Overview
CAN – IT – Network Analyst III Jobs in Mississauga, Ontario at Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company
Title: CAN – IT – Network Analyst III
Company: Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Network Analyst
Contract Duration: 12+ months
Day to Day Responsibilities:
Network Performance / Capacity Management Specialist
Responsible for monitoring Network Performance and Capacity, analyzing and projecting current and future growth needs for the WAN, LAN, and Firewalls – within a high QoS-enabled environment.
The position requires analysis of data to ensure that the current Network infrastructure is being utilized optimally, and recommend, track, and report changes on an ongoing basis.
Department Overview:
Network Performance and Capacity is a group under Technology Solutions, network operations and responsible for mance/ Capacity management and planning of the network infrastructure by identifying potential issues proactively and helping in troubleshooting performance issues.
And work with Pipeline, Demand management, and Line of business to manage available capacity and manage performance optimally and/or plan for acquiring capacity.
Job Requirements- Important Skills:
A strong technical background in key aspects of network-related IT infrastructure, including routers, switches, Firewalls, DNS & DHCP services, LAN/WAN circuits, etc.
Must be strong at making necessary recommendations and following through with the entire process until the implementation of the upgrades is complete or the remedy of the issues being forecasted has been implemented.
Experience working in large enterprises and coordination with multiple internal/external groups to complete the assigned tasks.
Will need to do both high level as well as granular planning exercises with control over report generation, and analysis, using ad-hoc processes while managing Capacity practices (related experience required.)
Skills in using network sniffers, deriving details and potential issues by analyzing the traces, Platforms like Extrahop, Riverbed ARX, and Netscout Infinistream
Modeling skills in a tool like OPNET (preferred) in order to perform current and future modeling relating to Network WAN and other components would be a definite plus
Experience in scripting or advanced tools like SQL extraction, Data Mining, etc. will also be considered a plus
Skills in planning capacity for Wireless systems and VoIP would be preferred
Skills and experience around Capacity planning within a QoS environment is a must
Experience in doing performance and capacity management in emerging technologies like cloud (Azure, AWS) and SDWAN.
Soft skills – working with people and resolving conflicts.
The right candidate for this role would be:
An expert network performance/capacity management who not only possesses the attributes and experience listed for this position, but has the uncanny ability to analyze trend, and identify outliers.
Would be deep and wide in the platforms we desire and have tooling and script-writing abilities
Adept at analyzing network traces to identify the root cause of performance/capacity issues.
Job Responsibilities:
Perform Performance/Capacity planning, monitoring, analysis, recommendation, and tracking/reporting for the existing network and its elements – based on data analysis and baseline trend analysis
Support complex application performance-related Incidents and contribute to high-priority enterprise incidents.
Work with Network as well as Client (LOB) Architects to stay on top of Network plans and projects coming down the pipeline with a 3-5-year view. Plan and assist …
