Network Engineer

Exciting Network Engineer Opportunity in Toronto! Seeking a skilled Network Engineer with expertise in Network Security (Firewall, IPS, VPN), Routing, Switching, and Data Center Networking technologies. Experience with Cisco and Fortinet firewalls required. If you are interested or know someone who would be a great fit, reach out to us today and refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Network Engineer
Term: 12 months (with extension) – 37.5 hours/Week
Location: Toronto – Hybrid (1-2 days/week)
Job ID number: C1228

Brief Description of Duties: 

The Global Network Operations monitor all of the client’s network devices globally, to identify, mitigate and resolve any issue as soon as possible to not disrupt any areas of the Organization. This project is in the early stages of its lifecycle, this project will deploy new servers and will require network setup. The Network Engineer will review, plan, document, implement and troubleshoot firewall rules required for different projects. They will be working closely with the application and security to ensure all application and security requirements related to these projects are met.

Candidate Value Proposition:

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within the banking industry. We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work. You will get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology.

Typical Day in Role:

• Work on all network operations related tasks and incidents.
• Document, plan, implement and troubleshoot firewall rules as per the project’s requirements.
• Troubleshoot incidents related to network services (Firewall, LAN, WAN, load balancing).
• Participating in network/systems operations, monitoring, design, or implementation.
• Fulfill network service requests.
• Create and execute network change requests with detailed change plan.
• Resolve network related incidents and problem tickets.
• Network monitoring improvements.
• Network configuration compliance improvements.

Must-Have skills:

• Network operations or senior network analyst work experience with proven ability to manage within a time sensitive environment.
• Hands-on experience and expertise of Network Security (Firewall, IPS, VPN) Routing, Switching and Data Center Networking technologies.
• Hands-on experience with Cisco and Fortinet firewalls.
• Working knowledge of network monitoring and security tools such as SIEM and Algosec for troubleshooting network-related problems.
• Familiar with ITIL and Service Management processes such as Incident management, CMDB/Asset
• Management, Change Management and Event Management.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Prior Banking/Financial Institution experience.
• Certification related to Cisco security and Fortinet.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written skills, as effective interaction with all teams involved in the project is essential.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex activities, to effectively manage the firewall rules implementation, aligned with project priorities and other dependencies/deliverables.