Manager, Network Platforms

Job Title: Manager, Network Platforms

Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite)

Estimated Duration: Fulltime

Client: Canadian Tire
About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

What you’ll do
The Manager, Network Platforms is responsible for the design, operation, and continuous improvement of the organization’s network infrastructure across data centers, cloud environments, and distributed retail and corporate sites. This role oversees two core engineering squads — Core Network & Cloud and Remote Site Networks — ensuring a reliable, scalable, and cost-effective network foundation that enables the business.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with a service provider mindset, capable of balancing performance, resiliency, and cost efficiency across a complex multi-vendor environment.
Strategic and Technical Leadership
              •            Lead the design, deployment, and lifecycle management of network platforms across data centers, clouds (Azure and others), and retail/corporate sites.
              •            Drive the adoption of network-as-code and automation frameworks to improve repeatability, observability, and time to deploy.
              •            Collaborate with enterprise architects and security teams to ensure network architecture aligns with cloud and security standards.
              •            Champion value engineering — selecting right-sized solutions and avoiding unnecessary spend while maintaining reliability and performance.

Infrastructure Operations
              •            Ensure performance, scalability, and availability targets are met across over 1,600 sites, including retail stores, corporate offices, and distribution centers.
              •            Oversee multi-vendor environments including Cisco, Juniper, and Extreme Networks.
              •            Lead modernization initiatives to retire legacy platforms and standardize on next-generation SD-WAN and Wi-Fi solutions.
              •            Partner with the Network Services Manager to ensure seamless integration of connectivity, monitoring, and support functions.
Team Leadership
              •            Build and mentor a high-performing team of network engineers and specialists across both squads.
              •            Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
              •            Encourage innovation through proof-of-concept testing, lab environments, and automation-first thinking.

Automation, Observability, and Continuous Improvement
              •            Implement infrastructure-as-code principles across configuration, deployment, and monitoring workflows.
              •            Work with the monitoring and automation teams to enhance observability through proactive telemetry, analytics, and AI-driven insight tools.
              •            Partner with operations and incident response teams to minimize mean time to repair (MTTR) and improve service resilience.

Vendor and Stakeholder Management
              •            Oversee vendor engagements related to hardware, software, and managed services for core and site networks.
              •            Ensure network standards and designs are consistently applied across all delivery partners.
              •            Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to support business initiatives requiring new or enhanced connectivity.

What you bring
              •            Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
              •            8–10 years of experience in network engineering and operations, with at least 3 years in a leadership or team lead capacity.
              •            Strong background in service provider or MSP-style environments with distributed networks and customer-focused uptime models.
              •            Deep hands-on experience with Cisco and Juniper (Mist) networking technologies, including routing, switching, SD-WAN, and Wi-Fi.
              •            Knowledge of automation and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Python).
              •            Working knowledge of Azure Networking, ExpressRoute, VPNs, and hybrid interconnects.
              •            Familiarity with observability platforms and network performance analytics tools.
              •            Strong communication and leadership skills, with a focus on coaching and developing engineers.
              •            A passion for operational excellence, cost efficiency, and delivering measurable business value through technology.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 
 We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
 
Accommodations  
 We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.