Senior Network Admin Analyst

Job Title: Senior Network Admin Analyst

Location: Etobicoke, ON (M8V 1Y7)

Duration: 7 months contract

NOTE: Some days may be needed at Union Station in Toronto.

Job Description:

Provides specialized expert level support in the role of subject matter expert to the network components of the VIA Rail technology environment including LAN, WAN and WiFi capabilities.

Participates and leads in the implementation and design of new networking infrastructure and capabilities with our integrators and partners.

Provides networking support to other technology implementation projects and supports other less senior resources.

Main deliverables to be completed:

Drive partners and integrators to deliver results

Provides tier III monitoring and support services to the VIA Rail networking infrastructure

Design and plan network infrastructure components

Provide technical mentorship to more junior resources

Troubleshoots complex networking issues

Supports and leads network design and configuration activities

Provides quality assurance to work performed by other resources

Plans patches and configuration updates to network and security infrastructure components

Provides networking support to infrastructure projects

Monitors and analyzes bandwidth utilization on an ongoing basis

Available for on call rotation

Personal qualities

Team-oriented and skilled in working within a collaborative environment.

Keen attention to detail and proven analytical and problem-solving abilities

Acts with integrity.

Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.

Highly self-motivated and directed.

Ability to see the big picture but also go into detail when needed.

Ability to educate, communicate and influence across a wide range of levels of the organization and simplify complex technical topics.

Persistent in pursuit of positive transformations.

Creativity and innovation skills.

Focused on results.

Structured and organized

Flexible and quick to adapt to change

Strong leader and motivator

Strong communicator - comfortable interacting with management levels from across the organization both in information exchange as well as influence and negotiation.

Essential skills and experiences:

Experience deploying, managing SDWAN solution, WAN, LAN, WiFi

CCIE or similar

Cisco, F5, Palo Alto certifications a plus

Solarwinds

Netflow

WireShark

Bilingual (French & English), oral and written

Able to document

Coordination (TELCOs, integrators)

Results-oriented

Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM)

Understanding of ITIL processes

REQUIRED - ESSENTIAL:

Experience deploying, managing SDWAN solution

Experience deploying, managing WAN/LAN

Experience deploying, managing WiFi

Certication: CCIE or similar

Expertise with CISCO (Router/switch/FW)

Expertise with F5

Expertise with PaloAlto

Bilingual (French/English)

Coordination expertise (Telco, integrator)

REQUIRED - DESIRED

Expertise with Solarwinds

Expertise with Netflow

Expertise with WireShark

Non-negotiable Skills:

CISCO LAN

WAN

PAN FWI

CISCO ISE expertise is a PLUS

Ideal years of experience for the role:

10 years

Project that they will be working on:

MAINTENANCE FACILITIES UPGRADE

Day to day operations

Variety of projects that they could be working on: network evolution, wifi project, LAN, SD WAN

Interview rounds:

1st Online teams for now. Open discussion of experience, challenging questions.

In office days policy:

Depending on projects and demand, 5 days in office required at the start.

Job type: Contract Division: eTeam - Canada Reference: 25-418712