About the role

  • Senior IT Infrastructure Administrator at Tantalus Systems, maintaining and upgrading on-premise Linux systems for smart grid solutions. Focus on security posture and cloud transitions in hybrid role.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the day-to-day maintenance, support, and optimization of Linux server environments
  • Plan and execute system upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management for Linux systems
  • Monitor, maintain, and regularly test backup systems to ensure data integrity and recoverability
  • Perform physical server and storage system maintenance and upgrades as required
  • Lead system migrations, including transitions from CentOS to Ubuntu
  • Upgrade legacy systems to modern platforms or migrate workloads to cloud environments
  • Implement and maintain Linux automation using tools such as Ansible
  • Facilitate migrations between different hypervisor platforms
  • Design and implement network segmentation and isolation strategies
  • Enhance and maintain internal security controls and best practices
  • Manage and maintain internal certificate infrastructure
  • Respond rapidly and effectively to critical infrastructure issues and outages
  • Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance across all systems
  • Contribute to strengthening our infrastructure by improving backup strategies, business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and incident response processes and documentation

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
  • 5+ years of experience in administering Linux clients and servers, networking, and cybersecurity
  • 5+ years of experience in network management (VLANs, Firewalls, NAT, Segmentation, Proxy’s, Packet Sniffing, etc)
  • Physical capability to add/remove servers from a rack
  • Will be required to carry a cell phone for on-call support to respond to critical issues

Benefits

  • medical, dental and vision plans
  • healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
  • paid time off

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$100,000 - CA$120,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AnsibleCloudCyber SecurityFirewallsLinux

Location requirements

HybridBurnabyCanada

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