Senior Network Analyst with Cisco experience for to support day to day operations and maintenance support

Our client is seeking an Senior Network Analyst with Cisco experience for to support day to day operations and maintenance support

Local Calgary candidates only: Hybrid work - 1 day per week in office. Must be willing to do a monthly on-call rotation

Must Have:

• At least 8+years as a Network Analyst providing day to day operational support including network monitoring, configuration, performance management and trouble shooting
• Experience with enterprise level Cisco equipment with a specific focus on routing (IOS-XE, IOS, NX-OS, BGP, OSPF, DMVPN), switching (IOS-XE, IOS and NX-OS)
• Experience with Palo Alto and Palo Alto Panorama firewall management
• Experience with configuration builds and troubleshooting communications protocols (Satellite, cellular, wireless, WiFi (Cisco Meraki), T1s, MPLS, BGP protocol)
• Preference giving to candidate supporting operations in an Pipeline or Oil and Gas organization

Nice to Have:

• Experience supporting OT/ICS/SCADA an asset
• Security designations and certifications relating to networking and cyber security. (CCNP/CCIE preferred)

Responsibilities include:

• Core areas of responsibility include network monitoring, configuration, performance management, break/fix support, delivery of projects with network requirements, lifecycle management of network assets, and support of cyber security
• Maintain networking systems and related infrastructure and software by deploying security patches, updating software and firmware, and troubleshooting and resolving issues related to networking and communications infrastructure, including cyber security incidents.
• Perform lifecycle management of operating network infrastructure information assets, including effectiveness assessment of assets, upgrades, replacement, decommissioning and configuration management.
• Responsible for networking infrastructure, including configuration, setup, implementation, testing and optimization of assets. This includes all hardware, software, equipment and security configurations and related assets and services required to enable the network.
• Manage network integrity, performance and reliability by monitoring and testing services for capacity, performance, and efficiency.
• Support Disaster Recovery and cyber security preparedness and testing.