Network Designer

Job Title

Network Designer - Intermediate

Responsibilities

• Plan, research, and design security architectures within the IT network.
• Review current network security measures, recommend enhancements, and architect around identified areas of weakness.
• Develop and review installation requirements for LANs, WANs, VPNs, routers, firewalls, and related network devices for client approval.
• Research and design public key infrastructures, certification authorities, and digital signatures.
• Review high‑level network topology, perform network assessment and address gaps.
• Confirm site‑to‑site VPN requirements, including Toronto/777 to GDC and Toronto/777 to Azure, as applicable.
• Validate IP ranges, routing, DNS, firewall, and migration‑related connectivity dependencies.
• Design the Azure‑side VPN connectivity approach.
• Configure Azure‑side VPN Gateway / Local Network Gateway components, where required.
• Coordinate on‑premises / GDC VPN device‑side configuration with OSC or OSC’s network/firewall resources.
• Perform site‑to‑site VPN connectivity smoke testing.
• Provide limited VPN/routing issue triage for migration‑related connectivity issues.
• Validate target Azure resource placement for migrated workloads.
• Confirm target VM sizing and disk configuration.
• Configure migration project and replication prerequisites.
• Prepare target network/security settings for migrated VMs.
• Prepare backup, monitoring, and Defender baseline plan for migrated workloads.

Desired Certifications

• CCNP
• CCNA
• Wireless Security
• AZ‑305 – Azure Solutions Architect