Senior Consultant, Modern Networking - Alberta or British Columbia

Job Title: Senior Consultant, Modern Networking Job Location: Remote: Alberta or British Columbia Compensation The position is a full time, salaried position. Compensation is expected to be between $125,000.00 - $140,000.00 commensurate with skills, experience, and abilities.

Company Profile IX Solutions is a trusted IT partner, connecting people with technology tailored to meet their business needs. We help our clients effectively leverage modern technology and embrace digital transformation to achieve their critical business outcomes. Ultimately, we’re here to inspire innovation — for our customers and our people.

For us, that means inviting ambitious individuals to the table — those who are primed to push the envelope — and fostering an imaginative environment for them to thrive. Why?

Because we believe when you bring visionaries together with a genuine drive to do better and give them transformative technology as the toolkit, the possibilities and potential for your business become boundless.

Position Summary This role is ideal for an individual passionate about leveraging technology to drive customer success and improved security within a collaborative, customer-centric culture at IX Solutions.

The Senior Consultant, Modern Networking will deliver proactive and reactive security and endpoint management services to clients, ensuring exceptional service delivery and fostering strong client relationships. This role involves remote and onsite implementations and support.

The Senior Consultant, Modern Networking collaborates with client stakeholders, other technical consultants, Client Leads and Account Executives to deliver proposed technical solutions and services the “IX Solutions” way.

The position works to improve consistency in networking alignment, network services deployments, application patching, and helping our clients adopt a “cloud-first” model. The position reports to the Manager, Service Delivery. The position works 40 hours per week, with business hours being 8:00am to 5:00pm MT/PT, Monday to Friday.

There are occasional requirements for after-hours work including time sensitive client requests and project work. Balancing multiple priorities with deadlines is a requirement.

IX Solutions is committed to helping employees grow and develop within the organization, so the responsibilities below may be adjusted periodically to align with employee goals or aptitudes while supporting overall business objectives. Is This Position A Fit For You? This position is a fit for you if you:

Can work autonomously and deliver results.

Enjoy problem-solving complex issues and developing effective solutions.

Take ownership of your work and demonstrate a strong commitment to follow through on your tasks.

Are skilled at translating business requirements from clients into technical requirements.

Possess the ability to effectively convey technical information to stakeholders in a non-technical manner.

Care about networking best practices.

Are committed to client success.

Can demonstrate a calm demeanor during stressful situations.

Excel in effectively conveying technical information to stakeholders in a non-technical manner.

Are skilled at building rapport and enjoy supporting partnerships.

Thrive on building and maintaining client partnerships.

Are looking to provide mentorship and growth opportunities for others. This is the place for you.

What You’ll Do Here

Provide consulting and technical guidance, coaching, and support to team members and clients.

Serve as the subject matter expert for technologies within the Network team's technical purview.

Work with a team of other network consultants to provide network support and technical solutions to a broad range of clients.

Provide networking expertise to our other technical teams.

Participate in technical escalations.

Plan and execute network security implementation or migration projects.

Conduct network assessments.

Lead or participate in projects from initial assessment, creation of Statement of Work documents, estimation of time, technical design, planning, through to implementation and handover.

Provide guidance to clients on new technologies implemented, including training session/knowledge transfer.

Develop technical design and as-built documentation.

Develop new IX Solutions best practices, methods, procedures, and supporting documentation as needed.

Complete scheduled Managed Services health checks, implement incremental improvements and perform firmware and configuration updates in client environments.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet client requirements and project objectives.

Deliver IT support, project planning (including the development of statements of work & work breakdown structures), and technical delivery of managed services to a broad range of clients.

Assist or lead projects from initial assessment, solutioning, design, and implementation.

Deliver recurring security services and monthly reporting to clients.

Maintain documentation related to IXS networking practices, client support and delivery processes.

Act as an escalation point for other teams, including participating in incident response and resolutions.

Onsite support, as required.

What You Bring Mindset & Attributes

Collaborative with a humble and proactive approach to problem solving.

Comfort with balancing speed, precision, and creativity in a dynamic environment.

Able to maintain relationships with various people in the organization, servicing the needs of multiple teams and managing conflict.

Possess a consultative mindset—you thrive on collaboration and building consensus.

Passion for continuous learning in technical, consultative, and personal skills.

Qualifications/Expertise

7+ years of directly relevant experience in a complex network environment.

Proven experience in wired network design and implementation to best practices.

Proven experience in wireless design and implementation to best practices.

Expert level knowledge of enterprise firewall management and configuration, including optimization and hardening.

Expert level knowledge of Azure IAAS cloud networking & firewalling.

Expert level knowledge of datacenter networking.

Expert level knowledge in the design of Security Services Edge platforms and implementation

Proven experience in the design, implementation, ongoing management, and upgrade of the following network technologies (or equivalent):

Aruba CX Switching.

Aruba AP Wireless.

Aruba Central Cloud Management.

Aruba Clearpass.

Azure Virtual Network, Gateway, VPN, network appliances, and related technologies.

Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, and Meraki Switching.

Cisco Catalyst and Meraki Wireless.

Fortinet Firewalls, FortiSwitches, and FortiAP’s.

Fortinet FortiCloud, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer.

Palo Alto Firewalls.

Palo Alto Panorama.

Zscaler Security Services Edge Platform.

Cloudflare Security Services Edge Platform.

Previous focus on continuing education and training is a must.

Certifications and Learning (achieved at least one of, willing to work towards, or equivalent experience)

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700) or relevant experience.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) or relevant experience.