Network Engineer

Are you an experienced Network Engineer who thrives in a collaborative environment? We are looking for a structured and proactive professional to join our infrastructure team. This is a contract-to-hire (hyrköp) position, offering a great opportunity to start on a consultancy basis with the long-term goal of permanent employment.

In this role, you will play a key part in our infrastructure team, balancing hands-on daily operations with strategic improvement initiatives. You will work across a diverse technical landscape featuring Cisco, Juniper, CATO SASE, and Palo Alto technologies. Your primary focus will be ensuring that our enterprise connectivity remains stable, secure, and high-performing.

You will be a vital link between daily operations and large-scale design, providing essential support to our network architects in development projects.

Randstad Digital specializes in the field of IT and digital enablement, and is part of Randstad, a global talent leader with the vision to be the world’s most equitable and specialized talent company. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Randstad operates in 39 markets and has approximately 40,000 employees. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in IT. As a partner for talent and through our distinct specialization, we help people secure meaningful roles, develop relevant skills and find purpose and belonging in their workplace.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Experience:

Fundamental Networking: Solid understanding of OSI and TCP/IP models, IP addressing, and subnetting.

Protocols: Hands-on experience with BGP, OSPF, VLANs, ACLs, NAT, DNS, DHCP, and SNMP.

Platforms: Proficiency with Cisco platforms is required; experience with Juniper is a strong advantage.

Troubleshooting: Skilled in using Wireshark for deep-packet analysis.

Modern Standards: Familiarity with Wi-Fi operations and modern wireless standards.

Automation: Basic automation skills using Ansible, Python, or APIs.

Preferred Additional Skills

Experience with SD-WAN, SDN, and SASE technologies.

Strong knowledge of Palo Alto PanOS and Panorama.

Familiarity with Cloud Networking and TLS 1.3 protocols.

Exposure to network APIs such as RESTCONF and NETCONF.

Relevant certifications (e.g., CCNP, JNCIS, or PCNSE).

Personal Qualities

We are looking for a teammate who is reliable, structured, and detail-oriented. You should have a professional demeanor and enjoy shared problem-solving. As this role involves both independent tasks and team collaboration, you should be comfortable with operational ownership and have a natural drive for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Operational Excellence: Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot enterprise network environments, including LAN, WAN, WLAN, datacenter, and campus networks.

Incident Management: Handle incident and problem management tasks, including deep-dive root-cause analysis.

Governance & Changes: Execute configuration changes according to established governance processes and maintain accurate documentation/configuration repositories.

Monitoring: Regularly monitor network health and performance to ensure 24/7 reliability.

Architectural Support: Assist network architects with the implementation, documentation, and validation of new designs.

Security Collaboration: Partner with security teams on firewall rule changes and network segmentation.

Vendor Liaison: Work directly with Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto vendors for upgrades and advanced troubleshooting.