DevOps engineer - Roaming

Company Description

The Roaming Team consists of nine dedicated professionals and operates according to agile principles, utilizing both SCRUM and Kanban within a highly professional organizational environment.

Job Description

As a DevOps engineer within the Roaming team, you will work together with KPN colleagues and international operators to ensure the quality and safety of roaming services. In the next 5 years, the requirements will shift significantly due to technological trends such as 5G/6G, AI, automation, IoT and stricter security requirements. You are responsible for monitoring, configuring and analyzing roaming traffic and you are involved in maintaining contacts with foreign operators. You combine technical knowledge with strong communication skills and take ownership of your work. In addition, you have an affinity with automation, AI and improving business processes.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring and analyzing roaming, IN and OUT bound traffic.
• Collaborate with international operators and internal teams.
• Escalating issues in a clear and solution-oriented way.
• Thinking along about improvements in processes, automation and tooling.
• Reporting findings and trends to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Optimization: strong in process optimization.
• Strong communication skills: You can communicate clearly professionally, even in an international context.
• Stress-resistant: You remain effective under work pressure and in the event of urgent incidents.
• Ownership: You take responsibility and act proactively.
• Escalate without questions: You dare to make decisions and identify problems in time.
• Team player: Contributes to a positive team dynamic and good cooperation with foreign operators.
   

Personality traits

• Analytical, problem-solving and strong communicative.
• Independent, responsible and decisive.
• Flexible and eager to learn.

Experience & Education:

• Education level: HBO/WO education in IT, Telecom, Data Science or similar.
• Schaal: 10
• Experience: 2–5 years of relevant work experience or starter with potential.
• Location: Hybrid (Rotterdam office + remote).
• Contract: Fulltime (incl. on-call duty).
• Communication: Fluent English (oral and written), Dutch or additional languages are a plus.
• Technical skills: Knowledge of mobile (core) network. HLR/HSS, SS7 (2G/3G) / Diameter protocols. Strong analytical skills. Affinity with automation, AI applications and setting up/improving business processes.

Don’t meet all the requirements? We still encourage you to apply. For this role, we are also open to junior or medior candidates who are willing to grow into the position.

Additional Information

Of course, as an employer we also have a lot to offer you. This is what you can expect from us:

• A gross monthly salary of at least €4,634 — depending on your work experience, based on a 40‑hour workweek (Scale 10, KPN CLA)
• A fixed 13th month: part of it is paid out monthly and part in January of the following year. Or you can use it for a FLEX & BOOST goal of your choice
• An annual individual and collective salary increase in line with our CLA
• €1,500 per year in personal development budget, which you can use at your own discretion for training, coaching, or courses
• Flexible vacation days: you and your manager decide together how you want to manage your time off
• A home office setup to optimize your workspace at home, including a mobile phone and laptop
• 50% discount on our products and services, so you can enjoy affordable internet, calling, and streaming
• Excellent travel reimbursement: full coverage of public transport costs or €0.23 per kilometer if you travel by car. Prefer cycling? Then you can use our bicycle allowance of €0.40 per kilometer
• The option to purchase a lease bike with monthly contributions from KPN (for permanent contracts): from city bikes to e‑bikes, racing bikes to speed pedelecs — you choose what you ride
• Excellent pension benefits: a total contribution of 23% of your pensionable salary, of which KPN pays 16% and you pay 7%
• Our belief in technology is strong. It becomes even more powerful when combined with human connection, which is why we look forward to meeting you!

Would you like to know more? Contact our recruiters Adumobia Rogers at adumobia.rogers-noteboom@kpn.com and Martijn Schaap at martijn.schaap@kpn.com.

At KPN, our recruitment talent wins by working smart together. Therefore, acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.