Senior Network Architect

AKA — Production Network Guru

Location: Vancouver

Radiant Communications: A Great Place to Work!
Radiant Communications: Big Enough to Deliver, Small Enough to Care

With offices in Vancouver and Toronto, Radiant is investing in our growth as one of Canada's largest dedicated business Internet communications companies, serving customers across the country. Our core capability is our ability to deliver coast to coast connectivity as one vendor. Our customers appreciate our commitment to being Always on Service and we are passionately dedicated to delivering exceptional value and operational excellence in every aspect of our business.

We provide businesses with a comprehensive range of IP-based data communications services including the largest on-net DSL footprint across Canada and the United States. In addition to connectivity, from our data centers in Toronto and Vancouver, Radiant's expanded product line delivers leading edge cloud services to our customers including hosting cloud servers, hosted private clouds, managed servers and hosted MS- Exchange

Position Summary
This is a high profile, critical role based in our Vancouver office involving a fast-paced but casual environment. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, results-driven individual who excels in challenging work and diverse responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate, design, test, document and implement network based IP services
  • Evaluate, standardize and test IP network topologies and architectures
  • Create scope documents for our software engineers to automate the delivery, monitoring, and billing of these IP services
  • Provide technical leadership for project deliverables for network technologies
  • Work with vendors to select and test hardware/software for use in the core network and at customer sites
  • Design and implement complex customer Internet services
  • Establish and document operational support processes and procedures
  • Train support teams on new services
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders from various business units to determine criteria and solutions
  • Tier 4 technical support for the Network Operations team

Skills/Experience Required

  • Practical hands-on networking (configuring edge and core Cisco and Juniper routers and switches) and systems administration experience
  • Good communication, presentation, documentation and interpersonal skills — Must have proficiency with Microsoft Visio
  • Strong Project Administration/Co-ordination skills
  • Must have knowledge of the following protocols and technologies; BGP, OSPF, RIP, IPSec, MPLS, VPDN (PPPoE/PPPoL2TP), broadband (DOCIS 2/3, ADSL, EFM, fibre).
  • Must have a professional level Cisco Certification, preferably CCDP, CCIP or CCNP.
  • Must have at least Associate level Juniper certification, with experience configuring and supporting JUNOS and Netscreen equipment.
  • 5+ years experience designing and supporting large IP backbone networks
  • Knowledge of UNIX an asset
  • Knowledge of PERL and other scripting languages
  • Knowledge of C# or Java an asset
  • ISP and/or 24x7 operations experience a definite asset
  • Ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines

It goes without saying that you are an articulate problem solver for whom multi-tasking, meeting deadlines, and prioritizing is as natural way of doing things.

Radiant now welcomes applications to this role at HR@Radiant.net. Please state the job title in the subject line.