Senior Infrastructure Operations lead to assist with VMWare production environments, Including

Our energy and resources client is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Operations lead to assist with VMWare production environments, Including backup and disaster recovery ownership and M and Azure Active Directory Administration

Calgary based role - Candidates will be in-office in downtown Calgary 5 days/week to start, then move to 4 days/week (This will be a contract-to-hire role)

Must Haves

• 7+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Analyst or Infrastructure Lead focusing on IT Operations with project ownership (not just support)
• Hands-on administration of VMware virtualization environments at production scale
• Administration of AWS workloads and Microsoft / Azure AD environments
• Ownership of Backup and Disaster Recovery platforms including Veeam
• Vendor management, contract management, and enterprise network operations with Fortinet or Palo Alto platforms

Strong Nice to Haves:

• Oil & gas, engineering, or technical consulting industry background
• Familiarity with Dell EMC Avamar / Data Domain and NetBackup
• Fortinet NSE certification
• Experience operating within a lean IT team environment
• Exposure to AI platform deployment or digital tooling rollout initiatives

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operational health of on-premises infrastructure, AWS workloads, and Microsoft Cloud services
• Lead infrastructure projects from scoping and vendor engagement through implementation, testing, and acceptance
• Operate network infrastructure including Fortinet firewall and switching environments
• Administer backup and disaster recovery operations across Veeam, Dell EMC Avamar / Data Domain, and NetBackup environments
• Manage user access, identity administration, software access, and security policy enforcement
• Maintain vendor relationships, procurement support activities, and SLA tracking
• Build and maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and procedural documentation