
Lead Network Specialist
- Waterloo, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Provide day-to-day support for routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers used by Network Operations.
- Design, deploy, and manage network infrastructure across hyperscaler platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Build highly available, scalable, and secure networking solutions for on-prem datacenter and cloud environments.
- Develop and maintain Terraform scripts to automate provisioning and configuration of networking resources.
- Integrate network resources into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, and CircleCI.
- Monitor and analyze network performance, capacity, and health across on-prem and cloud platforms.
- Troubleshoot complex hybrid network issues and create clear documentation for designs and configurations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams while enforcing networking best practices, standards, and guidelines.
- 10+ years’ experience with network devices and general Network Engineering.
- 5+ years supporting SDN technologies (VMWare NSX, Juniper, Cisco).
- 4+ years focused on cloud networking across hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Proficiency with routers, switches, firewalls, and platforms from Cisco, Arista, F5, Juniper, Checkpoint.
- Expertise in TCP/IP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, IPSec VPN, VLANs, firewall security policies, and spine-leaf architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipeline automation.
- Knowledge of cloud-native networking services (AWS VPC, Azure Virtual Network, Google Cloud VPC, DNS, VPNs, Load Balancers).
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication skills, and ability to design, build, and support large-scale network infrastructure.