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Our client has the following positions available.

Job Title: Senior Network Analyst

File Number: FVBLG1001-SNA0808

Geographic Location: Dowtown Toronto

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Number of Positions Available: 1

Position Status: Permanent Full Time

Company Profile: Law Firm

Job Summary:

The Senior Network Analyst oversees the technical and design aspects on the network infrastructure. Reporting to the National Chief Information Officer, the Senior Network Analyst designs, implements and supports the network infrastructure in a secure fashion. The successful candidate is a strongly skilled networking professional who will define the network requirements and develop the network strategies, plans, and designs to enhance the overall functionality, performance, reliability, and security of the firm's local area, wide area and wireless networks. The Senior Network Analyst will be hands-on with leading edge networking technology in an enterprise environment.

The successful candidate will have excellent knowledge of networking security and will proactively mitigate any network related risks to the network infrastructure. The Senior Network Analyst will assist with security operations activities including threat and vulnerability prevention, monitoring and detection and conducting security architecture design reviews and risk assessments.

Main responsibilities include:

• Work with the IT Infrastructure Architect in the design of secure network infrastructures that support the Firm’s mandate to be an industry leader
• Work with industry vendors to deploy Tier 1 network infrastructures
• Support, diagnosis and troubleshooting for intermittent networking issues
• Work with front-line IT support personnel on ongoing network monitoring, maintenance, and support needs
• Perform security threat and risk analysis pertaining to the network infrastructure
• Some travel may be required

Applicant's Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar
• 5+ years in designing, integrating and support of an enterprise network infrastructure
• Cisco Certification (CCIE preferred) with relevant work experience
• Experience working in a team environment with minimal supervision
• Cisco CCIE or CCNA is an asset
• Expert experience and knowledge of:
• TCP/IP v4, LAN, WAN, Firewall, Routing, Traffic Shaping, QoS, Load Balancing, WAN Acceleration
• Experience in architecting enterprise LAN, WAN, and network security (Firewall, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems) infrastructures is a must
• VoIP implementation using Cisco VoIP infrastructure and solutions
• VoIP protocols such as SIP, G.7xx, H.323 and MGCP
• Cisco networking infrastructure including Cisco Catalyst 4500 / 6500 series switches and 2800 / 3800 series routers
• Skilled at configuration of Cisco IOS
• Routing protocols including RIP v1/v2, OSPF, BGP, OSPF, IGRP and EIRGP
• Wireless protocols (802.11x, LWAPP), wireless security (WEP, WPA2, EAP, PEAP)
• Experience in configuration and support for various Ethernet switch technologies including VLANs, Layer 3 routing, Trunking, Port Mirroring and Link Aggregation
• Advanced security knowledge and experience with:
• RADIUS or Microsoft Internet Authentication Service (IAS) authentication
• IPSec
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), X.509 certificates
• Network Vulnerability Scanning tools recognized by SANS or OVAL
• Experience with Windows networking services such as Active Directory, DNS and IIS is an asset
• Experience with Ethernet technologies is a must (Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet)
• Experience in monitoring, troubleshooting and managing an enterprise network infrastructure
• Broad knowledge of network operating systems including Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003
• Broad knowledge of desktop operating systems including Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP Professional
• Broad knowledge of server and storage infrastructures is an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Application Procedures: Please email resumes to Frank at frank@pixelscout.com and refer to the above file number. Please note ALL resumes are kept in strict confidence, your approval is required before anything is discussed with an employer client. To give us a better understanding of your experience, please include a skills & experience summary, detailing the length of time you have worked with each technology.