Network Analyst

Job description

📍 Department: Information Technology (IT) Services
💰 Salary: $48,689 to $83,462, based on skills and experience
📌 Job Posting #: 160ANALYST2504-01
📍 Location: Montreal
⏳ Status: Full-time Replacement
📅 Start Date: April 2025

Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (KI) is a school board providing educational services in the 14 communities of Nunavik.

Under the general supervision of the Assistant Director of IT Services, the Network Analyst will ensure the continuity of operational services, including Microsoft domains, server environment management, multi-site VPN links, backups, and LAN/WAN infrastructure components. The incumbent will also support the existing team, analyze technological needs, align them with business objectives, and propose infrastructure development or optimization plans while ensuring their execution.

Key Responsibilities

🔹 Network & Infrastructure Management

• Actively participate in server and network service deployment across all 14 Nunavik communities

• Implement and manage firewall systems, intrusion detection, and antivirus solutions

• Administer, deploy, monitor, and ensure security of wired and wireless network infrastructure

🔹 Analysis, Optimization & Security

• Work on technology architecture and development projects, defining upgrade and optimization plans

• Diagnose and troubleshoot network incidents and malfunctions (logs, alerts, diagnostic tools, etc.)

• Ensure compliance with industry best practices, especially in security

🔹 Data Protection & Documentation

• Maintain data security and backups

• Prepare and update documentation (operational procedures, network schematics, system architectures, technical specifications, training manuals, etc.)

• Provide high-level technical support

🔹 Additional Responsibilities

• Perform other related duties as requested by the supervisor

Required experience and qualifications

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

✔️ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field

(KI may waive this requirement if the candidate is a beneficiary of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA) and agrees to follow a training program determined by the school board.)

Experience & Skills

✅ Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in a similar position
✅ Experience with Microsoft technologies:

• Windows Server, SQL Server, DFS, OneDrive, SCCM, SCOM

• Active Directory, GPO, Office 365, Azure Web Services, IIS, Exchange, PowerShell
  ✅ Experience with multi-site LAN and WAN networks, communication protocols, VPN, and firewalls
  ✅ Experience with virtualization technologies: Hyper-V and VMware
  ✅ Experience with monitoring and supervision tools
  ✅ Experience with NAS/SAN storage systems
  ✅ Knowledge of network services and protocols: DNS, DHCP, WINS, HTTPS, FTP, LDAP, SMB, NFS, CIFS, POP, SMTP, WebDAV, SNMP, ICMP, Telnet, NAT, routing, proxy
  ✅ Willingness to travel as required across Nunavik communities
  ✅ Availability for on-call emergency support
  ✅ Strong analytical, proactive, and independent problem-solving skills
  ✅ Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Assets (Preferred Qualifications)

🔹 Knowledge or experience with:

• Mac OS systems, Mozaïk, Microsoft Dynamics

• Scripting & programming languages

• WatchGuard firewalls, Aruba equipment, cloud technologies

• Website management, Mobile Device Management (Mosyle)

• Security standards and compliance
  🔹 Previous experience in a school board or educational sector

Salary, Classification & Benefits

💰 Salary: $48,689 to $83,462 per year, based on experience and qualifications
📜 Unionized position under the SPPENOM collective agreement (job category 2120)

🎯 Additional Benefits:
✔️ 20 vacation days per year
✔️ 2 weeks off during the holidays
✔️ Free parking
✔️ Employee and family assistance program
✔️ Professional development opportunities
✔️ Hybrid work schedule

📍 If applicable, additional benefits include:
✔️ Summer schedule
✔️ Northern allowance
✔️ Food transportation subsidy
✔️ Relocation assistance
✔️ Recruitment & retention bonuses
✔️ Up to 3 return flights to Nunavik per year

How to Apply?

🕒 Deadline: April 17, 2025, at 4:00 PM

📩 Apply in one of the following ways:
1️⃣ Visit our career website (https://career.kativik.qc.ca) and click “Apply”
2️⃣ Send your resume to applications@kativik.qc.ca with the subject line 160ANALYST2504-01

Only selected candidates will be contacted.

(The use of masculine terms in this posting is solely for linguistic simplification purposes.)

Job posting period

Until 2025-04-17 at 16:00