Network Engineer

Network Engineer

Halifax (Hybrid-2 days in office)

Our client a dynamic Information Technology services company that partners with leading global organizations to deliver innovative, high-quality IT solutions is looking for an experienced Network Engineer – Tier 3 to support, secure, and continually improve their enterprise network infrastructure.

You will provide advanced technical support across Cisco routing and switching, wireless, Nexus Data Centre networking, Catalyst Center, Cisco SD-WAN, Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama, and F5 load-balancing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 3 support for complex network incidents, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and permanent problem resolution.
• Administer and maintain Cisco routing, switching, wireless, Nexus, Catalyst Center, and SD-WAN infrastructure.
• Manage Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama, including security policies, VPNs, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Support F5 BIG-IP/LTM load balancing, application connectivity, and high availability.
• Monitor and optimize network performance, capacity, resilience, and availability.
• Implement network security hardening, vulnerability remediation, patching, and configuration compliance.
• Develop network automation using Python, Ansible, and APIs.
• Support infrastructure projects, network changes, migrations, and hardware and software lifecycle management.
• Maintain network diagrams, configuration standards, technical documentation, and recovery procedures.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, monitoring, and service management teams to improve network reliability and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Significant experience supporting enterprise network environments at Tier 3 level.
• Strong Cisco routing and switching knowledge, including Catalyst, Nexus, IOS/IOS-XE, and NX-OS.
• Experience with Cisco wireless, Catalyst Center, and SD-WAN.
• Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.
• Experience with F5 BIG-IP/LTM load balancing.
• Excellent understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, STP, OSPF, network segmentation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with network monitoring, security, vulnerability management, and performance optimization.

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