Network Designer - Senior

Job Title: Network Designer - Senior

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Model: Hybrid

Duration: 10 months

Extension: 1 Time

Project Description

The Agency is undertaking various network and network security modernization initiatives to support secure, reliable, and scalable connectivity across its enterprise and province wide network services.

The Senior Network Designer will provide architecture and design expertise to strengthen network services, support integration across on-premises and cloud environments, and align solutions with business and security requirements.

The resource will support assigned projects and additional network and network security related initiatives identified during the engagement.

Must Haves

• Excellent Oral and written communication skills – present to stakeholders and technical teams
• WAN Architecture & Transformation: The candidate has End-to-End Architecture Delivery (Strategy → Migration)
• Cloud Connectivity (Hybrid/Multi-Cloud): The candidate has designed Direct Connect / ExpressRoute, Transit architectures, multi-cloud integration (AWS + Azure)
• Secure Architecture (SASE / Zero Trust): Demonstrated ability to apply standard security controls (firewalls, segmentation)
• Automation and AIOps: Led the implementation of Automation and AIOps solutions that delivered measurable operational efficiencies
• End-to-End Architecture Delivery (Strategy → Migration): Led full lifecycle: current state → future state → migration → transition architecture

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for creating architectures, roadmaps, and plans for the interconnection of multiple Agency products and services in the context of Provincial system integrations and overall Provincial strategic objects.
• Provide technical expertise as required on any on-going network and network security initiatives
• Guides and influences portfolios and partners to align solutions to the Agency's digital vision considering provincial, national, and international mandates.
• Solves complex problems that span multiple assets and promotes architecture patterns and principles to ensure reusability, and maintainability.
• Develop and design the VNA Cloud connectivity in support of centralizing the digital imaging repositories for OCInet

Knowledge Transfer Details:

• The resource will ensure full knowledge transfer is provided to the Agency team before end of engagement.
• The resource must provide all related documentation as part of knowledge transfer protocol.
• A walkthrough of any demos, development, etc. will be required before the end of the engagement.

Deliverables

• Providing insights and recommendations based on network modernization and connectivity strategies across other industries (i.e. banking, retail, telecommunications, air lines etc.)
• Contributes to the architectural design for ONE Network (Next Gen) in preparation for network modernization and any procurements
• Architectural design for the VNA Cloud connectivity and migration strategy
• Design of ISE deployment including sample configurations deployment model for the different type of devices/users that will potentially connect

Experience & Skill Set Requirements

Desired Skills

• Familiarity with monitoring/observability platforms for WAN performance
• Understanding the complexities and feature of ISE (Cisco Identity Services Engine)
• Understanding of NDR (Network Detection and Response)

Required Skills

• 10+ years designing and operating large-scale enterprise and provider WAN environments
• Proven experience with MPLS-based architectures, including traffic engineering and QoS
• Strong understanding of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS)
• Telecom experience is an asset
• Ability to produce high-quality architecture diagrams as well other design documents
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills to identify gaps and opportunities within domains, sectors and/or solutions, and drive
• Ability to stay current on business strategy and assess new trends with respect to the Agency's business needs,
• Ability to stay abreast of provincial, national, and international business, technology, architecture and solution design trends.
• Ability to understand and translate strategic, tactical and operational business requirements into effective architectures and designs.
• Ability to interpret and apply IT privacy and security standards, principles, and regulations applicable to the health care sector