Infrastructure Analyst (H)

Infrastructure Analyst (H)

Information Technology Services (ITS)

Applicants will be considered in the following order :

Qualified permanent ESS / OSSTF Bargaining Unit employees.

Qualified probationary temporary and Temporary Hourly Rated THR ESS / OSSTF employees.

Qualified external applicants (includes employees from other Bargaining Units)

Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) serves approximately 65000 students in 123 schools as well as alternative and continuing education sites. WRDSB is committed to creating learning environments that support the achievement and well-being of all students through partnering with staff parents families caregivers and communities to promote success in learning and life. Additional information regarding the Board is available on the Boards website at .

Reporting to the Supervisor of IT Infrastructure team the successful candidate will be responsible to plan implement and maintain core IT infrastructure systems into which all other systems connect. This individual will work with other teams to help them achieve their needs in a responsible and systematic way that ensures consistency and effective data integration and security across all systems. This position will focus on Active Directory and Cloud.

The successful applicant for this Educational Support Staff position Level H ($74462-$85666) will be working 35 hours per week 12 months per year effective as soon as possible. Flexibility is required as hours of work may vary according to workload or assignment and overtime may be necessary. The successful candidate may be required to drive his or her own vehicle as well as Board rented vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Assists in designing implementing and maintaining a vision and 3 year plan related to WRDSB integrated IT infrastructure systems as a component of the larger IT Service planning cycle
• Core IT infrastructure systems include accounts devices networks firewalls security servers storage web telephony system management and cloud computing
• Participate in oversight of the life cycle and maintenance of IT Infrastructure including availability performance and security in accordance with agreed upon service level agreements
• Participates in multiple complex technical projects for the optimization and continuous improvements of core IT infrastructure systems and services
• Leads small to medium size technical projects.
• Provides day-to-day technical leadership for infrastructure support of complex issues and requests where they have the subject matter expertise
• Assist in investigating troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues that impact several critical systems and operations throughout all schools and departments
• Proactively recommend test validate and implement new releases upgrades and patches to the core IT infrastructure systems
• Evaluate and recommend hardware system standards (computers mobile digital signage etc)
• Administer and maintain IT infrastructure in compliance with set hardware and software standards security measures and data privacy requirements
• Monitor and maintain automation and synchronization processes to efficiently and seamlessly integrate core IT systems
• Execute sensitive data backup and restoration procedures
• Analyze and identify potential infrastructure capacities gaps
• Develop and maintain hardware and software technical documentation
• Stay abreast of emerging IT infrastructure changes vulnerabilities and threats
• Build and maintain strong lines of collaboration between IT service groups schools departments stakeholders and vendors
• Provide advice to IT staff in support of collaborative service management practices including problem solving user support and communication
• Other duties as assigned by the Information Technology Management team

Qualifications

Applicant Self-Identification Questions

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The Waterloo Region District School Board is committed to equity in employment. We are committed to fair and equitable hiring practices that allow us to hire qualified staff who reflect the diversity of the community we serve who will foster the success and well-being of our students and who demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion in the classroom.

We actively encourage applications from members of groups with historical and / or current barriers to equity including but not limited to :

We will make any appropriate accommodation based on any of the human rights protected grounds to support candidate participation in the hiring process.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Installation Maintenance Repair,Quality Assurance,Active Directory,End user,Access Points,Deskside Support,Infrastructure Development,Project Management,Quality Control,Troubleshoot,User Accounts,Desktop,Setup,hardware,Technical Support

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 74462 - 85666