Network Specialist

Salary: $109,900 - 109,900 per year Requirements: Degree or diploma in networking or technology. More than 10 years of experience in IP-based environments, including exposure to mission-critical enterprise networks. Hands-on expertise with Cisco routing and switching, including BGP, EIGRP, Catalyst, and 9K series switches. Experience with Cisco ACI in single-site and/or multisite deployments, Nexus Dashboard, and Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator. Experience designing and optimizing enterprise wireless networks using Cisco access points and 9300 series controllers, including knowledge of RF principles. Familiarity with Cisco Catalyst Center for assurance, automation, and configuration management. Practical experience administering Cisco ISE, including TACACS+, RADIUS, 802.1X, and network access control policies. Experience administering Infoblox DDI services: DNS, DHCP, and IPAM. Working knowledge of networking in GCP, AWS, and Azure, including VPC/VNet design, routing, hybrid connectivity, and segmentation. Strong expertise in L4–L7 load balancing and application delivery with NetScaler ADC or F5 BIG-IP, including SSL/TLS, WAF capabilities, and traffic steering. In-depth understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, TLS, and related network services. Experience with Python and Ansible for network automation, templating, compliance, orchestration, and configuration deployment. Relevant certifications are an asset, such as CCNP, CCIE, Citrix CCE-App Delivery, F5 CA/CTS, or ACI/Wireless Specialist certifications. Experience with automation frameworks and CI/CD for network and ADC changes is an asset. Candidates located in Quebec must be bilingual, as the role regularly involves interaction with English-speaking colleagues across Canada. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada. Canadian work experience is not required; immigration sponsorship or other immigration-related support is not provided. Responsibilities: Provide advanced technical support for network operations across LAN, WAN, campus, data center, and cloud environments. Design, implement, and maintain Cisco enterprise routing and switching infrastructure, including BGP, EIGRP, Catalyst, and 9K platforms. Architect, deploy, and operate Cisco ACI environments, including single-site and multisite deployments, Nexus Dashboard, and Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator. Lead enterprise wireless design and operations, optimizing coverage, capacity, and performance. Operate and improve Cisco Catalyst Center for network assurance, automation, and lifecycle management. Implement and administer Cisco ISE for TACACS+, RADIUS, and 802.1X access control across wired and wireless networks. Manage Infoblox DNS, DHCP, and IPAM services and integrate them with network provisioning workflows. Advise on cloud networking across GCP, AWS, and Azure, including hybrid connectivity, routing, and segmentation. Design and optimize application delivery and load-balancing solutions using NetScaler ADC, F5 BIG-IP, or comparable platforms to support service availability, performance, resilience, and security. Configure L4/L7 policies, including content switching, persistence, health checks, SSL/TLS offload, certificate management, cipher settings, and security hardening. Implement and tune advanced capabilities such as GSLB, high availability, responder and rewrite policies, caching, compression, rate limiting, and integrations with authentication and SSO. Monitor and troubleshoot platform performance using analytics, logs, and APM/NPM tools, and lead incident root-cause analysis. Develop and maintain network and application-delivery automation using Python, Ansible, APIs, CLI tools, version-controlled templates, and CI/CD pipelines. Ensure engineering designs satisfy availability, performance, and resilience targets; contribute to capacity planning and lifecycle refreshes. Prepare and review change requests and methods of procedure, perform impact assessments and staged testing, and verify outcomes after implementation. Create and maintain network and ADC diagrams, standards, inventories, runbooks, and other operational documentation; use monitoring and resource-management tools. Work with application, security, and cross-functional teams to plan changes, uphold standards, and deliver releases with minimal risk. Take part in an on-call rotation providing 24/7/365 coverage for critical infrastructure; overtime may be needed during emergencies. Technologies: AWS Ansible Architect Azure CI/CD Citrix Cloud Cisco GCP HTTP Support LAN Load Balancing Network Nexus NPM Python Security TCP/IP WAF Office 365 ASP.NET LDAP OAuth REST SAML VPN Web More: We are Intact, where our employees are central to helping people, businesses, and society thrive in good times and remain resilient in difficult ones. This is a new position on our growing Network team, which evolves, supports, and governs our global network infrastructure. In this role, you will help advance the performance and stability of enterprise networking and application connectivity across campus, data center, and cloud environments, with an emphasis on scalable design, automation, and operational excellence. We offer flexible and hybrid work arrangements, the option to purchase up to five additional days off annually, wellbeing benefits including telemedicine and a wellness account, savings and share plans, an annual bonus, and pension options that include a defined-benefit plan offering the opportunity for guaranteed lifetime income. The salary range is $109,900–$134,300 for a 35-hour workweek, with a 15% annual bonus target and potential payouts of up to twice the target, subject to personal and company performance. Compensation is determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, anticipated contribution, and internal equity; candidates outside the stated range are also encouraged to apply. We value respect, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion, and welcome applications from equity-deserving communities. We provide workplace accommodations and can work with candidates to make the recruitment process more accessible. We acknowledge that our work takes place across lands originally inhabited by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. Employees of Intact or belairdirect should apply through our internal career site. last updated 40 week of 2026