Network Engineer

External

Petvalu · 0001 – Markham Office

$75K–$90K/yrFull-timeRemoteToday

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About the role

Pet Valu is Canada's leading pet specialty retailer, dedicated to strengthening the bond between dedicated pet lovers and their pets. With 50 years of animal care expertise, we operate over 800 stores across Canada under several banners, including Pet Valu, Bosley's, Total Pet, Paulmac's Pet, Tisol & Chico. Guided by our mission to deliver products, care, expertise, and memorable moments, Pet Valu is a place where people build meaningful careers while making a positive impact on pets and communities. What will you do? The Network Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, support, and documentation of enterprise network infrastructure across Pet Valu. This role plays a critical part in ensuring the stability, security, and scalability of network environments supporting retail stores, distribution centres, and corporate operations. The Network Engineer works closely with infrastructure and architecture teams to deliver reliable, future‑ready network solutions aligned with enterprise standards, security, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

Infrastructure deployment and troubleshooting, including virtual appliances, server farms, and 3rd party tools (Active Directory, Remote Desktop Services, O365, SharePoint, System Security)

Install and manage router, cisco switch N9K, firewalls, Meraki SDwan and wireless technologies

Extensive experience with Meraki switches and wireless Access Points.

Proficient in Cisco ISE, Routing and switching

Intermediate skills with Palo Alto firewall

Experience/Understanding of SD-WAN

Experience/Understanding of Cloud technology and cloud networking

Designs, documents, configures, implements, and maintains all network infrastructure (routers, switches, firewalls, etc.)

Knowledge of networking protocols such as OSPF, BGP, VTP, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, LAN/WAN, and VPN design and integration

Develop and manage complex projects related to network.

Network device patching, backup, and archive

Disaster Recovery planning, Anti-Virus, and backup and archive solutions

Application related technology support and Help Desk ticket completion within SLAs

Monitoring the performance of systems

Very good understanding of templating and automation scripting such as Meraki template, Power-shell, Ansible, and Puppet

Experience with supporting retail stores and distribution center consider an asset

Experience with Voice Technologies (VoIP, SIP trunking)

Vendor liaison for hardware and software maintenance, quotes, and SLAs

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and technical training

3-6 years of hands-on professional experience in:

Network analysis and enterprise network design

Troubleshooting and structured problem-solving

Delivering results in fast-paced, operational environments

Applying SDLC principles and project management practices

Cloud platforms and services, including IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS (Azure)

Security and compliance frameworks, including PCI, SOX, and ADA

Preferred:

Prior experience supporting retail environments is considered an asset

Competencies:

Demonstrates strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively within cross‑functional teams

Applies forward‑thinking approaches to anticipate needs and support continuous improvement

Exercises sound judgement and effective decision‑making in day‑to‑day and complex situations

Utilises analytical thinking to evaluate issues, data, and technical challenges

Takes ownership and accountability for responsibilities and outcomes

Applies structured problem‑solving techniques to identify root causes and implement solutions

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