Network Administrator

About the job

As a Network Administrator at Ubisoft Montréal, you will help maintain and improve the infrastructure used by our global network team. You will also resolve complex issues raised by our partners and support other administrators.

What you’ll do

• Install and maintain network equipment, including switches, routers, firewalls and load balancers
• Deploy and maintain private network links and dedicated peering connections
• Assess new requirements and technical designs, and help define standards, guidelines and metrics
• Increase the use of automation to improve consistency and efficiency
• Monitor and troubleshoot network infrastructure and services, including complex issues raised by partners
• Apply network security policies and procedures
• Manage network capacity, improve performance and contribute to expansion plans for networks and systems
• Maintain network hardware and software documentation
• Respond to user inquiries and service requests
• Mentor newer administrators and serve as a technical resource for the team

What you bring to the team

• Extensive experience in network administration
• Expertise in routing, including Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
• Expertise in switching, including virtual local area networks (VLANs), Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), EtherChannel, VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP), and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols
• Ability to develop approaches to complex, unfamiliar network problems
• Knowledge of Linux and cloud networking in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure, an asset
• Experience with Python, Ansible and automation pipelines, including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), an asset
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information to people at all levels of management
• Sound judgment and critical thinking, with a commitment to flagging governance or priority concerns and handling information with integrity and confidentiality