American Iron & Metal (AIM) is a family-owned company recognized as a global leader in the metal recycling industry with more than 125 locations and 4,000 employees worldwide. We have continued to thrive over the past eight decades thanks to the dedication of our employees and the continued trust and support of our customers.
Be part of the AIM team, a growing team with an entrepreneurial spirit that, over the years, has become a successful and versatile company with business divisions that include metal recycling, decommissioning and demolition, automotive parts sales and recycling, weld assembly manufacturing, construction waste recycling, and the production of custom industrial and mining products.
We pride ourselves on doing good things for the environment to help create a greener, more sustainable future for all.
It's simple: we do it well. We strive for excellence.
Job DescriptionThe Senior Network Administrator – OSCC (Operational Security Command Center) is responsible for the reliability, performance, and security of the company's network infrastructure, spanning campus, data center, WAN/SD-WAN, and cloud environments.
You will play a key role in daily operations, major incident resolution, automation, and continuous improvement of network posture. You will help maintain stable, high-performance, and secure systems while collaborating with the Cybersecurity, Systems, and Service Desk teams.
Your main responsibilities include:
- Ensuring the availability and stability of network infrastructure (routers, switches, firewalls, VPN, Wi-Fi, load balancing).
- Maintaining critical services (routing, VLAN, DNS/DHCP, QoS, secure segmentation, Zero Trust).
- Overseeing monitoring, incident response, and change management.
- Design and execute MOPs, failover plans, and resilience tests.
- Develop configuration automation (Python, Ansible, Git) and manage the network like code.
- Document architectures and procedures, and participate in the on-call rotation for major incidents.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise networking, including operational management of multi-site environments.
- Strong knowledge of routing and switching (OSPF, BGP, VXLAN/EVPN), firewalls, VPNs, QoS, and Wi-Fi.
- Experience with Cisco, Palo Alto, Fortinet, or Aruba environments.
- Good knowledge of packet analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump) and network monitoring platforms.
- Automation skills (Python, Ansible, Git, API) and ITIL best practices in change and incident management.
- Analytical, rigorous, performance-oriented, and continuous improvement-oriented.
- Recognized certifications: CCNP, CCIE, PCNSE, NSE, JNCIP, ITIL Foundation (an asset).
What we offer!
- A competitive annual salary, vacation, benefits and a RRSP matching program
- Annual AIM tuition scholarship program up to $8,500 per eligible dependents
- The tools and support needed to be successful in your career and professional development
- A dynamic & rewarding work environment that is also a lot of fun!
