System Administrator - Montréal, Canada - National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

Verified Company

Montréal, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Posted:
Sep 06, 2023

Location:
Montreal (Balmoral)

Flexibility Profile:
Mostly On-Site

Salary Range: 9 - $73,777 to $93,407 (under review)

Position Status:
Continuous - Full-time

Position Number:

Division:
Technologies

Department:
Information Technology & Infrastructure

Union Category:

PIPSC

Are you passionate about great storytelling, about exploring the issues that matter, about pushing the boundaries in new audiovisual experiences? So are we.

As Canada's public producer and distributor, the National Film Board has been telling the country's stories and pioneering breakthroughs in virtually every field of audiovisual content since 1939.

But to do this, we need a team that truly reflects the richness and diversity of Canada.

If you'd like to be a part of this team—and part of the NFB's incredible legacy—we'd love to hear from you.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

Responsible for the design, implementation and maintenance of the NFB's technical infrastructure, including storage, networking and computing, both on-prem and in the cloud.

Acts as a resource-person for the deployment, maintenance and ongoing management of Linux server environments in Amazon AWS and VMWare infrastructures.

Analyzes clients' needs, proposes solutions and participates in the design and development of web-based projects, including their implementation and integration into NFB infrastructure.

Collaborates with the other members of the Information Technology and Infrastructure sector to improve the quality of service delivered, and acts as a bridge between the IT teams to coordinate required technical actions.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for providing daytoday support for all IT infrastructure systems, including performing operational procedures such as server installation, patching, backups, upgrades and monitoring; this includes ongoing maintenance and management of the Linux server farm within VMWare and AWS environments.
Ensures stability and reliability of current infrastructure, anticipates future needs and recommends actions to meet these needs.
Responsible for proactive troubleshooting and resolution of complex incidents, implementing change requests, service requests, etc.
Addresses architectural, systems performance, capacity and reliability issues associated with IT projects and initiatives.
Performs routine and scheduled systems audits to ensure the systems' security, efficiency and system recoveries are optimal.
Designs and implements server and infrastructure solutions (hardware and software) catering to systems optimizations (reliability, availability and maintainability) based on NFB and industry standards for an efficient disaster recovery plan (DRP), IT security practices, sound asset management and lifecycle management best practices.
Identifies processes that can be optimized by automatization and integrates them into existing systems (e.g., continuous integration, continuous deployment).
Creates, maintains and improves infrastructure documents and processes within their area of responsibilities.
Actively participates in discussions regarding various technology initiatives such as fixes, configuration changes and migration.
Contributes their expertise and proposes best practices to their leadership in areas of virtualization in cloud and onprem environments.
Acts as a technical expert for other IT teams regarding infrastructure technologies to coordinate required technical actions and improve the quality of service delivered.
Assists colleagues NFBwide in troubleshooting and resolving systems and network security issues.
Keeps own skills up to date, performs technology watch and stays abreast of recent developments in the industry on a technical level, and actively participates in discussions about adopting them within the NFB; as applicable, implements approved solutions.
May carry out other tasks related to systems and infrastructure administration.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent;
Minimum of five (5) years' experience in a similar position or as a systems or infrastructure administrator;
Demonstrated experience with Amazon AWS and VMware;
Proficiency with Linux, macOS and Windows operating systems;
Experience with development automation tools like Ansible and Git;
Knowledge of Jira;
Experience developing with PHP and Python languages;
Experience with nginx, DNS, MySQL, Linux security, system internals and Linux scripting;
Experience with web protocols and architectures;
Knowledge of various technologies such as virtualization, networking, storage, video streaming, access management and security;
Bilingualism in both official languages (French and English), both orally and in writing.

PERSONAL QUALITIES: