AWS Foundation Engineer

The NN AWS Cloud Foundation Team is on the lookout for a skilled and proactive AWS Infrastructure Engineer to help us modernize and elevate our platform landscape. Your work will directly empower our customers to harness the full potential of the cloud.

You'll be part of Group IT, NN's central IT department. Our team delivers the cloud foundation-covering access management, account setup, security, networking, and more-at scale, supporting over 700 AWS accounts in a standardized and automated way.

In this role, you'll play a key part in shaping a future-proof platform. You'll drive innovation and automation while safeguarding the stability and reliability of our cloud environment.

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 on a daily basis with more than 800 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 and all its members, 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

• Salary between  €4,320 and €6,171 depending on your knowledge and experience
• 13th month and holiday allowance are paid with your monthly salary
• 27 vacation days for a 5-day working week and one 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 4 years of experience with implementing cloud solutions
• With experience with Platform as a Service, scripting with Python and Infrastructure as a Code with Terraform and CDK
• With experience working within large multi-account environments
• Who is AWS Certified
• Who takes ownership and who is not afraid to take on a task from start to finish, delivering real results and sharing the knowledge gained in the process
• You currently reside in the Netherlands

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.

Will you be our new colleague?

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 or the process, you can reach out via email to Jarmo Fernhout, Principal Talent Acquisition Specialist via Jarmo.fernhout@nn-group.com.

This is a permanent position. A candidate will receive a contract from NN and we are not open to interim/freelance assignments and/or candidates or recruitment agencies. Thank you very much for your understanding.