Network Analyst/ Mississauga

Motion Recruitment; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Vacation Time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking an experienced Network Analyst to optimize network performance, forecast capacity, and troubleshoot across LAN, WAN, firewall, and data centre infrastructure in a large enterprise environment.

You will own performance bottleneck identification, traffic analysis, and implement improvements to support reliability, scalability, and high-quality service delivery, with technologies including Cisco ACI, VxLAN, SD-WAN, AWS and Azure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise network troubleshooting, performance analysis and capacity management across LAN/WAN, data centre networks, firewalls, load balancers and DNS/DHCP.
• Expertise in capacity forecasting, packet-level diagnostics and performance monitoring with industry tools.
• Experience supporting AWS and Azure networking, SD-WAN technologies, and network optimization.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering across LAN/WAN, data centre networks and security appliances.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement network performance improvements and capacity plans.

Skills

Enterprise network troubleshooting

Capacity forecasting

Network traffic analysis

SD-WAN

VxLAN

Cisco ACI

QoS optimization

Packet diagnostics

AWS/Azure networking

Scripting / data extraction

Education

CCNP or CCIE certification

Post-secondary education in networking/IT/engineering

Tools

ExtraHop

Riverbed ARX

Netscout InfiniStream

OPNET

Wireshark

Job description

An opportunity is available for an experienced Network Analyst to join a large-scale enterprise technology environment within the financial services sector. This role focuses on network performance optimization, capacity forecasting, and complex troubleshooting across mission-critical LAN, WAN, firewall, and data centre infrastructure.

You’ll take ownership of identifying performance bottlenecks, analyzing network traffic, and implementing improvements that support reliability, scalability, and high-quality service delivery.

Working with technologies such as Cisco ACI, VxLAN, SD-WAN, AWS, and Azure, you’ll play a key role in strengthening network operations and supporting long-term infrastructure planning.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of enterprise network troubleshooting, performance analysis, and capacity management experience across routers, switches, data centre networks, firewalls, load balancers, DNS/DHCP, LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, VxLAN, and Cisco ACI (SDN). Strong understanding of QoS-driven environments, network traffic analysis, and infrastructure optimization.
• Proven expertise in network capacity forecasting, packet-level diagnostics, and performance monitoring using tools such as ExtraHop, Riverbed ARX, Netscout InfiniStream, and network packet analyzers. Ability to identify root causes, develop remediation strategies, and oversee infrastructure improvements through implementation.
• Experience supporting complex enterprise networking environments, including performance and capacity management across AWS, Azure, and SD-WAN technologies. Strong analytical, reporting, and cross-functional coordination skills, with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable infrastructure recommendations.

Desired Skills & Experience

• CCNP or CCIE certification, complemented by post-secondary education in networking, information technology, engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with network simulation and capacity modeling platforms such as OPNET to forecast WAN utilization, evaluate infrastructure changes, and anticipate future network demands.
• Proficiency in scripting, SQL-based data extraction, or data mining for network analytics, along with exposure to wireless infrastructure and VoIP capacity planning.

Daily Responsibilities

• Hands-On Engineering: 70%
• Team Collaboration & Cross-Functional Work: 30%.

You Will Receive The Following Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Vacation Time

Current Vacancy: Yes

Use of AI in Hiring: No

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Posted By: Adrian Cronk