Senior Systems Administrator Jobs

Location Toronto (Hybrid)

Contract- 12 months and will move into a permanent position after this.

Purpose The purpose of the Senior IT Systems Administrator is to design, implement and operate IT and Cloud Infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities

● Support and maintenance Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Windows (2016+) server systems using tools like Satellite and SCCM, Ansible, Saltstack and other automation tools

● Support and maintain Active Directory, IIS, DNS, DHCP, GPO, replication, Clustering and other Windows Technologies

● Create and maintain the project and procedure documentation

● Participate in a rotating on-call schedule which includes performing server maintenance/updates and providing technical support after hours

Qualifications

● Experience in a large-scale (2000+ VMs) environment with Linux, Windows and VMWare ESXi 6+.

● Hands-on (production) experience in any Cloud provider (Google

preferred).

● Excellent knowledge of Active Directory, Azure AD, DNS, DHCP and Group Policy management.

● Solid networking knowledge (OSI Layers, well-known protocols)

● Strong documentation and presentation skills.

● Eager to learn new skills and develop new techniques

● Strong attention to detail, comprehensive problem solving and troubleshooting skills

● Must be able to effectively follow procedures and policies

● Ability to work independently or under minimum supervision

● Disaster Recovery/High Availability experience would be an asset

● Experience in regulated environments is an asset (SOC, ISO27001, NIT, PCI) including escalations, change and incident management.

● Experience presenting and influencing technology strategy with executives through developers