Network Security Engineer We are looking for an experienced Network Security Engineer who is ready to take the next step in their career and grow into a Network Security Architect role.

If you have a solid foundation in networking, understand how security impacts network design, and are passionate about continuing to develop your technical expertise, this is an opportunity to expand into architecture.

Youll work with established enterprise network architectures, helping to improve and evolve them to meet changing business and project requirements.

This is a permanent position based in Montreal, QC, with four days per week onsite and Friday remote.

Responsibilities Design and enhance secure enterprise network solutions, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, secure routing, VPN, zero-trust architectures, SD-WAN, cloud networking and SASE.

Assess existing and proposed network designs to identify security risks and gaps.

Recommend security enhancements, hardening measures and remediation strategies.

Support secure routing, switching, firewalls, web gateways/proxies and remote access technologies.

Identify network-based threats and develop appropriate security controls.

Provide technical expertise and guidance for network security incidents.

Work with cloud, application, cybersecurity and other technical teams to support integrated enterprise security.

Support the integration of IT infrastructure and Operational Technology (OT) environments.





Provide technical guidance and mentorship to network and IT team members.

Build upon and improve established network architectures to support new projects and requirements.

Qualifications Must be eligible for or currently hold Secret level Government of Canada Security Clearance* 5+ years of network engineering experience, with strong technical knowledge of routing, switching, firewalls.

Strong understanding of network security and the security implications of network architecture and configuration decisions.

Experience with VPN, secure remote access, web gateways/proxies and IDS/IPS.

Experience designing network solutions or contributing to network architecture.

Fluently bilingual in French and English Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field Cisco and security certifications such as CCNA, CCNP, CISSP or SANS GIAC are assets.

Experience with cloud networking, including Azure or AWS, is an asset.

Experience with Operational Technology (OT) environments is strongly preferred. *A Secret clearance is a federal security clearance issued by the Government of Canada that authorizes access to Secret information, assets and facilities.

It is different from Reliability Status, Enhanced Reliability, provincial background checks, police checks, or private-sector screening.

For candidates who want more information, PSPC''s Contract Security Program provides an overview of federal personnel security screening and clearance levels.

📌 Network Security Engineer (Montreal)
🏢 HubSpoke
📍 Montreal