Company Description
Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams spread across the four corners of the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin's Creed to Rainbow Six, Just Dance and many more. We believe that diversity of perspectives advances both players and teams. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help us create the unknown!
Job Description
As a Network Administrator at Ubisoft Montreal, you will contribute to the maintenance and improvement of our global network team's infrastructure. You will also solve complex problems reported by our partners and support other team members.
What you will do
- Install and maintain network equipment, including switches, routers, firewalls and load balancers
- Deploy and maintain private network links and dedicated direct interconnections
- Assess new requirements and technical designs, and help define standards, guidelines and metrics
- Increase the use of automation to improve the consistency and efficiency of operations
- Monitor and troubleshoot network infrastructure and services, including complex issues reported by our partners
- Apply network security policies and procedures
- Manage network capacity, improve its performance and contribute to network and systems expansion plans
- Keep hardware and network software documentation up to date
- Respond to user questions and service requests
- Mentor newer team members and act as a technical point of contact
Qualifications
What you bring to the team
- In-depth experience in network administration
- Expertise in BGP and OSPF routing protocols
- Expertise in switching technologies, including VLANs, STP and VTP, EtherChannel, and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols
- The ability to find suitable approaches to complex and novel network problems
- Knowledge of Linux and cloud networking on AWS or Azure is an asset
- Experience with Python, Ansible and automated processes, including continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD), is an asset
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information to different levels of management
- Sound judgment and critical thinking, as well as the willingness to flag governance or priority issues and to preserve the integrity and confidentiality of information