Network Specialist

Network Specialist - ( 250000Q2 )

**Description**

Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind.

We care about the communities we serve—because they're our communities too. We're designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

**About the role**

We are seeking a Network Specialist to join our Global IT team where you will collaborate with our IT professionals worldwide. You will focus on our data centre environment. where you will support, configure, maintain, and upgrade our network devices, including firewalls, load balancers, and switches. You will also monitor network availability and performance and provide timely technical support for incidents, requests, outages, and alerts.

Working with our technical teams and/or vendors, you will optimise the network to meet performance, capacity, and security requirements. You will develop and maintain the documentation and assist in capacity planning, networking devices procurement and support renewal. Due to the global nature of this role, there will be an element of “on-call” on a rotational basis.

This challenging yet rewarding opportunity will give you the exposure to a large and complex corporate technological environment. We offer continuous opportunities to develop and progress your career, a great learning culture and working environment, a competitive benefits package and much more.

**Key accountabilities for this role include**
- Support, configure, maintain, and upgrade network devices, including but not limited to firewalls, load-balancers, switches.
- Monitor network availability and performance. Review alerts and notifications from monitoring systems and diagnose issues.
- Perform timely response and technical support to all incidents, requests, outages, and alerts.
- Analyse technical and operational problems. Work with internal technical teams and/or vendor representatives to resolve problems.
- Optimize the network to meet performance, capacity, and security requirements.
- Recommend, schedule, and perform network improvements, upgrades, and repairs.
- Produce network implementation and migration plans. Implement network solutions in the enterprise environment.
- Develop and maintain the documentation to ensure changing requirements and technologies are captured and communicated.
- Assist in capacity planning, networking devices procurement and support renewal.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to provide support for network related issues.

**Skills & Specifications**
- Strong foundation of networking concepts, including layer 4-7 firewalls, IPSec and SSL VPNs, routing, switching and load balancers.
- Understanding of general IT concepts and technologies including cloud computing, virtualization, server platforms, and security.
- Significant experience in deploying and troubleshooting large scale, complex enterprise networks.
- Extensive experience with configuration of security appliances, switches, routers, etc. (Palo Alto, F5 and Juniper products).
- Understanding of core networking protocols including TCP, UDP, DNS, TLS, etc.

**Qualifications**
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience in Network Administration or related field
- 5-7 Years of related experience

**What we offer**

Along with a competitive salary we offer many other benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing is ongoing.
- Option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave.
- Learning and Talent Development Programs - Including Global programmes, online learning and on-the-job learning
- Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others
- A friendly team environment, with dedicated and enthusiastic staff committed to producing high quality service and deliverables
- Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI)
- Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs
- Service Recognition Awards
- Employee Assistance Program

**About Stantec**

The Stantec community unites approximately 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy, resources, water, environmental, transport and infrastructure projects to life.

Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.

**How to apply**

**Qualifications**
- Post-secondary education or equivalent experience in Network Administration or related field
- 5-7 Years of related experience

**Primary Location** : Australia-New South Wales-St. Leonards

**Organization** : BC-3094 IT Services-AU Corporate

**Employee Status** : R