Network Analyst/ Mississauga

Mississauga, ON
On-site
Posted Nov 5, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Contract
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Professional degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Apply on LinkedIn (LinkedIn sign-in required)

Job summary

Analyze network traffic and performance across enterprise LAN, WAN, firewall, and data centre infrastructure; identify bottlenecks and implement improvements. Forecast capacity, troubleshoot complex issues, and coordinate infrastructure recommendations and changes across cloud and SD-WAN environments.

Job details

An opportunity is available for an experienced Network Analyst to join a large-scale enterprise technology environment within the financial services sector. This role focuses on network performance optimization, capacity forecasting, and complex troubleshooting across mission-critical LAN, WAN, firewall, and data centre infrastructure. You'll take ownership of identifying performance bottlenecks, analyzing network traffic, and implementing improvements that support reliability, scalability, and high-quality service delivery. Working with technologies such as Cisco ACI, VxLAN, SD-WAN, AWS, and Azure, you'll play a key role in strengthening network operations and supporting long-term infrastructure planning. Required Skills & Experience 5+ years of enterprise network troubleshooting, performance analysis, and capacity management experience across routers, switches, data centre networks, firewalls, load balancers, DNS/DHCP, LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, VxLAN, and Cisco ACI (SDN). Strong understanding of QoS-driven environments, network traffic analysis, and infrastructure optimization. Proven expertise in network capacity forecasting, packet-level diagnostics, and performance monitoring using tools such as ExtraHop, Riverbed ARX, Netscout InfiniStream, and network packet analyzers. Ability to identify root causes, develop remediation strategies, and oversee infrastructure improvements through implementation. Experience supporting complex enterprise networking environments, including performance and capacity management across AWS, Azure, and SD-WAN technologies. Strong analytical, reporting, and cross-functional coordination skills, with the ability to translate technical findings into actionable infrastructure recommendations. Desired Skills & Experience CCNP or CCIE certification, complemented by post-secondary education in networking, information technology, engineering, or a related technical discipline. Experience with network simulation and capacity modeling platforms such as OPNET to forecast WAN utilization, evaluate infrastructure changes, and anticipate future network demands. Proficiency in scripting, SQL-based data extraction, or data mining for network analytics, along with exposure to wireless infrastructure and VoIP capacity planning. Daily Responsibilities Hands-On Engineering: 70% Team Collaboration & Cross-Functional Work: 30%. You Will Receive The Following Benefits Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Vacation Time Current Vacancy: Yes Use of AI in Hiring: No Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full-time basis now and in the future. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. Posted By: Adrian Cronk

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of enterprise network troubleshooting, performance analysis, and capacity management experience, including Cisco ACI, VxLAN, SD-WAN, and cloud networking. Desired qualifications include CCNP or CCIE certification, relevant post-secondary education, and experience with OPNET, scripting, SQL-based data extraction, wireless infrastructure, or VoIP capacity planning.