Network Analyst
Location Address: WFH (Toronto)
Contract Duration: Until October 31st
Extension: Possible
FTE: No
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: Mon – Fri, 8:30 – 5 PM Flexible hours (willing to work after hours or weekends if required)
Story Behind the Need
• Business group: Data Centres and GBM Network Services
• Project: Scotiabank’s Data Centre Network Services team is responsible for level 3 support and project deployments, both on premise Data Centres and the Cloud, to support the digital transformation of the Bank’s global network. We are responsible for supporting and deploying new technologies, following best practices, and consulting and coordinating with the Bank’s many technology teams with the aim of providing a highly resilient network as the underlying core of the Bank’s technology infrastructure
• Reason for request: Integration an application.
Candidate Value Proposition
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join an exciting team that has high visibility. As a team we can explore and work with an extensive variety of network technologies.
Typical Day in Role
Reporting to a Senior Manager, Data Centre Network Services, you will play a critical part in helping the team support the various technologies within our Global Network. You will be expected to be a part of the teams’ rotational on call duties and, when required, be a part of after-hours project deployments in the evenings or weekends
• You are eager to work with leading edge technologies to incorporate complex network solutions, as well as work with other technology teams to contribute to an overall solution.
• You thrive on being hands-on during mid to complex project deployments into production. This will include the support of assigned systems by acting as an internal consultant on assigned infrastructure and providing suggestions for viable solutions to systems problems of high complexity.
• You want to be challenged with complex problem solving in time sensitive situations to reduce system downtime and customer impact.
• You understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• You are highly interested in software-defined Data Centre technologies like Cisco ACI and VMWare NSX and want to help drive the road-map and adoption within a large-scale enterprise network.
• You are interested in getting in on the Cloud floor as the team gets more hands on with the network in the Public Cloud, including environments like Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure and IBM SoftLayer.
Must haves/ Requirements:
• 5+ years of hands-on technical working experience in supporting, deploying and interconnecting various network technologies at an enterprise scale.
• 5+ years of hands-on technical working experience with various Cisco, Fortinet, F5, Infoblox at an enterprise level capacity:
– Cisco Routing and Switching
• Nexus N9K/N7K/N5K/N2K Solutions
• Cisco ISR and ASR Routers
• Catalyst N9K
– Cisco Security/VPN
• ASA/FTD Firewalls
• Cisco FMC
– Fortinet
• FortiGate Firewalls
• Forti Manager/Collector/Analyzer
– F5 LTM/GTM
– Infoblox DNS/DHCP and IPAM
• You possess superior problem solving, decision-making and troubleshooting skills to resolve work issues with the ability to work under pressure in a dynamic environment.
Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Scripting language experience, Python preferred
Soft Skills:
• You have strong communication (verbal/written) and good interpersonal skills to build relationships with internal and external business partners and vendors.
• You possess a strong core foundation experience in fundamental network technologies and protocols.
Degrees or certifications:
• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Networking Technology or related field.
• Cisco certification is a plus
Candidate Review & Selection
1-Microsoft Teams Technical Interview with HM & members of the team (1 hour)