Information Technology Network Specialist

Amaris Consulting; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amaris Consulting is seeking an IT Network Specialist to join a global network engineering team responsible for designing, operating, and improving a mission-critical enterprise network across 100+ locations. The role focuses on modern networking across campus, data centre, cloud, SD-WAN, wireless, and security environments, with collaboration across internal teams to ensure reliability and performance.

You will work from Montreal in a hybrid setup (2-3 days on-site), contributing to large-scale

Qualifications

• Strong experience supporting enterprise-scale network environments.
• Expertise in routing, switching, wireless, WAN, Internet, and network security concepts.
• Experience with Azure cloud networking technologies.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and network management platforms.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operation of a large-scale global enterprise network across LAN, WAN, Wireless, Internet, Cloud, and SD-WAN environments.
• Troubleshoot complex network incidents and service disruptions, working closely with vendors, service providers, and internal technology teams to restore business services.
• Drive incident and problem resolution activities while ensuring timely communication and status updates to stakeholders.
• Participate in on-call support and operational escalation activities as required.
• Identify opportunities to improve network reliability, performance, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and enhancement of network solutions supporting global business requirements.
• Participate in infrastructure deployments, technology refresh projects, site integrations, and network modernization initiatives.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of technical standards, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Support cloud networking components and architectures across public cloud platforms.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Internet technologies and related services, including DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, Load balancing, IP routing, and application connectivity.

Skills

Routing & Switching

WAN & Internet

Wireless

Network Security

Azure Cloud Networking

Monitoring & Observability

Tools

Palo Alto Firewalls

F5 Load Balancers

NetBox IPAM

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Job description

We are looking for an IT Network Specialist to join a global network engineering team responsible for designing, operating, and continuously improving a mission-critical enterprise network across 100+ locations worldwide.

In this role, you will work with modern networking technologies across campus, data centre, cloud, SD-WAN, wireless, and security environments, while contributing to large-scale transformation and automation initiatives.

You will collaborate with internal stakeholders, technology partners, and engineering teams to ensure the reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of global network services.

Location: Montreal

Work Mode: Hybrid (2-3 days on-site)

Key Responsibilities:

Network Operations & Support

• Support the day-to-day operation of a large-scale global enterprise network across LAN, WAN, Wireless, Internet, Cloud, and SD-WAN environments.
• Troubleshoot complex network incidents and service disruptions, working closely with vendors, service providers, and internal technology teams to restore business services.
• Drive incident and problem resolution activities while ensuring timely communication and status updates to stakeholders.
• Participate in on-call support and operational escalation activities as required.

Network Engineering & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve network reliability, performance, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to the design, implementation, and enhancement of network solutions supporting global business requirements.
• Participate in infrastructure deployments, technology refresh projects, site integrations, and network modernization initiatives.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of technical standards, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Support cloud networking components and architectures across public cloud platforms.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Internet technologies and related services, including:
• DNS
• HTTP/HTTPS
• Load balancing (AWS ELB/ALB or equivalent)
• IP networking and routing protocols
• Application connectivity and performance optimisation

Network Automation & Tooling

• Contribute to network automation initiatives aimed at improving operational efficiency and reducing manual effort.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, validation, and reporting processes.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices for network and cloud services.
• Maintain and improve operational platforms and tools, including IP Address Management (IPAM), monitoring, and network inventory systems.
• Work closely with application, cloud, security, and infrastructure teams in an Agile environment.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, story creation, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Provide technical expertise during cross-functional initiatives and project delivery activities.

Knowledge Sharing & Team Development

• Mentor and coach team members by sharing technical expertise, operational best practices, and troubleshooting techniques.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Requirements:

Must Have

• Strong experience supporting enterprise-scale network environments.
• Expertise in routing, switching, wireless, WAN, Internet, and network security concepts.
• Experience with Azure cloud networking technologies.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and network management platforms.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience working within Agile or DevOps-oriented delivery models.
• Experience with network automation tools such as Ansible, Python, Terraform, or similar.
• Knowledge of Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 load balancers, or Netbox IPAM.

Why choose us

• An international community bringing together more than 110 different nationalities
• An environment where trust is central: 70% of our leaders started their careers at the entry level
• A strong training system with our internal Academy and more than 250 modules available
• A dynamic work environment that frequently comes together for internal events (afterworks, team buildings, etc.)

Amaris Consulting promotes equal opportunities. We are committed to bringing together people from diverse backgrounds and creating an inclusive work environment. In this regard, we welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, beliefs, age, marital status, disability, or other characteristics.