Networking Engineer

About the Company

CAE's vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in defense and security, and civil aviation by revolutionizing customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency, and readiness. The Defense & Security business unit focuses on helping prepare military customers to develop and maintain the highest levels of mission readiness.

CAE values—Empowerment, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity, and OneCAE—define our culture. We strive to make a difference in the world while helping each other succeed.

What we offer:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package with flexibility that promotes work-life balance
• A work environment where all employees are valued, respected, and safe
• Freedom to succeed by enabling team members to deliver, take initiatives, and make decisions
• Recognition, professional development, advancement opportunities, and having fun

Responsibilities

• Assist in the configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of corporate network systems
• Participate in the maintenance, troubleshooting, and support of cloud, LAN, WAN, and WLAN network infrastructure within complex local and global environments
• Assist with identifying and expanding corporate private and public cloud services, features, and capabilities
• Collaborate on detailed network design documentation to ensure strict security compliance, scalable infrastructure, and highly available computing operations on existing and future platforms
• Responsible for assessing and facilitating network requests, including firewall policies, VPN, carrier services, cabling and physical connectivity, network design/configuration, Layer 2/3 services, cryptography, and overall network architecture (DNS/DHCP/IPAM)
• Work within multivendor environments (Arista, Cisco, etc.)
• Support corporate network monitoring systems and expanded functionality for cloud-based operations, including CloudVision, PRTG, Perle OOBM, etc.
• Provide shift-based continuous monitoring of network performance, delivering Tiers 2 & 3 support for a global network infrastructure
• Communicate effectively with end-users, support staff, management, and other business units on internal, cloud, and hybrid initiatives
• Assist other teams with the integration, implementation, and troubleshooting of projects involving local, remote, cloud, and hybrid network services
• Support enterprise cybersecurity efforts during investigations/assessments of all enterprise platforms
• Implement security-first network policies and procedures, including ongoing system enhancements (software and hardware updates/patches) in support of SOX, NIST 800-171, and CMMC compliance regulations
• Participate in the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plan and procedures for all locations
• Participate in Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) and program onboarding activities representing all enterprise networking requirements
• Liaise with end-users, management, and other systems departments for resolution of IT support issues
• Exercise independent judgment in the planning, scheduling, organizing, controlling, and monitoring of IT projects
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a computer-related curriculum and 2 years of networking and operating system design, test, and maintenance experience, or an AA degree and 3+ years in networking and operating system design, test, and maintenance, or equivalent related experience
• Minimum 2 years of experience in support and maintenance of a complex network environment
• Knowledge of Firewalls, Routers, Layer 2/3 Switches (Cisco/Arista), VPCs, VLANs, WiFi, cryptography, and Wireless technologies
• Basic understanding of networking concepts including ACLs, VLANs, DNS, IP addressing, and routing fundamentals
• Basic understanding of WAN/LAN/WLAN and network security fundamentals
• Knowledge of IT Security policies and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies
• Knowledge of Network Services such as DNS, IPAM, (S)FTP, TFTP, LDAP, SMTP, 802.1x, TLS Certificates, and DHCP
• Knowledge of infrastructure monitoring tools using SNMP, Netflow, and Syslog
• Familiarity with protocols HSRP, OSPF, EIGRP and other routing, gateway load balancing, SD-WAN, and VoIP-related protocols
• Interest in or basic experience with hybrid cloud networking and compute workloads (on-premises, Azure GCC-High)
• Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem-solving abilities
• Self-motivated and able to work in a team environment
• Well-refined troubleshooting skills, ability to determine the root cause of a problem and identify and resolve systemic problems
• Ability to manage multiple tasks while effectively focusing on priority issues
• Ability to create, document, and follow processes and procedures
• Ability to interface and work well with 3rd party vendors and corporate affiliates
• Must comply with all company security and data protection/usage policies and procedures
• Must be eligible for DoD Personal Security Clearance
• Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role

Preferred Skills

• Entry-level network-focused certifications such as Arista Certified Engineer - Associate (preferred), CCNA Enterprise, or CompTIA Network+
• Experience with PRTG, SolarWinds, Nagios, or equivalent platform monitoring products
• Knowledge and experience supporting a hybrid Microsoft and Linux ecosystem (on-premises/cloud)
• Exposure to Cisco, Arista, or Palo Alto hardware/software
• Familiarity with Infoblox IPAM or cloud-based management platforms

Work Environment

• Duties performed in an office environment and manufacturing facility
• Must be able to work overtime on and off shifts as required
• Must participate in on-call rotation as assigned

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, talk, or hear in meetings or by telephone
• Manual dexterity is required to operate computers or office equipment
• Ability to reach with hands and arms
• Ability to support rack-mounted equipment (up to 7 feet off the ground)