Network Engineer III

Best Buy Canada

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join us as a network engineer III, where you will play a key role in leading, designing, and evolving large-scale enterprise network infrastructure across corporate, retail, and data center environments. This role blends advanced technical expertise, project leadership, and cross-team collaboration. As a network engineer III, you will act as a technical authority, helping guide architectural decisions, improve operational maturity, and support multi-year modernization initiatives as well as supporting our customers operationally. You’ll influence standards, tooling direction, and best practices while empowering the broader team. We practice a remote first working model, leveraging in person interactions at our head office, in beautiful Vancouver, BC, for strategic, collaborative and social purposes. As Canada's destination for the coolest tech, Best Buy offers one of the best work environments in the country! Our culture is one of inclusivity and belonging and provides employees an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work. We believe in a fair and inclusive hiring process. We encourage you to apply if you may not meet all the requirements. Best Buy Canada is one of Canada’s largest and most successful retailers, operating the Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, and Geek Squad brands. We offer consumers a unique shopping experience with the latest technology and entertainment products, plus an expanded assortment of lifestyle products offered online at the right prices. Recognized as a 2023 winner of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, we received top marks in everyone from our work atmosphere and employee engagement to our phenomenal training and skills development programs. When you’re part of our team, you’ll get amazing discounts and promotional pricing on everything from TVs and refrigerators to luggage and furniture. You’ll get a sneak peek at the newest gadgets before they hit the market! Employment opportunities are available nationwide, including our Canadian Headquarters (CHQ) on the west coast, our two distribution centres, and 150+ retail store locations. We believe we have the unique opportunity to help customers enrich their lives and pursue their passions with the help of technology.

Requirements

• 5+ years supporting large-scale enterprise network environments.
• 5+ years experience using SolarWinds and(or) creating NetFlow dashboards.
• 5+ years with Infoblox, Azure, Fortinet, Juniper, Cisco, and F5
• 5+ years with firewall and security technologies (e.g., IPSEC, GRE, UTM, IDS/IPS)
• 4+ years with routing and switching technologies (e.g., BGP, OSPF, VPC, VSS, STP, MPLS, Load Balancing)
• 4+ years experience with Automation tools including Python, Ansible, or GitHub
• Demonstrated ability to lead technically, influence decisions, and mentor others
• Comfortable owning outcomes, not just tasks
• Strong communication skills with the ability to lead discussions with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced support for network operations across a broad spectrum of technologies, including routing, switching, load balancing, security, DNS, Cloud, WiFi, etc
• Shape and support network strategy and modernization by advising stakeholders, contributing to roadmap planning, and delivering scalable, resilient infrastructure initiatives across stores, regional offices, warehouses, and datacenters
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to stakeholders and product teams, while acting as an escalation point for complex incidents, leading root cause analysis and driving automated, repeatable remediation
• Design, implement, and continuously evolve network monitoring and observability to enable proactive detection, rapid response, and data-driven decision-making.
• Develop actionable dashboards, intelligent alerts, and automated responses, integrating them into Incident and Change Management workflows to improve visibility and stability.
• Identify, design, and implement automation solutions that improve consistency, efficiency, and reliability across the network environment helping to migrate to a more automated framework.

Benefits

• amazing discounts and promotional pricing on everything from TVs and refrigerators to luggage and furniture.
• sneak peek at the newest gadgets before they hit the market!
• company performance bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed