Senior Network Consultant

Our Senior Network Consultant will be responsible for network infrastructure discovery, design, implementation, and operations (break/fix repair, change requests, and scheduled maintenance) for network infrastructure solutions, customer network and procedure documentation. Also, you will work and communicate with project managers and clients on project status, findings, recommendations, and timelines.

Essential Functions

• Conduct network discovery, review and assessment to evaluate gaps and availability of enterprise network
• Network capacity analysis, responsible for overview of managed customers capacity and performance
• Design enterprise network according to industry standards and trends. Identify and recommend improvement areas and new technologies to clients
• Develop implementation and migration plan according to new solution recommended
• Develop and maintain systems documentation (operating procedures/best practices/standards) and network diagrams; work with team leads/clients to develop procedures and guidelines for implementation and management of network administration
• Recommends and implements standards and procedures improvements for the implementation and administration of physical and virtual infrastructure
• Maintains good working knowledge of current infrastructure and future trends.
• Participate in on-call rotation for escalation support of technical issues, supporting the 24x7 operation environment both onsite (20-30% of time) and remote

Education

• Four years of University resulting in a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent job-related experience

Certifications

• Cisco CCNP or above certification preferred
• ITIL certification is preferred.

Experience/Background

• 10+ years’ experience
• Experience with enterprise level networking infrastructure design review and discovery to a number of organizations including LAN/WAN, high availability, routing/switching, firewall and security solutions across enterprise networking infrastructure
• Good assessment skills identifying gaps and deficiencies in networking and data centre environments
• ·Experience with network infrastructure redesign and recommendations according to industry standards and trends. Develop implementation and migration plan according to new solution recommended.
• Familiar with various network management and security tools including Infoblox, NetScout management tools, Qualys, Stealthwatch and Secure Network Analytics, AppDynamics, etc.
• Experience with stateful and Next Generation Firewalls including Palo Alto Firewalls and Panorama, Cisco ASA and FTD, CheckPoint.
• Working knowledge of Cisco products (Nexus, Catalyst, ASA, FirePower, ISR/ASR, etc.), Cisco ACI, VxLAN, Infoblox, VMware, Azure, AWS, F5 LTM and VIPRION, HP Networking products
• Experience with mission critical, 24x7 high availability environments required

Skills

• Excellent documentation and presentation skills
• Expert communication skills, including the ability to document and demonstrate procedures and processes.
• Able to function efficiently in a multi-task environment and work under pressure.

OnX Canada is a leading technology solution provider that serves businesses, healthcare organizations, and government agencies across Canada. OnX combines deep technical expertise with a full suite of flexible technology solutions--including Application Modernization, Managed Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Unified Communications, and Infrastructure solutions. From developing and deploying modern applications and the secure, scalable platforms on which they run, to managing, monitoring, and optimizing their operations, OnX delivers comprehensive technology solutions for its clients' transformative business initiatives. For more information, please visit www.onx.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran, military status or any other characteristic protected by law.