Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) is a leading global satellite operator, providing
reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to
broadcast, telecommunications, corporate and government customers for over 50
years. Backed by a legacy of engineering excellence, reliability and
industry-leading customer service, Telesat has grown to be one of the largest
and most successful global satellite operators.
Telesat Lightspeed, our revolutionary Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network,
scheduled to begin service in 2027, will revolutionize global broadband
connectivity for enterprise users by delivering a combination of high capacity,
security, resiliency and affordability with ultra-low latency and fiber-like
speeds. Telesat is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices and
facilities around the world.
The company’s state-of-the-art fleet consists of 14 GEO satellites, the Canadian
payload on ViaSat-1 and one LEO 3 demonstration satellite. For more
information, follow Telesat on X and LinkedIn or visit www.telesat.com
[http://www.telesat.com/]
The Cloud Network Engineer will assist with the planning, building and operation
of Cloud-based infrastructure. They will bridge gaps between on-premises
networks and Cloud-based networks, extending the Cloud-networking into the Data
Centre infrastructure. The candidate will be required to develop extensive
automation to assist other operational teams.
Candidates must live in the Ottawa area or be willing to relocate to Ottawa.
Relocation assistance will be provided to those who qualify.
Candidates must be willing to be onsite in office four (4) days per week.
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Main Responsibilities
- Support network requirements for all Cloud operations across Telesat
including connectivity and integration to various Software-As-A-Service
(SaaS) vendors. These integrations may include: Gitlab/BitBucket, Jama, Jira,
Confluence, Workday, Secure FTP.
- Regularly evaluate cloud applications, designs, and best practices.
- Recommending, planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking
solutions including hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security and
private access to Azure services.
- Deploy networking solutions using the Azure Portal and other methods
including PowerShell, Terraform, Azure CLI and Azure ARM templates.
- Collaborate with solutions architects, application developers, cloud
administrators, cybersecurity and DevOps engineers to deliver Azure
solutions.
- Monitor network performance, availability and security, and audit existing
network designs.
- Manage and apply security best practices to the cloud environment.
- Deploy and maintain Cloud, WAN, LAN, Wireless, Voice and Video solutions and
networks including servers, routers, switches, gateways and related
hardware.
- Communicate and coordinate network maintenance, operational status, and
downtime to users and Management as per established change management process
and procedures.
- Development of metrics and monitoring to assist with SRE (Support) and
Operations functions.
Education & Experience Required
- Must have extensive network experience in Azure administration and experience
in hybrid connections, and network security.
- Experience in Kubernetes network environments is required.
- At least 5 years' experience in the implementation and operation of
enterprise networking and data Centre environments including switches, load
balancers and firewalls.
- At least 3 years of relevant industry experience with the deployment,
management and automation of Cloud-based networking.
- Bachelor's degree in technical or engineering field or equivalent practical
experience.
- In addition to extensive Azure experience, additional experience
troubleshooting other Cloud network environments such as AWS, and GCP would
be considered an asset.
Specialized Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
- Experience with building and running large scale, high-available and
fault-tolerant network infrastructure.
- Strong understanding and hands on experience in the administration of Linux.
- Experience leveraging scripts to build infrastructure (i.e. Bash, Python,
Terraform).
- Detailed knowledge of network appliances (both hardware and virtual)
including Cisco, Fortinet and/or Palo Alto.
- Familiarity with SRE concepts considered an asset.
Decision Making & Supervision
- In this role, the incumbent will have some influence on the use and
standardization within the Corporate and Cloud environments.
- The incumbent will rely on their experience to make decisions on
installation, customization and tuning of environments and services.
- This role has no direct reports, but will work and interact with
multi-disciplinary engineering and IT teams.
Working Conditions
- No other business travel is anticipated.
- There will be a requirement for occasional on-call and after hours work as
required due to Operations.
- The successful candidate must be able to work in Canada and obtain clearance
under the Canadian Controlled Goods program (CGP).
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At Telesat, we take pride in being an equal opportunity employer that values
equality in the workplace. We are committed to providing the best candidate
experience possible including any required accommodations at every stage of our
interview process. All qualified applicants that have been selected for an
interview that require accommodations, are advised to inform the Telesat Talent
team accordingly. We will work with you to meet your needs. All accommodation
information provided will be treated as confidential.
