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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced System Administrator to oversee our IT infrastructure and ensure that all systems and networks are set up and maintained to the highest standards. You'll oversee infrastructure maintenance, internal and external servers, as well as propose network improvements. You will be responsible for supervising our external IT partner and assessing if things are working well, becoming the main point of contact when they come on-site for set-ups, and ensuring that best practices in network setup are maintained.

What You'll Do:

• Work with Purchasing for IT equipment purchases
• Ensure best practices in network setup and maintenance
• Oversee and maintain the IT infrastructure, including internal and external servers, applications, and workstations
• Oversee and maintain the IT infrastructure, including internal and external servers, applications, and workstations
• Strategically plan for continuous improvement
• Applications (Jira, Confluence, GSuite)
• Oversee our partnership with our external IT partner
• Internal servers (Win, Linux)
• External servers (AWS)

What You Bring:

• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Good analytical and organizational skills
• Expertise in General Networking - VLANs, DHCP, internal DNS, Network architecture.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of network security and best practices
• Experience working collaboratively, prioritizing, and balancing multiple competing tasks effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic, interrupt-driven environment.
• Ability to communicate both technically and non-technically
• 5+ years of applicable experience
• Experience with container environments
• Experience with virtualized environments
• Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities
• Sound troubleshooting experience
• Completion of College or University in an Information Technology, Computer Science, or related discipline
• In-depth knowledge of macOS, Linux, and Windows operating systems
• Strong proficiency and experience with Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, VPC)

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with Bash scripting in Linux environments
• Passionate about server infrastructure design and maintenance
• Experience in relational database management
• Experience with hypervisors like HyperV and Proxmox

About RBR

Since 1973, RBR has been designing and manufacturing oceanographic instruments in Ottawa, Ontario to measure our blue planet. The effects of climate change are being seen from the ocean’s abyss to the polar ice caps and our sensors quantify this change to support better analysis, improved planning, and more effective mitigation strategies. Our instruments measure water parameters in some of the harshest environments on the planet! They are mounted on underwater drones, dropped out of planes, and sent to the bottom of the ocean – sometimes for years at a time – all in an effort to get precise and accurate data to support climate research! We have been fortunate to be able to partner with some of the world's leaders in the field of ocean science, like Fisheries and Oceans Canada, The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, The Norwegian Polar Institute, and The British Antarctic Survey, just to name a few!

At RBR, our people care about the environment, our community, their work, and - of course - each other! We value curiosity, experimentation, and doing the right thing, and while we do some serious work to support world-changing science, we don’t take ourselves too seriously – we like to let our hair down and cut loose too! Our Ottawa team recently moved our HQ to a new space that includes large meeting spaces to encourage collaboration, a sweet snack room, a large and modern lunch area, and even a fish tank!

Why Join RBR?

• Competitive vacation, pay, and benefits
• $200 annual fitness reimbursement program
• Day 1 benefits plan (medical, dental, etc.) & RRSP contribution matching
• Competitive market salary + company-wide bonus
• Charitable donation matching of up to $1,000 annually to charities of your choosing
• Socially Responsible
• Flexible working hours and Work from Wherever Wednesdays (most roles are eligible)
• A wide range of employee well-being initiatives
• Electric vehicle incentive of up to $10,000 - plus on-site EV charging stations
• Greener commuting program (bike to work, carpooling, transit passes)
• Friday lunches (on us)!
• 20 days of annual vacation, plus company-wide holiday shutdown

At RBR we celebrate and support diversity in our workplace, we are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We seek to recruit the best and most talented people for the job, period. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.