Intermediate Network Consultant

**Long View. A career that helps you get more out of life.**

A Long View career helps you get more out of life. We don’t just say it, we prove it. Every day. We’re proud of our reputation as one of North America’s most dynamic IT providers — and we’re even prouder of our culture that allows our people to live life to its fullest. At Long View, we create an environment of collaboration and support, of innovation and enthusiasm, of inclusion and belonging. As a member of the Long View team, you’ll see how our company’s core pillars — Integrity, Competence, Value, and Fun — resonate through the workplace. And in a recent survey, 90% of Long View team members rated Long View as a good or great place to work

**Are you passionate about providing solutions to your client and want to work for a company that believes in Integrity, Competence, Value and Fun?**

We are looking for a client orientated and energetic **Intermediate Network Consultant**for our **Calgary**office. You will be responsible for building long-term client relationships that further business value, while providing consultancy services for the design and implementation of industry leading network technology solutions. You will work with clients to understand requirements through your savvy consulting skills, both business and technical.

**A Day in the Life**:

- Develop network technology solutions, taking into account business and technical requirements, sizing, existing infrastructure, data protection, security requirements and governance and recovery objectives to ensure solutions resolve clients’ requirements and challenges
- Participate in operational escalations to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve hardware, software, or other network and system problems, and replace defective components when necessary
- Collaborate with other internal teams, outsourced service providers and equipment vendors in the planning and maintenance of corporate network assets and technologies
- Help to develop and implement the plan for network technologies and services to meet or exceed technical and security standards and policies, Network PCI, and SOX compliance
- Ensure critical network infrastructure meets disaster recovery requirements and the Network team is ready and capable to participate in disaster recovery activities
- Participate in defining standards, policies and processes for network operations in alignment with our strategy
- Proactively improve the Network from implementing small configuration changes to initiating and leading large projects.
- Participate in gathering data pertaining to customer needs, and use the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements
- Participate in recommending changes to improve systems and network configurations in client environments, and determine hardware or software requirements

**What You Bring**:

- 8+ years’ experience in infrastructure operations management and projects, with an emphasis on Network technologies
- Strong consulting presence, including advisory and project management knowledge/ skills
- SME level knowledge of network troubleshooting and monitoring systems
- Technical knowledge of a large enterprise or service provider Network with specific knowledge in WAN/LAN, MPLS, optimization, cloud computing, routing, switching, Wi-Fi, QOS and TCP/IP
- Experience with Cisco Routers/Switches/Wireles- Wireless, Catalyst IOS
- Nexus NX-OS
- VxLAN/EVPN
- SD-Access
- SD-WAN
- Wireless Lan Controllers
- Firewall experience with Cisco ISE, Palo Alto Firewalls (Network configurations)
- Possess an in-depth knowledge of telecommunications hardware, protocols, and network systems.
- Networking Monitoring and Configuration - Solarwinds Orion NPM, NCM, Netflow, Device Tracker

**What Makes You Extra Awesome**:

- Cisco Certifications (CCNA or above)
- Preferred certifications
- CCNP Collaboration - CCNA Voice - CCNP Data Center - CCNP Security

**Why Work at Long View**:

- ** Great people and culture**:

- ** Comprehensive benefits package from day one**:

- ** Fun is one of our core values**

Expected Salary Range plus 10% variable earnings

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**Long View’s mission of building the best and most sustainable team-driven organization requires dedicated and ambitious people. Through employee resource groups, impactful and effective conversations, townhalls and various company-wide training, including how to reduce unconscious bias, we are fostering an inclusive environment. We are committed to taking consistent, positive and lifelong action to be a diverse and equitable workplace because we know that the most effective companies are made up of people with varied identities, experiences and backgrounds.**

Long View is an equal opportunity employer. If you have any accommodation requests for your interview or the role, please let your friendly Recruiter know.