About Us

CANARIE connects Canada to the world. Our programs equip researchers, students, and startups in Canada to excel on the global stage.

Together with our 13 provincial and territorial partners, we form Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN).This ultra-high-speed networkconnects Canada’s researchers, educators, and innovators to each other and to global data, technology, and colleagues.

To strengthen the security of Canada’s research and education sector, we collaborate with our partners in the NREN, government, academia, and the private sector to fund, implement, and support cybersecurity initiatives. We also provideidentity management services to the academiccommunity and boost Canada’s startups with cloud resources and expertise in emerging technologies.

Established in 1993, CANARIE is a non-profit corporation, with most of our funding provided by the Government of Canada.

Who We Are

We’re a small team of dedicated thinkers, innovators, and problem-solvers. Our team is positive, passionate, and collaborative.

We work with Canada’s higher-ed community, private sector, and government partners to ensure that Canada’s bright researchers and entrepreneurs benefit from the technologies and tools that are critical to their success. Together with our partners across the country, we work to ensure that Canada leads in research and innovation.

The Position: Network Specialist

The NetworkvSpecialist is accountable for contributing to the technicaldesign, implementation of IP network infrastructure, and collaborating on supporting day-to-day operation of the network infrastructure and its services.

This is a full-time, permanent position that reports to CANARIE’s Director,Network Engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Operating the CANARIE Networkwith a focus on responsiveness and reliability
• Contributing to all facetsof network architecture and services development
• Improving the network reportingmechanisms and user support systemsto increase operational efficiency
• Drafting and reviewing designsfor technical soundness, and making key infrastructure decisions
• Developing and maintaining documentation, including requirements, and specifications
• Collaborating with network architects, software developers, and security professionals
• Collaborating with partners nationally and internationally,
• Contributing to deployment and adoption of advanced networkservices
• Collaborating with the team in trackingnetwork reliability, analyzing data and generate reporting
• On a rotation basis,providing 24 x 7 on call supportfor the CANARIE network
• Travel may occasionally be required
• Other related duties and responsibilities, as required

The Ideal Candidate

To excel at CANARIE, you have a demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively on teams and are also an energetic self-starter with the self-motivation to work independently. You have excellent oral and written communication skills,and can count time management, problem solving, and managing multiple priorities as your strengths. You also share a dedication to CANARIE’s core values: service, teamwork, inclusion, innovation, quality, and integrity.

What You Bring

Education and Experience

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science,engineering, or a suitable combination of education and experience
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant progressive experience in designing, configurating and operating routed infrastructure
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with building and running large scale, high-available and fault-tolerant network infrastructure
• Experience with carriers and vendors, facilitating service delivery and equipment installation
• Experience leveraging scripts to maintaininfrastructure (i.e. bash, Python)
• Experience with datacenter and telecom sites is desirable
• Experience with optical networktechnologies, such as optical coherenttechnology, Wavelength Division Multiplexer is desirable
• Experience with Kubernetes is desirable

Skills

• Ability clearly communicating complextechnical information
• Ability to lead collaborative efforts
• Demonstrate criticalthinking and problem-solving to address complexnetwork infrastructure challenges

Technical Proficiencies

• Advanced knowledge of IPv4/6,MPLS, Segment Routingand BGP
• Familiarity of the Nokia SROS networkoperating system
• Operational experience in Linux OS: Management and maintenance
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Officesuite

Come Work with Us

We are committedto employment equityand encourage anyone who can contribute to the diversification of ideas and perspectives to apply. For applicants with disabilities, accommodation is available upon request throughout the recruitment and assessment process.

If this seems to be the right fit for you, please send a note and your resume to [email protected], and include the position title in your subject line.

We thank all applicants; however,only those selectedfor an interview will be contacted.