Cloud Network Architect

Our client is looking for add a Cloud/Network Architect on a full time basis. Its a full time role with hybrid presence like 2 days onsite at their Toronto, Windsor or Montreal locations. Hybrid Model: 2 days a week in office (Tuesday, Wednesday) Below are the top skills they would need and also provided the complete job description as well. Candidates must currently hold or be eligible to obtain a Government of Canada Reliability Status security clearance

8-10 years of experience

Insurance experience would be an asset

Zero Trust and ZTNA concepts, including a shared-responsibility model where Security owns access policy and the Network team operates the underlying access platform

Cloud networking: AWS/Azure/GCP virtual networks (VPC/VNet), route tables, network security constructs, load balancing, and DNS integration

Hybrid connectivity and routing: IPsec site-to-site VPN, BGP routing, and private cloud connectivity services (e.g., ExpressRoute/Direct Connect)

Automation and Infrastructure as Code for networking: Terraform (modules/state), Ansible, and scripting (e.g., Python) with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines for repeatable deployments and change control

API-driven automation: ability to use cloud and platform APIs/SDKs to provision and manage networking (e.g., security rules, routes, connectivity), and to implement automated checks (linting/policy guardrails) before changes are applied

TCP/IP, DNS and web-based technologies

LAN (Cisco/Meraki)

Routing (OSPF, BGP)

SD-WAN (Aruba/SilverPeak)

Wireless network (Cisco/Meraki)

Network Analysis Tools (Viavi/PRTG)

Clear and effective written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate to all levels of internal and external customers.

Excellent planning, organizing, and time management skills with strong attention to detail.

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THE ROLE IN A NUTSHELL: Reporting to the Manager, Network Operations, the Network Engineer plays a lead role in the Network Administration team responsible for the design, implementation, and operational support of enterprise and cloud networking environment—including switching, routing, firewall/IPS, and hybrid connectivity across on-premises and public cloud platforms.

Support the delivery of IT services to meet service level agreements (SLA) for internal and external customers.

Lead and/or assist in the engineering (planning, design, implementation, and operation) of complex network infrastructure systems, including:

Enterprise networking environments including Data Centre, Campus, and Cloud/Hybrid networks (AWS, Azure, GCP) including virtual networks (VPC/VNet), subnets, routing, and segmentation

Hybrid and cloud connectivity services including site-to-site VPN (IPsec), private connectivity (e.g., ExpressRoute/Direct Connect), cloud peering, and transit architectures

Campus Wired & Wireless environments

Platform administration for wired/wireless access and secure remote access, including ZTNA (replacing legacy VPN) platforms and control planes

Accountable for the ZTNA platform lifecycle and operations (availability, performance, upgrades, connectors, troubleshooting, monitoring, and vendor engagement), while partnering with Security who owns and administers access policy (identity context, least privilege, and enforcement rules)

Network-based security appliances such as firewalls & intrusion prevention system (IPS)

Network services automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to standardize, deploy, and operate network configurations (e.g., Terraform), including version control, reusable modules, and automated validation to reduce configuration drift

Apply NetDevOps practices for network changes: use CI/CD pipelines for plan/review/apply, infrastructure code peer review, secrets management, and automated rollback where applicable

Engineer network security controls across on-premises and cloud environments, including firewall policy, segmentation, secure remote access, and alignment to Zero Trust principles

Implement and integrate Zero Trust / ZTNA capabilities across cloud and on-prem environments (e.g., app segmentation, connector placement, routing/DNS considerations, and logging), and support policy automation/guardrails by providing the technical patterns and platform capabilities required by Security

Customer Engagement - IP telephony & Contact Center services

Room-based video collaboration endpoints and video interoperability systems

Monitor network performance and capacity in the areas of response, throughput, availability, and capacity.

Leads change, incident, and problem management tasks with production network team.

Knowledge management input, development of support runbooks and transition to operational process.

Conduct performance mo