Our client is looking to add a Network Engineer to their team on a full time basis. Position SummaryThe Network Engineer is responsible for designing, research, deploying, testing, and optimizing high-capacity DWDM and ROADM transport networks. Provide engineer-level support of network infrastructure. The Network Engineer will report to the Sr. Manager of Network Engineering and work closely with Network Architects and other teams to design and implement advanced network infrastructure technology while ensuring adherence to operational standards and business requirements in accordance with service quality objectives. The Network Engineer is tasked with designing, deploying and maintaining stable, robust and scalable network infrastructure to both customers and internal teams/partners. The Network Engineer will have subject matter expertise of network infrastructure research, design and deployment as well as expertise with various network products, network protocols, monitoring tools, and best practices. Design, provision, and maintain long-haul and metro DWDM optical networks utilizing multi-degree ROADM architectures. Research, plan, design, implement and support a variety of network technologies, including but not limited to routers/routing protocols, switching, route reflection, GPON/XGSPON, KEA DHCP and DHCPv6, EVPN, upstream peering/transit management, Cloud connectivity, firewalls, SD-WAN, voice systems, IPTV/video, Wireless LAN topologies, SSL and IPSec VPN, network security practices and tools, among others. Complete research, planning, design and implementation of network infrastructure or new customer solutions. Collaborate with Product teams,



Customer Solution Engineers and other teams for ongoing service enhancement & feature development. Provide Engineering-level on-call support to NOC and guidance for any incidents, outages, degradation or troubles with infrastructure. Perform root‑cause analysis on .
Hands‑on operational and commissioning experience with Ciena 6500, 6200, Waveserver, RLS, and Ciena MCP (Manage, Control and Plan). T300, T310, T700) Muxponders and management software such as Netsmart and Virtuora forwarding techniques like MPLS (and elements of their supporting protocol suites like LDP); and high‑level experience working with Network Operating System like Cisco IOS XE, Cisco IOS XR, Juniper JunOS, Arista EOS and Nokia SROS. A high level understanding of network protocols like DHCP, DNS. Expertise in infrastructure monitoring concepts, tools and NMS systems (eg: Splunk, Greylog, Cacti, LibreNMS, Grafana, Oxidized, Weathermaps, etc.) Experience in a 24/7 Mission Critical Network Environment, designing, implementing and supporting network infrastructure. Incident Avoidance, Incident Handling, Root Cause Analysis Maintain and execute comprehensive procedures to efficiently respond to escalated network incidents. Act as an escalation point throughout the duration of any network incidents, as required. Root cause analysis investigations, pattern analysis and RFO compilation with collaboration NOC/technical/customer teams, as required.



Assist other technical teams with root cause analysis of incidents, as required. Participate/Contribute with after‑hours/weekend rotation as required to provide Engineering‑level support for infrastructure or advanced customer‑facing issues. Infrastructure Monitoring and Maintenance Use real‑time and historical data to facilitate capacity planning and execute resource management, including but not limited to; Core network capacity, fibre capacity, customer-port capacity, ARIN/IP resources, etc. Develop & Maintain Advanced (24/7/365) monitoring systems to empower the Engineering, NOC and technical teams to react and respond to incident efficiently and effectively. Coordinate and/or execute advanced networking tasks including migrations, upgrades, maintenance, etc. Escalation response/management for any network incidents that require escalation from NOC
- fibre cuts, power issues, NPOP health, change in environmental conditions etc. Conceptualize, Design, Test and Deploy automated networking and network system solutions in collaboration with Network Architects and other technical groups. Training, Documentation and Reporting Author and update Method of Procedure (MOP) documents for all key technical processes, including the deployment of current network services, device configurations, migrations, and troubleshooting practices, ensuring consistent quality and operational excellence across all projects. Develop procedures for identifying and addressing front‑line issues that may arise from the deployment of new services or network configurations, ensuring a smooth transition for both internal and external stakeholders. #

📌 Network Engineering M (Winnipeg)
🏢 OnX
📍 Winnipeg