Canadian Bank Note Company Network Administrator Job Vacancy in Ottawa Canada

Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited produces banknotes and payment systems, passports and passport issuing systems, lottery tickets and electronic lottery games, postage stamps, securities certificates, shareholder communications, and other high security documents and related issuing systems. The Company markets its products to government agencies and authorities, as well as to institutional and other customers in more than 40 countries.

Senior Network Administrator
Ottawa, ON

General Objectives:
* Provides senior level network design, architecting, management and daily administration of CBN’s Networking infrastructure, telecommunications, border security and all network infrastructure related systems and services.
* This position focuses on and is responsible for the stability, availability, performance and security of all CBN networking infrastructure components.
* As part of the systems management team, this position also carries general system administration responsibilities for systems not necessarily related to the network infrastructure.
* Provides mentorship and next level support to the Service Desk and Technical Support teams and projects leads technology/business projects as assigned.

Roles and Responsibilities:
* Provide senior level network architecture & design, management, daily administration and ownership of a large complex networking infrastructure.
* Design, manage and administer Firewalls, BGP routing, IDS/IDP appliances, network switches, DNS, DHCP, IP Address Management, SSL and PKI Certificates, VPN, IPSec Tunnels, Wiring closets, VOIP and VLANs.
* Troubleshoot and resolve network related security, stability or performance issues.
* Implement and/or evolve the networking infrastructure, performance/monitoring tools and standard operating procedures used to manage the CBN network infrastructure.
* Monitor, analyze and optimize network design and configuration to drive increased performance, availability and security.
* Develop and maintain up-to-date system and network documentation Manage ISP communication services, vendors and service contracts
* Manage various corporate and manufacturing systems in accordance with dept system management practices
* Plan, evaluate, install, configure, upgrade and perform maintenance procedures on assigned servers and systems
* Perform hardware installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair as necessary
* Perform software installations, upgrades and patches.
* Provide 7×24 on-call support
* Monitor and act upon security advisories.
* Develop, review and recommend Network Security and Management Policies and SOPs
* Conduct regular log monitoring, vulnerability scans, penetration testing and system health checking.
* Adhere to, implement, evolve and enforce structured system management disciplines and security policies
* Act as a project lead or advisor to Product/Project managers in the evolution of Business Systems and Technology.
* Provide 3rd level technical support and mentoring to Service Desk and Technical Support teams.
* Review and Approve any and all changes planned to your respective systems.
* Become fully knowledgeable on the complete range of CBN Corporate and Manufacturing systems, products and services.
* Keep abreast of new developments and technology and understand how this applies to our existing customers.
* Ensure service level compliance.
* Provide both informal/formal training to end-users and/or dept technical staff.

Qualifications:
* University Degree (minimum 3 year) in Computer Systems, Engineering or an equivalent combination of Education and relevant Experience.
* Minimum 8 years of related industry experience
* Must have expert level knowledge and experience with Linux (SLES)
* Extensive experience with design, installation and management of: Firewalls, DNS, VPN, DHCP, Wireless, VOIP, ISDN, Mitel Phone Switch, IDS/IDP, Proxy Servers.
* Experienced in implementing and managing redundant networking and failover routing
* Strong knowledge and experience with writing and troubleshooting PERL and Shell scripts
* Possesses strong networking management knowledge and experience including: managed switches, wireless, data/voice networking protocols, data/voice network routing, security certificates, vlans, firewall management.
* Can demonstrate through past experience a strong ability to troubleshoot network performance issues
* Understands the importance and proven track record of operating within problem, change, capacity management and disaster recovery IT disciplines.
* Understands importance of solid system documentation.
* Proven track record of demonstrating initiative, reliability, productivity and multitasking
* Must possess excellent communication skills
* Must possess a valid Canadian security clearance (secret)
* Industry certifications an asset, especially CISSP, SANS, CISCO, ITIL

No phone calls or agencies, please.

Please send your resume to:
Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
Human Resources
145 Richmond Road
Ottawa ON K1Z 1A1
Fax: 613-722-4561

Please quote the position of interest in the subject line of your email.