Senior Network/Firewall Advisor

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Reporting to the IT Infrastructure Director, the Senior Network/Firewall Advisor will be responsible for the design, implementation, and support of Agropur's critical network infrastructure.

The key roles of the Senior Advisor are to Identify and translate business requirements into technology definitions. Act as a technology facilitator and subject matter expert to lead the design, modeling and security requirements of existing and new infrastructure solutions, guide operational strategy by defining standards and best practices, design and maintain infrastructure documentation, play a key role in the technology roadmap, and mentor other network team members within the Network & Firewall Operations team.

How Agropur invests in YOU:

• Recognition of years of service in calculating vacation time

• Flexibility with 50% telework

• Flexible group insurance plan, including telemedicine service

• Employee assistance program

• Opportunity to invest in you (Career Path, etc.)

• Pension plan including employer contributions

• Offices bathed in light, surrounded by nature, with access to a wide range of services (free indoor parking, gym, daycare and more)

What’s involved in this role ​:

• Design, engineer, and plan the implementation of technological solutions to satisfy business requirements, considering capacity, cost, quality, and security.

• Develop and update test plans used to evaluate new services, new equipment and software/firmware releases and processes and procedures needed to deploy, provision, test, and repair systems.

• Design and maintain solution architecture diagrams and documentation.

• Develop and maintain technical standards and best practices to be followed within the operations.

• Develop technology roadmaps to efficiently manage Networking technologies and Infrastructure life cycle through time, efforts, and costs.

• Develop, generate, distribute, and review reports, which will be used for capacity planning and cost analysis.

• Is responsible of the change management under its center of expertise, tracks modifications implementation, ensures processes are followed.

• Tracks licenses, builds remediation plan to optimizes usage and to address gaps, in conjunction with the business technology roadmap.

• Define the network infrastructure architecture collaboratively with IT Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture team.

• Lead the infrastructure installation, configuration, maintenance, upgrade, and stabilization. Coordinate and communicate with impacted constituencies and strategic partners.

• Track infrastructure risks, build remediation plans, makes presentations on enhancements, mitigations and/or alternatives.

• Provide Quality monitoring techniques, tools and KPI to track Infrastructure performance.

• Review, evaluate and test vendors, hardware, suppliers, services, systems, processes, software/firmware releases. Provide recommendations and produce impact analysis.

What you need to join our team

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technology related field or equivalent experience will be considered.

• 8 Years of professional experience working in large Enterprise scale networking environments in an Engineering or Architecture role.

• Hands on experience with network operating systems such as Cisco IOS.

• Expert in TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS, OSPF, EIGRP, Cisco IOS.

• Strong understanding of Wireless network and experienced in design and implementation of major vendor solutions such as Cisco.

• Strong understanding of SDWAN and experience in design and implementation of major vendor solutions such as VMWare Velocoud.

• Strong understanding of next-gen Firewall and experienced on implementation, management & flow definitions of major vendor solutions such as Palo-Alto.

Agropur welcomes people from all backgrounds and walks of life. We are proud to be an employer with a diverse community and are committed to providing a respectful and inclusive experience for all employees and applicants. We will therefore work with candidates who request accommodation. Please note that an adequate knowledge of French is required for positions in Quebec.