Senior Network Engineer

Kyndryl; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Part time

Job summary

Kyndryl Toronto is seeking a Senior Network Engineer - Team Lead to design, implement, and operate enterprise networking across on-prem, colocation, and cloud environments. You will lead technical efforts, ensure uptime, and drive improvements in a 24/7 production setting.

The role requires senior-level expertise in routing, switching, wireless, firewall, SD-WAN, and cloud networking with a focus on governance and capacity planning. Hybrid work arrangement with 3 days on-site.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Proven experience operating in high-availability, mission-critical production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Cisco routing and switching.
• Experience with Cisco Wireless infrastructure and Palo Alto firewalls.
• Familiarity with SD-WAN technologies and hybrid cloud networking.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, colocation, and cloud environments.
• Provide 24/7 incident and problem management support, including on-site response when required.
• Monitor and respond to alerts across routing, switching, firewall, wireless, SD-WAN, and cloud platforms.
• Perform proactive health checks, performance optimization, and capacity management.
• Execute failover procedures and participate in DR testing.

Skills

Enterprise networking

High availability

Technical leadership

Hybrid cloud networking

Tools

Cisco routing & switching

Cisco Wireless

Palo Alto firewalls

Prisma Access

SD-WAN

Cisco ISE

Cisco DNAC

SolarWinds Orion

AWS

Azure

Job description

Position: Network Engineering - Team Lead

Location: Toronto (Hybrid) - 3 days onsite per week

Duration: Six Months (Potential for extension)

Position Summary

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, operational support, and continuous improvement of enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, colocation, and cloud environments. This role provides senior-level technical leadership across routing, switching, wireless, firewall, SD-WAN, segmentation, and cloud networking platforms.

The engineer ensures high availability, security, performance optimization, and operational compliance within a 24/7 production environment. This position serves as a technical escalation point and contributes to lifecycle management, capacity planning, operational governance, and hybrid cloud network strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support enterprise network infrastructure across on-premises, Equinix colocation, and AWS/Azure cloud environments.
• Provide 24/7 Incident and Problem Management support, including on-site response when required.
• Monitor and respond to alerts across routing, switching, firewall, wireless, SD-WAN, and cloud networking platforms.
• Perform proactive health checks, performance optimization, and capacity management.
• Execute failover procedures and participate in Disaster Recovery (DR) testing.
• Provision and manage carrier circuits and Equinix cross-connects.
• Provide on-site rack/stack, hardware support, and structured cabling.
• Administer hardware, software, OS, and firmware upgrades, patching, and vulnerability remediation.
• Manage firewall, VPN, SD-WAN, and Illumio segmentation policies with proper governance and compliance controls.
• Manage certificate and key rotation/renewal across network and security platforms.
• Follow disciplined ITSM processes for Incident, Problem, and Change Management.
• Act as a senior technical escalation point for complex network incidents.
• Support Cisco routing and switching, Cisco Wireless, Palo Alto firewalls and Prisma Access, SD-WAN (Palo Alto or VeloCloud), Cisco ISE, Cisco DNAC, and SolarWinds Orion platforms.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of enterprise network engineering experience.
• Proven experience operating in high-availability, mission-critical production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with:
• Cisco routing and switching
• Cisco Wireless infrastructure
• Palo Alto firewalls and Prisma Access
• SD-WAN technologies (Palo Alto or VeloCloud)
• Cisco ISE and Cisco DNAC
• SolarWinds Orion or comparable monitoring platforms
• Strong experience with hybrid cloud networking (AWS and Azure).
• Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs, QoS, IPsec, SSL VPN, and network security architecture.
• Strong understanding of carrier connectivity, colocation deployments, and cross-connect provisioning.
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and configuration management practices is an asset.
• Industry certifications such as CCNP/CCIE, Cisco Wireless, PCNSE, or AWS certifications are preferred.

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• Please note this is for a contract position with one of our clients and not a fulltime employment role with Kyndryl Canada**