System Administrator

Important :

• Active Directory - setting up from scratch being able to do so and have done it very important
• Powershell
• ESX / VMs background important

Note :

• Migrating all of their servers from the current data center to their own data center in Richmond Hill
• at beginning stages

Job Description Summary

The Operations Delivery Engineer is responsible for supporting the computing infrastructure and enterprise applications that provide services to our Corporate teams and external clients.

The role requires you to have hands-on technical experience and a can-do approach

to complete projects in environment planning and implementation for servers, networking, scheduler, workflow, and security services.

Key Job Functions / Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage ASP / SaaS-based production system, to ensure its availability, performance, scalability and security.
• Work closely with Operations & Infrastructure team members, Project Managers, Software Development and Business Analysts to ensure successful delivery for all projects.
• Responsible for general systems administration, including system configuration management, OS installations, security updates, and urgent system patching.
• Assist the team in migration of Windows Servers and Active Directory Objects.
• Write and implement scripts to automate deployment, primarily on Windows Systems.
• Software code deployment, upgrades and client support as required.
• Management of systems in a virtualized environment to ensure availability.
• Ensure critical system security through the use of best in class security solutions.
• Work includes participation in afterhours, weekend work and participation in on-call rotation for 24 / 7 support as required.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Additional :

• Team player : intra- and inter-departmental cooperation that fosters morale and productivity.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Able to understand the impact of decisions on other disciplines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to details
• A proactive, service-first attitude combined with ability to work independently on projects with tight deadlines and minimal supervision.

Basic Skill Level Requirements Education :

Bachelor’s degree, college diploma or exceptional equivalent work experience

Experience :

• 3+ years of experience in windows system administration is required.
• 3+ years of managing / configuring different aspects of Active Directory.
• 2+ years of experience using PowerShell to perform various tasks.
• Prior experience with a Data center move is preferred.
• Experience in System Administration for Red Hat / CentOS is considered an asset.

Skills :

• Experience with VMWare Virtual Machines, including in-depth experience in support and storage administration.
• Strong understanding of Active Directory, Domain Controllers, Group Policy Objects and IIS servers.
• Understanding of J2EE Application servers like WebSphere, JBoss, or Class loader policies is considered an asset,
• Knowledge of load balancers, firewalls, switches, routers, VPN, TCP / IP, SSL, DNS, DHCP, TFTP, PXE.
• Financial business experience is considered an asset.

Nice to have :

• Experience with Python, Perl, Korn / Bash scripting.
• Experience with Oracle databases.
• Certificate implementation and management (SSL certificate).
• Microsoft Windows Server Administration Certifications.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Schedulers such as Active Batch.
7 days ago