Network Specialist

2 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada SickKids Full time

**About SickKids**:
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

**Position Description**:
The Network Specialist will play a key role in day to day in network operations and be responsible for managing SickKids new Software Defined Network.

The Network Specialist is responsible for coordinating installing, configuring, administering, maintaining, and supporting LAN and WLAN infrastructures. Network Specialist will provide technical support for LAN/WLAN network. The Network Specialist must possess excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks. In this role, it is critical that that the Network Specialist demonstrates strong verbal and written skills paired with the ability to work courteously and effectively with all stakeholders.

**Here's What You'll Get To Do**:

- Provide technical oversight of a multi-site network, including strategic planning, specification and standards, implementation/expansion, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
- Interface with Network Manage Service providers for network changes and requests
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation, policies and procedures of Network Services team, cabling layouts and assigned tasks or projects.
- Design, deploy, and administer the wireless infrastructure and supporting systems.
- Lead network projects from start to finish, including designing and implementing changes and performing upgrades to existing infrastructure.
- Ability to lead and or effectively participate in multiple concurrent projects and prioritize based on business and operational needs.
- Work closely with other IT teams and service delivery departments for escalations and within a process improvement capacity.
- Understand and maintain knowledge of industry trends and standards
- Create and maintain a knowledge base for the team and assist in cross-training other team members.
- Manage and Administer Network Monitoring System - e.g. SolarWinds and Arista Cloud Vision- Must have excellent communication skills, and be able to prepare, deliver, and present reports/results/findings in technical perspective
- Plan and carry out planned after-hours changes to meet business and operational needs.

**Here's What You'll Need**:

- A university degree or college diploma in computer science or equivalent with senior-level, demonstrated experience in a related field
- 5+ years of progressive Network experience working in a complex environment with distributed sites
- Minimum 2 years of experience in designing and maintaining Software Defined Network (SDN)
- Advanced expertise of enterprise data center environments, concepts, and technologies
- Advanced knowledge of Routing Protocols OSPF, EIGRP, ISIS, BGP.
- Advanced knowledge of Switching with VLANs, STP, vPC, LACP, MLAG, VxLAN
- Advanced knowledge of IDS/IPS, ACLs, NATs, SSL/TLS and IPSEC VPNs
- Advanced knowledge and experience with IP networks including IPAM, DHCP, DNS
- Advanced knowledge of Wi-Fi and 802.11 protocols, RF planning and troubleshooting
- Experience with scripting with Python
- Advance knowledge in diagnosing complex network performance issues and working with Network Monitoring systems
- Good understanding of information security best practices
- Experience with conducting Root Cause Analysis on major incidents and coordinating and executing follow-up actions
- Experience with Incident, Change and Problem Management procedures, preferably in an ITIL driven environment
- Proven problem-solving skills, service-oriented and solution driven
- Excellent verbal and written communication and consensus-building skills
- Strong drive to understand and learn on the job

**Employment Type**:
Full-time, Permanent

**Here's What You'll Love**:
**Benefits**
- This position is eligible for employee benefits coverage; including but not limited to, health and dental benefits. The benefits offered will be discussed at the time of position offer.
- A focus on employee wellness with our new Staff Health and Well-being Strategy. Self-care helps us support others.

**Impact**
- A hospital that welcomes and focuses on Equity,


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