Network Consultant

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Are you passionate about providing solutions for clients and working for a company that believes in investing in their employees? We are looking for an energetic and client-orientated Network Consultant for our Integrated Global Services branch to be based out of our Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto or Vancouver branch. You will be a member of our Service Delivery team and work on multiple projects with various clients.

You will build trusted relationships with clients and internal stakeholders, while providing consultancy services for the design and implementation of industry leading network solutions.

A Day in the Life:

Participate in operational escalations to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary

Design, implement, and manage automated workflows for configuration and deployment in hybrid cloud and on-premise environments

Develop reusable, modular code libraries to streamline workflows and support diverse use cases across network devices and cloud platforms

Recommend changes to improve systems and network configurations in client environments, and determine hardware or software requirements

Identify roadblocks preventing the successful continuation of network services, determine options available to work past roadblocks, and escalate to leadership when required

Understand how to administrate and support a variety of technologies including but not limited to Cisco Routers and Switches, Cisco Security Solutions, IGP and EGP routing protocols, VPN, and other technologies and vendor devices as needed

Collaborate with clients and develop depth in understanding their business and how Long View network services supports their need

Act as the go-to technical resource, assisting our clients with system monitoring, ticket resolution and maintenance to ensure optimal performance and availability

Work with clients on capacity planning, installations, patching, upgrades, configuration, and administration of systems on various physical and virtual platforms

What You Bring:

3+ years of experience in an IT environment with network architecture design and deployment

Experience with networking and security

1+ years of Azure, Google Cloud and AWS Networking concepts

Experience with Meraki, Fortinet, Forti

NAC Palo Alto, or Aruba devices

Thorough understanding and experience with the following fundamental technologies:

o IGP and EGP routing protocols, ie: OSPF, BGP

o Route filtering and policy-based routing

o Site-to-Site and remote access VPN technologies

o Network layer Quality of Service (QoS)

o Layer 2 Switching Technologies

o Firewall Management

o Utilize API-driven orchestration across Azure, AWS, and GCP to automate cloud networking tasks, including the setting of firewall rules, updating security groups, and routing traffic

o Design, implement, and manage automated workflows for configuration and deployment in hybrid cloud and on-premises environments

o Develop reusable, modular code libraries to streamline workflows and support diverse use cases across network devices and cloud platforms

o Evaluate the potential impact of automated changes, proactively mitigate risks, and ensure network reliability and security.

o Implement robust testing strategies before pushing changes to production

o Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate network automation workflows

o Familiarity with vendor-specific APIs (Cisco’s NX-API, Juniper’s…