JOB DESCRIPTION
Location: Remote (Scarborough, ON)
Duration: Until April, 30th 2025
Our client a leading financial institution in Toronto is looking for a Network Engineer – Cisco, Fortinet to play a critical part in helping the team support the various technologies within the Global Network. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.
Typical Day in role:
- Work with leading edge technologies to incorporate complex network solutions, as well as work with other technology teams to contribute to an overall solution
- Being hands-on during mid to complex project deployments into production. This will include the support of assigned systems by acting as an internal consultant on assigned infrastructure and providing suggestions for viable solutions to systems problems of high complexity.
- Being challenged with complex problem solving in time sensitive situations to reduce system downtime and customer impact.
- Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
- Highly interested in software-defining Data Centre technologies like Cisco ACI and VMWare NSX and want to help drive the road-map and adoption within a large-scale enterprise network.
- Get in on the Cloud floor as the team gets more hands on with the network in the Public Cloud, including environments like Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure and IBM SoftLayer.
- Implement approximately 250 firewall policies/rules and managing over 200 firewall cluster infrastructures
Must-Have Skills:
- 10 years of previous experience in management of largescale enterprise networks
- 3 years’ Experience in firewall administration such as Cisco (Firepower and FTD) & Fortinet (Forti Manager, Forti Analyzer)
- 3 years’ experience in Cloud technologies (Azure, Google cloud, Amazon)
Nice-To-Have Skills:
- Experience in Algosec
- Spanish is an asset.
- Fortinet NSE 4 or Associated
Soft Skills Required:
- Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills to be able to work well with technical peers and business stakeholders at different levels within the organization.
- Strong decision making, forward thinking and creative problem-solving skills to anticipate and respond quickly to technological/market influences.
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as work independently or with minimal direction.
- Time Management: Prioritizing tasks and managing time effectively to meet deadlines.
Education:
- Fortinet NSE 4 or Associated certification desirable
Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.