Network Administrator

Branch:
Electric
Affiliation:
MoveUP
Employment Status:
Full-Time Regular
Salary: $3,692.00 bi-weekly
Short-term Incentive Eligible:
No
Workplace Flexibility:
No
Posting End Date:
Open until filled

As the province’s largest energy provider with more than 100 years of knowledge and experience, we proudly deliver renewable energy, natural gas, electricity and propane to 1.3 million customers.

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The Network Administrator is a senior technical role responsible for supporting the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of Fortis

BC’s enterprise network infrastructure. This includes cloud and virtual networking, wired and wireless LAN/WAN environments, network hardware, routing and switching, firewalls, and network-based services. The Network Administrator contributes to network planning, participates in complex technical initiatives, and provides advanced operational support to ensure reliability, performance, and security of network systems.

• Provides senior technical input to network planning for enterprise connectivity platforms, including:
  Contributing to the development and maintenance of the Network Infrastructure Roadmap. Researching and recommending future network architecture that aligns with business and technology needs, product capabilities, strategic direction, and industry best practices. Performing network capacity planning and technology evaluations in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture, IS Applications, and business units.
• Contributes technical expertise to the definition and delivery of network initiatives and upgrades, including:
  Using the Network Infrastructure Roadmap to identify and prioritize network initiatives to support planning of appropriate projects. Contributing to the definition of functional and technical requirements, scope, sequencing, and technical dependencies. Contributing technical estimates and supporting documentation (e.g., effort/resource requirements, options, impacts, assumptions) to support project planning and funding considerations. Leading the execution of network infrastructure projects, in coordination with external service providers and suppliers, to ensure effective and efficient delivery of network-related initiatives.
  
  Developing and executing communication plans related to network upgrades, transitions, and site impacts. Identifying conflicts between network project requirements and enterprise policies, standards, or architecture and recommending solutions. Participating in technical change management activities, quality control reviews, testing, and production turnover activities.
• Supports the design, implementation, and ongoing improvement of enterprise network platforms and services, including:
  Contributing to the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of network platforms, including routing, cloud and virtual networking, switching, wireless, load-balancing and firewall technologies, in alignment with organizational standards and strategic direction. Configuring and maintaining firewall rules, network segmentation, access controls, and secure connectivity between sites, data centres, and cloud environments. Analyzing and processing complex network requests to confirm the specified technology is appropriate for client's needs and will operate within Fortis
  
  BC’s network environment. Assessing technical impacts, recommending alternatives where appropriate, and specifying technical work in detail for service delivery partners to implement.
• Provides advanced technical support for enterprise network environments and network-based services, including:
  Responding to support calls and network-related outages. Troubleshooting advanced network issues across connectivity, routing, switching, wireless, firewall, performance, and configuration problems. Performing and leading upgrades, installations,…