Network Engineer

Network Engineer
Halifax (Hybrid-2 days in office)
Our client a dynamic Information Technology services company that partners with leading global organizations to deliver innovative, high-quality IT solutions is looking for an experienced Network Engineer – Tier 3 to support, secure, and continually improve their enterprise network infrastructure.
You will provide advanced technical support across Cisco routing and switching, wireless, Nexus Data Centre networking, Catalyst Center, Cisco SD-WAN, Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama, and F5 load-balancing platforms.
Responsibilities
Provide Tier 3 support for complex network incidents, troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and permanent problem resolution.
Administer and maintain Cisco routing, switching, wireless, Nexus, Catalyst Center, and SD-WAN infrastructure.
Manage Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama, including security policies, VPNs, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
Support F5 BIG-IP/LTM load balancing, application connectivity, and high availability.
Monitor and optimize network performance, capacity, resilience, and availability.
Implement network security hardening, vulnerability remediation, patching, and configuration compliance.
Develop network automation using Python, Ansible, and APIs.
Support infrastructure projects, network changes, migrations, and hardware and software lifecycle management.
Maintain network diagrams, configuration standards, technical documentation, and recovery procedures.
Collaborate with infrastructure, security, monitoring, and service management teams to improve network reliability and operational efficiency.
Qualifications
Significant experience supporting enterprise network environments at Tier 3 level.
Strong Cisco routing and switching knowledge, including Catalyst, Nexus, IOS/IOS-XE, and NX-OS.
Experience with Cisco wireless, Catalyst Center, and SD-WAN.
Strong hands-on experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Panorama.
Experience with F5 BIG-IP/LTM load balancing.
Excellent understanding of TCP/IP, VLANs, STP, OSPF, network segmentation, and troubleshooting.
Experience with network monitoring, security, vulnerability management, and performance optimization.
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