Junior Systems Engineer - Networking

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Engineer and optimize IP networks, including diagnostic methods, VLAN architectures, and validation frameworks for Cisco network devices and VoIP platforms.
• Support software verification and integration to ensure interoperability across platforms and stakeholders.
• Run system-level test suites, document test results and analysis, and review or update design documents, use cases, and procedures.
• Collaborate with coalition partners and internal teams to resolve interoperability challenges.
• Participate in document reviews, interoperability assessments, and compliance reviews against established standards and protocols.
• Implement corrective actions in Linux, Windows, and virtual-machine test environments.
• Use requirements, configuration-management, and test-management tools, including JIRA/Confluence, Ansible, and Python scripts.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Science, or a related technical or scientific discipline.
• Hands-on co-op, internship, or entry-level experience with Linux (Ubuntu or Red Hat) and Windows Server/Desktop environments.
• Basic scripting with Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation or data processing.
• Experience documenting test results and presenting findings to a technical audience.
• Understanding of networking technologies and protocols.
• Ability to obtain or maintain the required Canadian government security clearance and meet applicable security requirements; must be eligible to work in Canada.

Additional qualifications

• AI/ML model familiarity is preferred.
• Scrum or SAFe familiarity, defence or DND/CAF exposure, and LCSS/LC4ISR communications knowledge are preferred.
• Experience with Ansible, Squish, Python, Cisco VoIP, virtual environments, test/build automation, and systems engineering documentation is an advantage.

Compensation

• The hiring range is $75,000–$80,000; no pay cadence is specified.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, virtual health care, an employee and family assistance program, pension contributions, paid time away, learning resources, educational assistance, and onsite fitness facilities.
• Additional offerings include professional membership reimbursement, onsite parking, employee discounts, and social and recreational activities.