Job Description

Who Are We?
As one of Canada’s leading telecommunication innovators, we’re constantly introducing exciting new telecom technologies to meet the needs of all consumers. Comwave specializes in providing Phone, Internet and Television to residential and business customers all across Canada.
How do we value our employees?

• Competitive benefit package
• Attractive employee discount
• Full Kitchen with free coffee & espresso
• Fully equipped on-site gym with showers on-site
• Creative social committee hosting regular company events
• Free parking for all employees
• Unique entrepreneurial culture

Who are we seeking to join our team?
We are currently seeking a “Network Engineer” to join our team at the North York head office.
You will contribute to the team by performing the following:

• Establish, optimize, and secure the IP network environment through configuration, installation, documentation, and enforcing Comwave standards and industry best practices. Environment consist of Data centre, Internet Access (DSL, Cable), and core/backbone routing and transport
• Work closely with the manufacturers and vendors as well as internal systems, voice, network engineering/operations teams on service delivery projects for infrastructure and product enhancements and growth
• Provide Tier III/IV support and guidance to Operations staff in the implementation of complex procedures or troubleshooting of highly complex or design related issues;
• Ensure the 24/7 system/network uptime as an escalation point to production operations on-call staff
• Provide technical mentorship and training for network operations team members
• Responsible for providing root cause analysis for all network-wide events that affect service up time
• Optimize network by evaluating network performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network policies and procedures; establishing connections and firewalls
• Upkeep skills by participating in professional development through educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and maintaining professional designations

What you bring to the team:

• Experience working with large enterprise or service provider in a multi-site environment leveraging equipment including: FortiNet FortiGate, Cisco Catalyst, Nexus 3K/5K/7K series switches, Cisco ASR9K, ASR1K series routers, UCS Fabric Interconnect/Chassis, etc
• Expert knowledge in diagnosing complex network performance issues and working with Network Monitoring systems, Wireshark, IPPERF, TCPREPLAY, NETFLOW, and other network troubleshooting/performance benchmarking techniques
• Expert knowledge in the design, operation, and optimization of Data Centres, Internet Access (DSL & Cable), Firewalls and VPNs, DDoS, DPI, and core routing/transport networks
• Expert in documentation and network topology visualization at all OSI levels
• Expert knowledge in dynamic and static routing protocols including OSPF, BGP, GRE, MPLS, MPLS-TE, LDP, PIM, MVPN, etc.
• Expert of WAN and LAN technologies and their role in network deployment (MLS, QoS, VLAN, STP, LACP, VRRP, HSRP, BGP, OSPF, ANYCAST, DPI, DM-VPN, EVPN, FCoE, FabricPath, VPC, VxLAN, etc.)
  Strong knowledge in Enterprise Multi-site branch office connectivity through VPN
• Able to work in a very fast paced environment and provide significant contributions both individually and as part of a greater team
• Able to quickly learn and implement new technologies and network practices in a constantly evolving service provider infrastructure
• Experience in Software Defined Networking (SDN), Voice over IP (VoIP) or IPTV is an asset
• Experience working with Fortinet products, such as FortiGate Unified Threat Management and FortiManager is an asset

Nice to have:

• Fortinet NSE Certification
• Current CCIE is an asset (Service Provider, Data Center)

• Please note that the selected candidate is required to successfully complete a background check.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Comwave will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.