_{07th August, 2026}

Position: Network Architect & Technical Advisor
Client: Large Private Sector Client
Location: Montreal (Hybrid)
Duration: 16 Months
 
Background:  Kyndryl are seeking a senior network architect who owns target-state design and acts as design authority and technical escalation point for the engineers doing the hands-on work. This is a design and advisory role - not a hands-on configuration or cutover role. 
Key Technologies:

• Enterprise network architecture 
• BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, spanning tree 
• Firewall policy design & rationalization 
• Hybrid cloud connectivity (Azure / AWS) 
• Load balancing & DC network services 
• CCNP / CCIE / JNCIP 

 
Qualifications:

• 11+ years including 4+ years in Architecture / Lead
• Deep expertise in enterprise routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, VLANs, VRFs, spanning tree) across major vendor platforms, sufficient to direct and validate the work of executing engineers. 
• Strong firewall design experience, including policy design, rule migration approach and rule base rationalization. 
• Demonstrated experience designing and overseeing network migrations and cutovers in production data centre environments. 
• Experience with load balancing technologies and network services in a data centre context. 
• Proven ability to act as technical escalation point and design authority for a distributed engineering team. 
• Ability to produce production-grade design documentation to enterprise standards. 

 
Expected Tasks:

• Design target-state network architecture, including routing, switching, segmentation, firewall policy and connectivity topologies. 
• Produce network design documentation, including high-level and low-level designs, IP addressing schemes and traffic flow diagrams. 
• Provide technical guidance and escalation support to technical SMEs and engineers executing network build, configuration and cutover activities. 
• Act as design authority for the network domain, reviewing and approving configurations and migration approaches prior to execution. 
• Resolve complex technical issues escalated during migration testing and cutover, providing direction to the executing resources. 
• Design hybrid connectivity approaches between on-premises environments and cloud platforms. 
• Define network security control requirements with client security teams and validate that designs meet them. 
• Review and approve as-built documentation and migration runbooks produced by executing resources for handover. 

 
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**Please note this is for a contract position with one of our clients and not a fulltime employment role with Kyndryl Canada**
 

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