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Enterprise network & Edge Specialist

Accenture

Amsterdam
Full-time
5-10 years experience
Hybrid

Key Skills

Enterprise networking
Routing and switching
SD-WAN
SASE
AIOps
BGP
OSPF
VLANs
QoS
VPNs
Cloud connectivity
Network architecture
Team leadership
Solution advisory
Technical documentation
Problem solving

Job Description

Lead with expertise, drive innovation.

Are you an experienced professional ready to take your career to the next level? At Accenture the Netherlands, we're seeking Enterprise Network & Edge Specialist who bring deep expertise, strategic thinking, and a passion for innovation to help us solve complex challenges and deliver exceptional results.

What you'll do:
In this role, you will balance Solution Advisory, Delivery, & Team Leadership:

 

Solution Advisory & Architecture

  • Network Modernization Blueprints: Design scalable, resilient target architectures for enterprise WAN/LAN environments, branch office connectivity, and edge networks.
  • SD-WAN & SASE Transition: Guide clients through the transition from legacy WAN architectures to modern SD-WAN and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) frameworks.
  • Hybrid & Cloud Connectivity: Design secure, high-availability interconnects between on-premises sites, data centers, and public cloud environments (e.g., ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, Cloud Interconnect).
  • Technical Review & Roadmapping: Evaluate current-state network maturity, present architectural trade-offs to client IT stakeholders, and define migration roadmaps.

 

Technical Execution & Small Team Leadership

  • Team Guidance & Squad Leadership: Lead and mentor small technical delivery squads, junior engineers, or automation developers—coordinating day-to-day deployment tasks, conducting technical reviews, and ensuring delivery quality.
  • Enterprise Routing & Switching Mastery: Apply hands-on routing and switching principles (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, QoS, VPNs) to design, configure, and troubleshoot complex enterprise networks.
  • Detailed Design & Implementation: Produce detailed technical specifications (LLDs, IP addressing schemes, firewall matrices, routing policies) and guide engineers and developers through implementation.
  • Proof of Concept (PoC) & Complex Problem Solving: Build and test technical PoCs for modern SD-WAN/SASE solutions and act as the escalation point for critical network performance or routing bottlenecks.

 

How We Reinvent

At Accenture, our teams operate within one of our core service lines— Digital Core, Industry & Enterprise, Supply Chain & Engineering, Cybersecurity, Song, Finance, Talent, Client Groups, Global Operations, Reinventions Services —each designed to drive reinvention at scale. This role falls under Digital Core, where we [combine deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver 360° value to our clients.

 

You’ll be part of a multidisciplinary team composed of Senior Managers, Solution Architects, Network Specialists, consultants, working collaboratively to solve complex challenges and shape the future of intelligent business. Whether it's transforming digital cores, embedding AI into operations, or designing human-centric experiences, our teams are empowered to innovate boldly and deliver measurable impact.

 

We go to market by industry, leveraging our global delivery network and strategic partnerships with ecosystem leaders like Microsoft, Cisco, HPE. Our culture of shared success and continuous learning ensures that every team member contributes to—and benefits from—our reinvention journey.

What we're looking for:

•          Education: Bachelor’s or Master degree in Computer Science, Information Technology

•          Experience: 4 to 6+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise networking

•          Skills: Core routing & switching, SD-WAN, SASE, AIOps.

•          Mandatory Certification: Active Cisco CCNP or a demonstrable equivalent professional-level credential

•          Leadership: Proven ability or strong aptitude to guide, coordinate, and mentor small delivery squads

 

Bonus points for:

•          Cloud network automation and public cloud networking knowledge

 

What we offer:

  • Work-Life Flexibility: 4x9 Workweek Option, Hybrid Working
  • Financial Well-being: Competitive Base Salary, MyBenefits Budget, Annual Bonus, Net Allowance, Employee Share Purchase Plan
  • Health & Wellness: Collective Health Insurance Scheme, Mental Health Support, Well-being Hub
  • Time Off & Leave: 26 Vacation Days, Special Leave Types (parental leave, partner leave, bereavement leave, and gender affirmation leave), Culture Days
  • Mobility & Commuting: NS Business Card, Mobility Budget (option to choose between electric bike, car lease, or public transport reimbursement)
  • Career Development: Performance Achievement Program, Learning & Development Platform, Guidance from People Leads
  • Inclusion, Diversity & Social Impact: Do Good Volunteer Program, I&D Networks, Refugee Talent Track
  • Culture & Community: Accentrics & Friday Drinks, Annual Accenture NL Party, Flat Organizational Hierarchy

Ready to lead and innovate? Apply today and become a Reinventor at Accenture the Netherlands.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Core Responsibilities

You will lead technical delivery squads and design scalable network architectures, including SD-WAN and SASE transitions for enterprise clients. Additionally, you will act as an escalation point for complex network performance issues and provide strategic architectural guidance to stakeholders.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or IT and possess 4 to 6+ years of hands-on enterprise networking experience. A mandatory active Cisco CCNP certification or equivalent professional-level credential is required for this role.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary
  • Annual bonus
  • Net allowance
  • Employee share purchase plan
  • Collective health insurance scheme
  • Mental health support
  • Well-being hub
  • 26 vacation days
  • Parental leave
  • Partner leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Gender affirmation leave
  • NS business card
  • Mobility budget
  • Performance achievement program
  • Learning and development platform
  • Do good volunteer program

About Accenture

Industry: Business Consulting and Services

Company size: 10,001+ employees

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com. This LinkedIn company page is moderated. When engaging with Accenture, we encourage everyone to: - Use common courtesy and be respectful of others. - Create your own original content and avoid content that you know to be fraudulent. - Never repost someone else's copyrighted work, unless you have permission. - Never post personal, identifying, or confidential information. We reserve the right to delete comments or posts we deem to be: - Profane, obscene, inappropriate, offensive, abusive material. - Spam, repeated comments and commercial messages and personal advertisements. - Discriminatory or that contain hateful speech of any kind regarding age, gender, race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. - Threats; personal attacks; abusive, defamatory, derogatory, or inflammatory language; or stalking or harassment of any individual, entity or organization. - False, inaccurate, libelous, or otherwise misleading in any way.

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