Senior Network Architect — Hybrid, Cloud & IaC

CGI; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT and business consulting firm in Montreal is seeking a Senior Network Specialist. This role involves analyzing business challenges, designing innovative network solutions, and managing complex network infrastructures. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience, strong technical skills, and bilingual proficiency in French and English. A hybrid work model and commitment to work-life balance are part of the offer.

Benefits

Ongoing learning and development programs

Flexible scheduling

Collaborative environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in network technologies and infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing networks in cloud environments, primarily AWS.
• Strong understanding of network and routing protocols: TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF.
• Skilled in deploying, configuring, and optimizing complex, heterogeneous networks.
• Experience with network monitoring and diagnostic tools such as Wireshark, Zabbix, LogicMonitor, Splunk.
• Automation and scripting skills using Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business challenges and identify infrastructure and network needs across stakeholders.
• Design and recommend secure, scalable, and innovative network solutions.
• Lead cross-functional telecommunications projects.
• Collect, model, and present key network insights.
• Maintain advanced expertise in cutting-edge network technologies.
• Implement automation opportunities to optimize tasks.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC) pipelines.
• Communicate effectively, demonstrate teamwork, and show initiative.

Skills

French

Cisco

English

Infrastructure as a Code

Network Administration

Splunk

Wireshark

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field

Tools

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cisco

Checkpoint

ISE

VPN

Load Balancer

DNS

Proxy

QoS

Wireshark

Zabbix

LogicMonitor

Splunk

Ansible

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Python

Job description

A leading IT and business consulting firm in Montreal is seeking a Senior Network Specialist. This role involves analyzing business challenges, designing innovative network solutions, and managing complex network infrastructures. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience, strong technical skills, and bilingual proficiency in French and English. A hybrid work model and commitment to work-life balance are part of the offer.