SUMMARY
The Senior Network Engineer will be a motivated, well organized individual responsible for providing daily network operations support of the network infrastructure. This role will also be responsible for assisting in the evaluation and testing of new hardware and services as well as produce network implementation and migration plans.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

This role will be responsible for all aspects of network technologies including but not limited to the following:

Produce Network Design, Implementation and Migration plans.
Test and support network hardware/services in various stages of deployment.
Configure network equipment and services
Provide recommendations to optimize network operation and performance.
Work with internal as well as external technical teams during design, development, and implementation phases of various network-related initiatives.
Produce and review technical documentation.
Perform daily morning checks as per documented procedures
Document and track all Incidents, Problems and Requests
Provide ongoing Network maintenance, including migrations, updates and security patches
Troubleshoot network-related service issues including outages, anomalous behavior, and slow performance
Provide written documentation, updates and root cause analysis
Available for after hours On-call support as needed
Occasional travel for onsite support.

QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will be a motivated self-starter with good technical aptitude. Must possess excellent analytical and problem solving skills. Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical audience. Must possess the ability to work well under pressure.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

The ideal candidate will have a four-year college diploma or university degree in data
communications or computer science, and/or equivalent work experience. A minimum of 6 years
hands on network support experience preferably with Arista or Cisco routers, switches,
and firewalls.

Hands on experience with the following:
• Arista Switches, EOS
• Palo Alto Panorama, NG Firewalls (Palo Alto certifications preferred)
• Cisco IOS, NXOS,
• Strong experience with Routing Protocols BGP, OSPF, Layer 2 technologies
• Experience with Network security (Palo Alto firewalls, Prisma Access, IPsec VPN, dot1x)
• Experience with SNMP, Netflow, sflow and other Network Monitoring protocols and Methodologies
• Experience working with network monitoring and SIEM systems
• Strong Documentation and experience with MS Visio
• Exposure to Network automation with Python, Ansible, Arista CVP

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Bilingualism (English and French) both spoken and written would be an asset.

We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
No phone calls, emails, or recruitment agency inquiries. Candidate application receipt confirmations and/or recruitment status update inquiries will not be provided.

The National Hockey League is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as an individual with a disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. The NHL welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.