Network Administrator / Technician [#4960]
On-siteMontréal, Quebec, Canada
Job Summary
Deploy, configure, and maintain multi-site network infrastructure across facilities abroad, managing Cisco Catalyst switching, routing, and pfSense firewalls. Build and maintain Proxmox VE clusters for VM and container provisioning. Troubleshoot end-to-end network issues from physical cabling through routing, utilizing packet captures and CLI diagnostics. Act as the primary technical contact for Spanish-speaking site teams, guiding on-site staff and writing procedures in Spanish. Travel internationally for buildouts, migrations, and escalated incidents. Maintain documentation including network diagrams and IPAM, while coordinating with ISPs and vendors. Participate in planned maintenance windows and an on-call rotation.
Required Qualifications
- 3–5 years of hands-on network administration or senior technician experience in enterprise environments
- Proficiency in Spanish is a must since you will interact with a latin american team on a day to day basis
- Solid Cisco IOS experience on Catalyst platforms (switching required, routing fundamentals expected)
- Production experience administering pfSense (or comparable firewall platforms)
- Experience running Proxmox VE (or comparable hypervisors) in production
- Strong, methodical troubleshooting skills — able to isolate faults quickly under pressure and communicate status clearly
- Full professional fluency in Spanish, spoken and written, including technical vocabulary
- Valid passport and ability to travel internationally, occasionally on short notice
- Multi-site role with international travel (~10-20%)
- Spanish is required (full professional fluency, spoken and written) since the majority of the team is located in south America
- La maîtrise de l'espagnol est indispensable, car vous serez amené à interagir quotidiennement avec une équipe d'Amérique latine
- Maîtrise professionnelle totale de l'espagnol, à l'oral comme à l'écrit, y compris le vocabulaire technique
- Passeport en cours de validité et disponibilité pour voyager à l'international, parfois à court terme
Desired Qualifications
- CCNA or CCNP
- OPNsense, VyOS, MikroTik, or other open-source/alternative network platforms
- Structured cabling and fiber experience (terminations, optics/DACs, testing)
- Linux administration; scripting or automation (Bash, Python, expect)
- Spreadsheet (Excel, grist, airtable)
- Monitoring and documentation tooling: Zabbix, LibreNMS, Grafana, NetBox, DataGerry
- Datacenter or industrial site experience
- Certification CCNA ou CCNP
- OPNsense, VyOS, MikroTik ou autres plateformes réseau open source/alternatives
- Expérience en câblage structuré et en fibre optique (raccordements, composants optiques/DAC, tests)
- Administration Linux ; création de scripts ou automatisation (Bash, Python, expect)
- Maîtrise des tableurs (Excel, Grist, Airtable)
- Outils de surveillance et de documentation : Zabbix, LibreNMS, Grafana, NetBox, DataGerry
- Expérience en centre de données ou sur site industriel
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