Senior Technical Specialist, Network

Come join Pattison Food Group Ltd., a Jim Pattison business, and Canada’s largest Western-based provider of food and health products.

Pattison Food Group Ltd. is a certified Great Place to Work and consists of Save-On-Foods and other well-known grocery banners. With nearly 300 retail locations, we proudly employ more than 30,000 team members.

We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time
** Senior*
* ** Technical Specialist, Networks
** to join our IT team in
** Langley, BC**.
** You will be responsible for:
*** Designing, implementing and continuously improving PFG’s network infrastructure.
* Ensuring reliable and highly available network architecture for mission-critical applications.
* Troubleshooting and resolving network issues in collaboration with other IT teams.
* Partnering across teams to deliver network solutions supporting business and IT initiatives, communicating designs, plans, and impacts to stakeholders.
* Integrating core networking with hybrid (VMware) environments and cloud providers (AWS, Azure).
* Implementing and maintaining network security controls to protect network integrity.
* Administering and planning upgrades for network platforms (firewalls, routers, switches, VPNs, load balancers, etc.).
* Leading network changes end-to-end, including peer review and rollback planning.
* Managing capacity planning and lifecycle activities to support growth and resilience.
* Driving network automation and configuration management (e.g., Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git-based workflows).
* Providing technical leadership, mentoring, and contributing to team standards and best practices.
* Maintaining clear documentation of current and future network designs.
* Participating in after-hours on-call rotation.
** You have:
**** You are:
*** Organized and able to prioritize effectively
* An effective written and verbal communicator
* Adaptable in a changing environment
* A continuous learner with a passion for technology
* A technical mentor who enjoys supporting and developing teammates
* Resilient and calm under pressure
*
* What we offer:

** In addition to
** a highly competitive salary**, we offer a great range of
** benefits**, a
** company pension plan,*
* ** free parking, exclusive team member offers, and opportunities for development and career progression.
** If you’re looking to join a team that puts people first, you’re in the right place. Apply online today!

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** Compensation Details:**$ - $The compensation offered for this position will take into consideration location, education, skills, experience and other factors.

Reporting to the
** Senior*
* ** Manager, IT Infrastructure**, you will be responsible for working collaboratively with various IT stakeholders to build and expand our network platform with the overall objective of supporting our business tasks and goals.
* 5+ years of networking experience supporting multi-site, fault tolerant networks and telecommunication solutions.
* Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline.
* Cisco CCNP, CCIE certifications or equivalent experience.
* Excellent understanding of Layer 2 and 3 Protocols including Spanning Tree, Multicast, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF.
* Excellent understanding of TCP/IP networking, firewalls, load balancers, and VPNs.
* Excellent understanding of network architecture, design, and implementation.
* Hands-on experience with enterprise network platforms such as Cisco, Meraki and Fortinet (or equivalent), including routers, firewalls, and wireless solutions.
* Hands on experience with SD-WAN technologies.
* Experience working with and implementing Zero Trust Network architecture.
* Troubleshooting skills and the ability to document on the go.
* Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment with minimum supervision.
* Programming skills and knowledge of design patterns for various programming and scripting languages is considered an asset.
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