Network Administrator

**What Vista Does**:
Vista Projects is an integrated industrial engineering firm that helps clients **navigate the digital transformation** of their projects and operations. Our proven project execution process is based on a “single source of truth” model that eliminates the potential for inefficient engineering designs, cost overruns and project completion delays.

**Why We Do It**:
We believe the world needs industrial projects and that intelligent engineering data can increase the likelihood of innovative solutions getting to market. Over the years, our multi-discipline teams have conceptualized and designed some of the most challenging and successful industrial processing projects in the North American energy sector. Vista has established itself as a trusted industrial engineering partner for all types of projects, from conceptual studies and pilots to large-scale commercial expansions.

**Where We Work**:
**What You Would Do in This**Role**: The **Network Administrator** is responsible for the administration, maintenance, and support of enterprise network systems, ensuring secure, reliable, and efficient network operations. This role focuses on day-to-day network management, implementation of approved designs, troubleshooting, and operational support, while collaborating with IT leadership on larger initiatives.
- **Network Administration and Support**:Administer, maintain, and support LAN, WAN, and WLAN environments to ensure high availability and performance.
- **Implementation and Configuration**:Implement and support network configurations based on established standards and designs, including routers, switches, wireless infrastructure, and WAN connectivity.
- **Security Operations**:Administer network security controls, including Palo Alto firewalls and VPN solutions, to help protect company systems and data.
- **Protocol Management**:Configure and maintain networking technologies such as VLANs, stacking, LACP, STP, QoS, VRRP, TCP/IP, and DHCP in accordance with approved designs.
- **WAN Connectivity Support**:Support corporate WAN environments using technologies such as MPLS, VPLS, SD-WAN, point-to-point links, and internet circuits.
- **Monitoring and Troubleshooting**:Monitor network health using tools such as Zabbix, Wireshark, and SolarWinds; diagnose and resolve network issues efficiently to minimize downtime.
- **Documentation**:Maintain accurate documentation of network configurations, changes, procedures, and operational issues to support continuity and compliance.
- **Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing**:Work closely with system administrators, security teams, and vendors; assist with knowledge sharing and provide guidance to junior team members as needed.
- **Continuous Improvement**:Identify operational improvements and participate in the implementation of enhancements to network reliability, performance, and security.

Why We Do It
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.
- Experience: 5-8 years in system administration roles, with expertise in complex IT and network environments.
- Technical Mastery: Advanced proficiency in operating systems (Windows Server, Linux), virtualization technologies, and network infrastructure.
- Networking Expertise: Proficiency in configuring Cisco routers & switches, Cisco Meraki devices, and advanced networking protocols.
- Security Knowledge: Experience managing network security, including Palo Alto firewalls and VPNs.
- Monitoring Tools: Proficiency with network monitoring tools like Zabbix, Wireshark, and SolarWinds.
- Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical skills to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills for conveying technical information to diverse audiences.

Preferred
- Certifications: Certifications in network & security such as CISSP, CCNP, or related.
- Cloud Experience: Exposure to cloud networking concept (AWS, Azure).
- Automation Skills: Proficiency in scripting and automation tools (PowerShell, Python, Ansible).

**Why People Like Working with Us**:
Working with Vista is a chance to contribute to the type of challenging municipal and industrial projects that the world requires. If that doesn’t excite you, this role likely won’t be a fit.

Challenging projects require focus, and we enable our people to do their best work with modernized project systems that are based on our leading use of intelligent data-centric execution architecture. Our staff and clients like that it gives them real-time access to validated data shared across all project departments. This fosters project design and business decisions based on a single, authoritative source of truth and provides **increased transparency** and **collaboration** with team members and clients, leading to improved engineering quality and a product we can all take pride in.

**What We Offer**:
An opportunity with Vista is not just a job; it is a chance to tackle challenging projects with c