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About the role

  • Senior Systems Administrator supporting infrastructure and operational environment of Scholars Portal applications. Contributing to system administration, monitoring, maintenance, and enhancement of on-premises systems.

Responsibilities

  • Support the infrastructure and operational environment that underpins Scholars Portal applications and services
  • Contribute to the administration, monitoring, maintenance, and enhancement of primarily on-premises systems and platforms
  • Focus on service reliability, security, performance, and operational sustainability
  • Work closely with Systems team members, developers, and other colleagues on server provisioning, configuration management, deployment support, patching, monitoring, backup and recovery, and disaster preparedness
  • Help maintain and improve robust, high-availability services that respond to evolving technical and community needs

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or an equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience in systems administration, infrastructure operations, or platform support
  • Extensive experience administering and supporting Linux-based production environments
  • Experience deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting highly available, resilient, and secure systems
  • Experience supporting distributed systems and services in a production environment
  • Strong knowledge of operating systems administration, networking, storage, and core infrastructure concepts
  • Experience with configuration management, automation, and infrastructure management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, or equivalent)
  • Experience administering web servers, reverse proxies, and load balancing technologies (e.g., Apache, Nginx, HAProxy, or equivalent)
  • Experience with containerization and related platform technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, or equivalent)
  • Experience supporting virtualization and infrastructure platforms using open-source technologies (e.g., KVM, OpenStack, or equivalent)
  • Experience supporting databases and backend services in a production environment, including writing and maintaining SQL scripts; familiarity with technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, RabbitMQ, or Elasticsearch is an asset
  • Experience with monitoring, logging, and operational support tools used to maintain service reliability and performance
  • Experience with scripting and automation using languages such as Python, Bash, Go, or equivalent
  • Experience with identity and access management systems such as Shibboleth, LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, OAuth2, or OpenID Connect
  • Familiarity with secure systems administration practices, backup and recovery procedures, patching, and disaster recovery planning
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment, and to contribute to documentation, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

CA$103,367 - CA$132,188 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AnsibleApacheChefDistributed SystemsDockerElasticSearchHAProxyKubernetesLinuxMongoDBMySQLNGINXOpenStackOraclePostgresPythonRabbitMQRedisSQLGo

Location requirements

OnsiteTorontoCanada

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