Senior Network Engineer: Private & Public Cloud
Keylane Life and Pension B.V. · Utrecht, Utrecht
- Location
- Utrecht, Utrecht
- Work location
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Salary
- €57,100 – €75,168 a year
- Posted
- 26 Aug 2026
About the job
We’re looking for a Senior Network Engineer to help us evolve our network landscape from a strong Virtual Private Cloud foundation towards combined private and public cloud environments, with a clear roadmap towards future hybrid solutions. In this role, you will design, implement, and operate network infrastructures that support our growing SaaS platforms, both on-premise and in Microsoft Azure.
Utrecht (NL)
Software Engineering
English
€4400 - €5800
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Key About Your Team
As a Senior Network Engineer, you will join our Core-IT team of 22 professionals; currently responsible for a robust Virtual Private Cloud platform whilst actively expanding into Azure public cloud. The team operates across The Netherlands and India. Your primary base would be in Utrecht, working closely with 17 colleagues specializing in Networking, Virtualization, Backup, Security, Monitoring, and related disciplines.
Check out our blog posts and videos to see what it is like to work at Keylane.
Key About Your Role
You will support an IT infrastructure serving approximately 35 major clients in the pension and insurance sectors; impacting millions of users across Western Europe. Our platform consists of Dell and Cisco hardware, a fully virtualized VMware environment, and an emerging Azure landscape.
You will play a key role in building and shaping our Azure network foundations and preparing the organization for future hybrid connectivity. You will work at the intersection of architecture, engineering, and operations, contributing directly to the strategic evolution of our platform. Alongside this, the daily maintenance and operations of our existing Virtual Private Cloud. You will work with Cisco (ASA, ISR, Nexus, ACI), Nvidia (Mellanox), VMware, NSX, and Microsoft Azure networking services.
Key About Your Responsibilities
- Transitioning from VMware NSX to Cisco ACI
- Designing and implementing Azure network architectures (VNets, routing, security)
- Laying the groundwork for future private–public cloud connectivity (VPN / ExpressRoute)
- Selecting and positioning new network components (switches, firewalls)
- Decommissioning legacy environments
- Designing and improving a secure and hardened network architecture across private and public domains
Keylane offers
- A monthly gross salary between € 4300 and € 5800 based on 40 hours per week;
- 8% holiday allowance of your total gross salary;
- A profit share;
- A pension scheme, with the option to save extra;
- Travel reimbursement: Receive a mileage allowance of €0.23 per km or an NS Business Card, which can also be used for personal travel
- 24 holiday days (with the option to buy extra) and 7 inclusion days, which can be exchanged with fixed Dutch national holidays, allowing you to take them when you like;
- Flexibility in working environment. As part of a hybrid working team, you will work partly from home and partly from the office. If you work in the office, a free lunch is waiting for you every day. If you work from home, you will receive a working from home allowance (€ 4 net per day) and internet allowance (€ 35 net per month);
- The possibility of working remotely from abroad for up to 2 months per year;
- The possibility to lease a bike through our bike leasing program;
- A one-year contract that, subject to satisfactory performance, will be converted into a permanent contract;
- The opportunity to develop yourself at our Academy through courses and training, both professionally and personally;
- A comprehensive vitality offer to help you stay healthy. Read more here;
- An active and fun community of ‘Keylaners’. We also have after work drinks at our in-house pub every Thursday.
Keylane Academy
Develop yourself every day!
To support our mission to empower the insurance and pension industry with the best solutions and the brightest experts, the Keylane Academy offers extensive career development support for Keylaners at all career levels.
We offer our employees
- Extensive product trainings
- Courses to understand the insurance & pension industries
- Access to thousands of e-learning courses via digital platforms
- Personal development courses
- Leadership programmes
- Best in class language courses
- Consulting track
- Personal growth and career goals courses
- And many more
More about the academy
Key about you
- You are an experienced Network Engineer with expertise in datacenter and cloud networking
- Security is a core part of your approach to network design and operations.
- You have strong, hands-on experience with: OSPF, BGP, HSRP, vPC, IPsec VPN, SNAT/DNAT, and PBR.
- You have experience designing and implementing Azure networking solutions (VNet design, routing, NSGs, Azure Firewall, VPN Gateway and/or ExpressRoute).
- You have a technical degree or equivalent experience
- You take ownership, work proactively, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
We consider it a plus if you have
- Knowledge of Linux (RHEL) / Windows Server
- Cisco / Microsoft Azure certifications
*A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) and reference check are part of the application process.
*Each employee within Keylane must follow training on information security and irrespective to the role basic information security responsibilities apply
This is your future work environment
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Hiring process
1
Application
Share your CV and we’ll review your background to see how your skills match our team.
2
Informal phone call
Get to know each other, discuss your motivation and learn what it’s like to work at Keylane.
3
First interview
Meet your future hiring team to talk about your experience and what drives you.
4
Second interview
Dive deeper into your skills with a case or technical talk and meet more of the team.
5
Job offer
If we’re both excited, we’ll make you an offer and discuss start date and onboarding.
People stories
We have an open, ambitious culture. When you work with us, you contribute to a dynamic, international organisation, full of eager, cooperative experts. Read the real story of real people.
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Starting as a Junior Consultant at Keylane: Madelief’s experience
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
DevOps Engineer – A Portrait of Hielke
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Meet Chidozie | Software Engineer at Keylane
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Award-Winning Keylane Kitchen in Copenhagen
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Work From Abroad – Amir’s Month in Madrid
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
VP DevOps – A Portrait of Bernie
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Francis — Infrastructure Engineer at Keylane
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Eline — Management Consultant at Keylane
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Test Engineer – A Portrait of Madhuri
People Stories — Meet the Colleagues at Keylane
Johnny – A Senior DevOps Consultant
Fun
There is no company like Keylane.
Many years of company softball, one bat in the bushes
Keylane AI Hackathon: Innovation Through Real Workflows
Keylane Alumni Drinks
DevOlympics : Ready, steady, go!
A day at De Kuip: life at Keylane on Feyenoord’s pitch
Holi Celebration at Keylane
Keylane Playground: Pub Quiz
Keylane Skilane — Skiing with Colleagues
Keylane Inclusion Days — Flexible Holiday Policy
Life at Keylane — Sports, Social Events & Activities
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