Responsibilities: 

• Configure, deploy, and maintain multi-site networking across global sites.
• Configure, deploy, and maintain network equipment and connectivity such as firewalls, Switches/Routers, VPN, and Wi-Fi infrastructure.
• Ensuring compliance through network device lifecycles, hardware refresh, and firmware updates.
• Configuring networking with redundancy, High Availability, and failover methodologies. 
• Working with vendors to implement, troubleshoot, and support network devices including switches, routers, access points, VOIP phones and others.
• Investigate and remediate network performance issues.
• Manage testing, debugging, analyze performance, and document technology components. 
• Working with the security team to proactively mitigate any security threats and / or network attacks. 
• Ensuring network performance is monitored for bottlenecks, connectivity, capacity, and utilization. 
• Making sure after-hours maintenance windows are properly coordinated to all stakeholders. 
• Provide after-hours support if required. 
• All other duties as assigned 

Qualifications: 

• University degree or college diploma in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years experience providing enterprise / large network support and implementation. 
• Extensive experience with network and routing protocols such as VRFs, NAT, OSPF, BGP, IPsec, L2 WAN, QoS, VLANs, multicast, private and public addressing.
• Strong experience with networking systems: LAN, switches, routers, protocols, firewalls, VPN, wireless networks, security appliances, and network access security.
• Experience with virtual networking technologies: firewalls, VRTR, vswitch
• Experience with WAN technologies such as VPLS, VXLAN, VPN, site-to-site networking.
• Experiencing working with Palo Alto firewalls, Aruba switches and Aruba wireless, Cisco Meraki, Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches, and Ubiquiti Wireless.
• Experience administrating and supporting a Microsoft Windows environment, VMWare, Network/Server administration and application support. 
• Experience with network architecture and design.
• Excellent customer service skills and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be familiar with other IT infrastructure technologies such as large-scale high-performance storage systems, databases, telephony & cloud computing. 
• Ability to multitask as part of a dynamic services team.
• Experience with Line-of-Site networking, SATCOM, wireless bridging an asset.
• Cisco certifications an asset, e.g. CCNA, CCNP, CCIE.
• Microsoft certifications an asset. 
• Ability to travel.
• Ability to obtain Canadian Government Security Clearances.               

What PAL offers you: 

• Personal travel privileges with PAL and interline agreements with other airlines
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Tuition Assistance Program
• Employee and Family Assistance Programs
• Opportunities for growth

PAL is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment that celebrates and encourages diversity, equity, and inclusion whereby individuals are recognized, supported and respected. Candidates of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.  

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Thank you. 

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