Network Administrator (Gaming)

Location: Montreal, QC, Canada; office-based

Company

hirify.global is a global gaming company creating interactive entertainment experiences across international teams.

What you will do

• Install and maintain switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers.
• Deploy and maintain private network links and dedicated peering connections.
• Assess requirements and technical designs, and help define network standards, guidelines, and metrics.
• Automate network operations to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Monitor and troubleshoot network infrastructure and services, including complex partner issues.
• Apply network security policies, manage capacity and performance, maintain documentation, respond to service requests, and mentor newer administrators.

Requirements

• Extensive experience in network administration.
• Expertise in routing, including BGP and OSPF.
• Expertise in switching, including VLANs, STP, EtherChannel, VTP, and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols.
• Ability to develop approaches to complex and unfamiliar network problems.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information to people at all management levels.
• Sound judgment and critical thinking, with a commitment to flagging governance or priority concerns and handling information with integrity and confidentiality.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of Linux and cloud networking in AWS or Azure.
• Experience with Python, Ansible, automation pipelines, and CI/CD.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent, full-time employment.
• Office-based work in Montreal.
• Work within a global network team supporting gaming infrastructure.