAN, WLAN, and NAC solutions across Cisco and other vendors. - SSE solutions such as Palo Alto Prisma, Zscaler, and Netskope. - Data center network architecture. - Experience with cloud networking orchestrators such as Aviatrix. Cloud Networks and Related Services - At least two years of proven experience designing, deploying, and managing enterprise-class public cloud connectivity solutions using Azure, AWS, GCP, or Alibaba Cloud network services. - AWS networking knowledge, including services such as Route 53 and Direct Connect. - AWS security knowledge, including services such as WAF, Config, and CloudWatch. - Solid understanding of the Azure hub-and-spoke model. - Deep understanding of connectivity, routing, segmentation, and security considerations across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Automation, DevOps, and DevSecOps - Experience applying DevOps practices to network and infrastructure delivery. - Strong Terraform knowledge and hands-on experience are required. - Familiarity with GitHub and the GitOps operating model. - Experience with Ansible, Python, or similar scripting and automation technologies. - Ability to automate network, cloud, and security configurations using infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management approaches. - Understanding of integrating security and quality checks into CI/CD pipelines, including source-code and dependency checks, container or image checks, and infrastructure-as-code validation. - Ability to help design automated delivery pipelines that identify issues before deployment and reduce reliance on manual audit activities. - Understanding of policy-driven automation and automated compliance controls, without dependence on any single product or tool. - Familiarity with version control, peer review, testing, change promotion, rollback, and operational validation for automated infrastructure changes. Infrastructure Security - Firewalls and next-generation firewalls, web filtering, proxies, IPS/IDS, and SSL VPN. - Security product knowledge across technologies such as Zscaler, Check Point Security Gateways, Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto PA-Series, Juniper SRX, F5 BIG-IP, and Broadcom Edge SWG. - Familiarity with zero-trust network principles and their application to enterprise segmentation and access control. - Understanding of identity federation, secrets management, and security controls within network and cloud architectures. - Ability to incorporate security requirements into architecture, design, automation, and operational processes. Other Technical Expertise - Application and Network performance management product knowledge, including Riverbed and Cisco. - Observability product knowledge including Cisco ThousandEyes, Splunk and Dynatrace. - Virtualization solutions, including VMware, Hyper-V, and KVM Linux. - Understanding of containerized environments, including the related networking and security considerations. Other Skills and Experience - Fluent in English. Knowledge of Dutch or French is a plus. - Demonstrated strong technical leadership and matrix team management capabilities in a multinational environment. - Effective communication with customer senior management. - Ability to handle complex situations, both internally and in customer-facing engagements. - Expert-level integration and implementation experience in at least one specific digital domain. - Advanced-level expertise in one or more digital domains. - Strong technical skills in telecommunications and IT solutions and services in general. - University degree in Communications Systems, Computer Science, or an equivalent qualification. - Minimum of 10 years of related work experience in customer-facing organizations within the ICT industry, including roles working directly with customer IT management. - Proven track record of shaping and positioning technical security strategies to meet customer needs at senior IT and CxO level. - Understanding of market trends and the technical and business issues associated with the ICT industry. - Excellent business and commercial understanding. - Financial management capabilities, including P&L, TCO, and ROI.