Senior Network Engineer — Zero-Trust & Automation Lead

Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 74,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate secure, high‑availability networks within enterprise/DC environments, including EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, and SD-WAN. You will lead complex incident response and collaborate across Cloud and Security teams in a regulated, client‑focused setting.

Preferred Ottawa location with a minimum three days in the office per week; travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in network engineering (enterprise/DC).
• Expertise with routing/switching, NGFW, VPN, load balancing, DNS/DHCP/IPAM.
• Automation skills (Ansible/Python) and Git-based workflows.
• Incident leadership and documentation excellence.
• Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a related field.
• Eligibility for Reliability Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operate campus/DC/private cloud network architectures (EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, OSPF, ECMP).
• Engineer perimeter and micro‑segmentation strategies (NGFW, IDS/IPS, WAF) aligned to Zero Trust and ITSG‑33.
• Implement SD-WAN, remote access, and hybrid connectivity (IPSec/SSL, MPLS, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect).
• Automate configuration and compliance checks with Ansible/Python; manage golden configs and CI pipelines.
• Lead P1/P2 network incidents, perform packet captures, and drive RCA with corrective actions.
• Define monitoring KPIs, telemetry, and synthetic tests; maintain runbooks and topology diagrams.
• Collaborate with Cloud/Security teams on service onboarding and resilience patterns; support DR testing.

Skills

Routing & Switching

NGFW

VPN

Load Balancing

DNS/DHCP/IPAM

Ansible

Python

Git workflows

Incident leadership

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or college diploma in a related field

Tools

Ansible

Git

Job description

Accenture is seeking a Network Engineer to design, implement, and operate secure, high‑availability networks within enterprise/DC environments, including EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, and SD-WAN. You will lead complex incident response and collaborate across Cloud and Security teams in a regulated, client‑focused setting.

Preferred Ottawa location with a minimum three days in the office per week; travel may be required.