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Senior Network Engineer (CCIE or equivalent)Pathway Communications • Markham, ON, Canada
Senior Network Engineer (CCIE or equivalent)

Senior Network Engineer (CCIE or equivalent)

Pathway Communications • Markham, ON, Canada
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Pathway is hiring a Senior Network Engineer (CCIE or equivalent) in Markham to architect, implement, and optimize multi-site, hybrid (data center + cloud) networks for internal and client environments. You will own HLD / LLD, lead migrations and operations, and partner with security to deliver high-availability, secure, and scalable solutions aligned to business objectives

Type of Position : Permanent Full-time, on-site, five days a week

Availability on call / after office hours

Key Responsibilities

Network Engineering

  • End-to-end design of resilient LAN / WAN / WLAN / SD-WAN / data center and hybrid cloud interconnects (hub-and-spoke, EVPN / VXLAN, IPv6, QoS, multicast where applicable).
  • HLD / LLD ownership : diagrams, BoM, IP plans, routing policies, config standards / runbooks.
  • Implementation & migrations : plan and execute greenfield builds, cutovers, upgrades with rollback plans.
  • Routing & switching : expert policy design / troubleshooting for BGP / OSPF / IS-IS, ECMP, VRFs, ACLs, L2 / L3 segmentation.
  • Wireless : enterprise WLAN planning / optimization (surveys, RF design, 802.1X).
  • Cloud networking (Azure-first) : vNet / vWAN designs, Private Link / Endpoints, Route Server, ExpressRoute, Azure Firewall / WAF / App Gateway, Bastion; on-prem to cloud connectivity and segmentation.
  • Observability & SRE : SNMPv3, NetFlow / IPFIX / sFlow, streaming telemetry, syslog; SLI / SLO dashboards; capacity planning and performance tuning.

Security Engineering & Compliance

  • Network security controls : NGFW / IPS, WAF, DDoS, VPN / ZTNA, micro-segmentation (ACLs / VRFs / host-based), secure web / DNS.
  • Access & segmentation : 802.1X / NAC and posture checks; privileged access boundaries; PKI / cert lifecycle for network services.
  • Zero-Trust & SASE : identity-aware access, secure edge, policy-as-code; align with SOC / SIEM for telemetry (flows, DNS, firewall).
  • Compliance & RCA : map controls to ISO 27001 / SOC 2 / HIPAA / PHIPA as applicable; lead RCAs and maintain hardening baselines.
  • Consulting, Ownership & Collaboration

  • Translate business requirements into clear designs and options; present to stakeholders and obtain sign-off.
  • Keep diagrams, inventories, as-builts, and runbooks current.
  • Partner with PMO / operations to meet SLAs / OLAs; participate in escalation rota and maintenance windows.
  • Mentor engineers; review changes for quality / risk.
  • Required Qualifications

  • Certification : CCIE (any track) or equivalent expert-level certification (e.g., Fortinet NSE 7 / 8, Palo Alto PCNSE, Juniper JNCIE), or demonstrable expert-level experience.
  • Experience : 8+ years in network engineering with 3+ years leading complex, multi-site or multi-tenant designs / migrations.
  • Deep expertise in routing / switching (BGP, OSPF / IS-IS, MPLS / EVPN, QoS) and enterprise WLAN.
  • Hands-on with network security (NGFW / IPS, VPN / ZTNA, NAC / 802.1X, segmentation) and integrating logs with SIEM.
  • Cloud networking : experience with Microsoft Azure (vNet / vWAN, ExpressRoute, Private Link, Azure Firewall / WAF / App Gateway); familiarity with other clouds is a plus.
  • Excellent client-facing communication and documentation (HLD / LLD / runbooks / change notes).
  • Preferred Skills

  • MSP / consulting background with multi-tenant operations and SLA ownership.
  • Fortinet ecosystem : FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, SD-WAN, IPsec / SSL VPN, ZTNA, EMS, FortiNAC, WLAN / AP / switch integration.
  • Cisco ecosystem : Catalyst / Nexus, SDA / ACI, SD-WAN (Viptela), ISE / 802.1X, ASA / FTD, Meraki switching / Wi-Fi / SD-WAN.
  • Azure security integrations : Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure Monitor / Log Analytics, NSGs / ASGs, Policy.
  • Packet capture & protocol analysis : expert with Wireshark (display filters, TLS / SSL, TCP retransmits / latency, VoIP / RTP, 802.11), plus tcpdump, dumpcap, and (nice-to-have) CloudShark / Zeek.
  • ITIL change / problem; disciplined incident and post-incident processes.
  • EVPN / VXLAN leaf-spine, service-mesh; observability (Prometheus / Grafana) and capacity modeling.
  • Familiarity with SASE / SD-WAN / ZTNA patterns across multiple vendors (e.g., Palo Alto, Check Point, Zscaler, Cloudflare, Aruba / Juniper / Arista).
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