Cloud Network Engineer to assist with the planning, building and operation of Cloud-based infrastructure in the Telecommunications sector

Our valued Telecommunications client is seeking a Cloud Network Engineer to 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.

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, Jama, Jira, Confluence, Workday, Salesforce.
• 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.

Must have skills:

• 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.
• 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.