Network Engineer
CIBC Wood Gundy
We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.
At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.
To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Network Engineer you will bring deep networking experience working with core network technologies including Cisco’s IOS-XE and NXOS, and deep understanding of connectivity using Express Route Direct and Direct Connect. As a Network Engineer, you’ll be responsible for the design, maintenance and quality assurance of CIBC Network infrastructure. This role requires expertise in edge routing protocols including BGP and OSPF, IS-IS as well as some experience with firewalls (Palo Alto and Fortigate) and load balancing technologies (F5, Azure LB, AVI. You will provide technical leadership, interpreting complex information and coordinating relationships to meet and manage service expectations, aligned to best practices. Experience with SD-WAN and overlay network technologies considered an asset.
At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.
How You’ll Succeed
Leadership: Provide technical leadership during the design, build, configuration, implementation and maintenance phases of major public and private technologies and automation tooling in a multi-platform environment and in the data centers.
Technological Knowledge - Demonstrate strong technical experience in Networks Engineering planning and design, utilizing your skillset in a leadership capacity to drive progress and provide resolution to any issues that may arise.
Collaboration: Partner senior leaders and other Lines of Business across the company and make informed recommendations to enhance solutions. Work with the Enterprise Architecture team on identifying requirements and design for continuous evolution of solutions and data center integrations.
Who You Are
You can demonstrate 10+ years' experience in a large enterprise environment and practical working knowledge of networking, network security, VPN and routers and switches.
You possess CCIE certifications or are working toward obtaining it to demonstrate you can design and implement Cisco Routing and Switching networks. SD-WAN and overlay network technologies considered an asset.
It is an asset if you have experience with network automation, load balancing (F5, Avi), API programming, and Cloud (Azure, AWS). You have expert experience in highly available / resilient wide-area networking architecture and design. Your knowledge of WAN technologies (MPLS/IPVPN/SDWAN), IPAM, DNS (Infoblox) NTP . You have advance knowledge and experience with BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, VXLAN. You have some understanding of IPSec Tunnels, Virtual WAN, WAF, Network Security Groups (NSG) and other network and security components of Azure and AWS / GCP.
You are an Excellent Communicator. You have solid written and oral communication skills and an ability to produce a variety of business documents that demonstrate command of language, clarity of thought and orderliness of presentation as well as express oneself and communicate with others verbally; recognizing that verbal communication is more than just language - it includes tone, style and structure.
You have ability to manage multiple priorities. Ability to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups or activities. Effective judgment in prioritizing and time allocation.
You have decision making and critical thinking skill. You have knowledge of tools and techniques for effective use of a broad range of factors, assumptions, frameworks and perspectives when solving problems.
Values matter to you - You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.
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What CIBC Offers
At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.
We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.
Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.
*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions
What you need to know
CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact Mailbox.careers-carrieres@cibc.com
You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.
We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.
Job Location
Toronto-81 Bay, 32nd FloorEmployment Type
RegularWeekly Hours
37.5Skills
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Business Analysis, Cisco Routing, Cloud Engineering, Communication, Dynamic Routing, External Border Gateway Protocol (eBGP), Internal Border Gateway Protocol (iBGP), IP Gateway, IP Routing, Microsoft Azure, Process Strategy, Project Management, Researching, Route Optimization, Route Redistribution, Routing, Routing and Switching, Routing Protocols, Routing Tables, WAN Routing