Network Analyst
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Our client requires a network analyst to play a critical role in planning, implementing, and daily operations of the F5 Web Access Firewall (WAF). Responsibilities include implementing, modernizing, managing and supporting our network infrastructure, along with proactive monitoring, analysis and reporting.
Resource will work in a hybrid model, with in-office work on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and remote work on Thursdays and Fridays. Resource must also be available for onsite meetings when required. The frequency of these meetings could be up to 3-4 times per month. Resource is responsible to pay for travel to on-site meetings.
The successful resource may work from either Edmonton or Calgary, AB.
Duties Include:
- Ensure high availability of IT network infrastructure and services per Alberta’s Technology Services SLAs.
- Implement, upgrade, and troubleshoot network software and hardware; diagnose and resolve problems.
- Manage and prioritize workload, balancing team requirements for effective service delivery.
- Lead or participate in networking projects; plan, design, implement, support, and document best practices.
- Foster teamwork and communication with team members and supported ministries; provide cross-training and knowledge transfer.
- Contribute technical networking expertise to cross-functional IT projects; develop and maintain documentation and network procedures
Mandatory Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field of study.
- Active F5 Certified BIG-IP Administrator(F5-CA)/ F5 Certified Technical Specialist(F5-CTS) (copy of certification must be included in submission).
- 8 years’ direct involvement in developing best-practices documentation (for example, operational procedures, network diagrams, etc.).
- 8 years’ experience in IT infrastructure architecture and the relationships among the components that make up an IT service from end-user devices to servers, networks, storage, applications and data.
- 8 years’ experience in migrating, upgrading and optimizing F5 BIG-IP systems.
- 8 years’ experience with Cisco layer 1-3 technologies, including the planning, design, and implementation, of an intermediate to large scale network infrastructure.
- 8 years’ experience with traffic management, troubleshooting application delivery issues, and optimizing load balancing for high availability and performance.
- 8 years’ with good understanding of network concepts, routing and switching and firewall security policy management.
- 8 years’ extensive knowledge and demonstrated experience of F5 Big-IP LTM, BIG IP DNS, iRule development.
- 8 years’ knowledge of TCP/IP, IP routing, LAN and WAN protocols, HTTP/S understanding as it pertains to packet inspection and TCP flow in the Network and Application flows.
- 8 years’ L2-L3 troubleshooting skills including ability to analyze TCP dumps and should have good understanding of basic networking concepts.
Desirable Requirements
- 5 years’ experience preparing and presenting comprehensive information to technical teams, management and proponents. Including but not limited to contributing to assessment notes, geospatial maps, Logical Network Design diagrams, presentations, etc. Ability to assess the impact of technology changes and communicate this to multiple teams/departments, senior SA management, and other impacted stakeholders.
- 5 years’ experience providing customer service technical troubleshooting and problem resolution.
- 5 years’ experience using advanced oral and verbal communication skills with staff at all levels of an organization to address the value of service design.
- 5 years’ experience with Alberta SuperNet or similar network.
- 5 years’ experience with IPV6, including the planning, design, and implementation, in an intermediate to large scale networks infrastructure.
- 5 years’ experience with networking aspects of Microsoft Windows desktop, servers, and nix-based servers.
- 3 years’ experience working in or for the public sector.
Job Posting ID: 55940 & 55941
Location: Edmonton or Calgary, Alberta (Hybrid)
Estimated Starting Date: Dec 19, 2024
Estimated End Date: till Nov 30, 2025 + 1 pos. 12-months extension
Posting Closing Date: December 4, 2024
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