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In partnership with key stakeholders, develops enterprise network architecture design principles, standards, and multi-year refresh plans and budgetary requirements for Wide Area, Border, Core, Edge, Data Center, and Wireless networks.
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Research current and emerging network infrastructure technologies.
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Provide engineering and support services as needed for Canadian network operation. This includes serving as a technical lead for projects associated with optical and packet network technologies.
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Provide coaching and mentorship to members of the engineering team.
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Interact and collaborate with vendors and contractors for product/platform evaluation, technical implementation and planning, and procuring network products and services.
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Develop, implement, and maintain standard operational procedures and established standards.
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Developing network and related architectures and solutions based on requirements from offering, engineering, and operations, as well as key customers
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Working across the organization to provide technical leadership for the network infrastructure
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Assessing new technologies and best practices for adoption
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Driving standardization and automation into all aspects of the network platform
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Engaging with internal and external customers for briefings, issue escalation, and complex solution development
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Enabling the extended team's vitality through training, mentoring, and skills transfer
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Documenting network capabilities as appropriate for both internal and external consumption
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8 years of relevant job experience including analyzing, configuring, troubleshooting, designing complex enterprise networks
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8 years Complex routing, switching, and ISP environments
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Arista switches and Cisco Routers (ISRs and ASRs)
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Must have Firewall experience (Checkpoint preferred, Cisco ASA/Meraki is desirable)
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QoS understanding and configuration (routers and switches)
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Routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP)
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WAN architectures ("legacy" ex: MPLS and "trending" ex: SD-WAN \& VPN methods)
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Thorough understanding of most enterprise IPv4 protocols and emerging IPv6 deployments
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Strong familiarity with cloud networking (AWS: VPC, Transit Gateways, Direct Connect, ELB/ALB, Route 53, Azure)
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Familiarly with network configuration, automation tooling, telemetry, authentication technologies.
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Familiarity with Network Troubleshooting Tool Suites (NNMI, NetBrain, Science Logic)
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Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree preferred
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Industry certifications -- primarily via our Strategic Partners (CheckPoint, Arista, Cisco)
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Must exhibit strong communication, interpersonal, problem solving, and project management skills.
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Teamwork
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Strong customer focus with above average ability to answer questions and solve problems
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Positive attitude and ability to adapt in a rapidly changing environment
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Ability to work without close supervision
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Professionalism
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Resourcefulness
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Dedication
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Accountability
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Intuitive and analytical
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Capacity to manage multiple significant programs/projects simultaneously
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Ability to produce deliverables independently and in collaboration with others
