System Administrator - Toronto, Canada - IBM

IBM

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Introduction
System Administrators are the gatekeepers to the many systems that run our company and our clients.

As a System Admin with IBM, you will have the opportunity to provide high-value IT services and leverage our leading-edge technology portfolio in our global network.

Your work has a direct impact on the day-to-day productivity of our business by ensuring integrity of, and access to, our most important resource: data.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Position Overview

The System Administrator, accompanied by the IT Operations Manager oversees the perfect condition of the company hosted on Data Centers and Cloud.

The role is to ensure that all the hardware, instance, network, and solutions are running smoothly for our customers and our developers.

The system Administrator as a part of the core operation team is part of infrastructure project and must ensure data integrity, security and all linked tasks.

The role requires a high level of ethics / honesty, rigor and flawless organization given the criticality of our payment offerings.

Main responsibilities

Participate in the implementation, administration, maintenance and evolution of the technological environment and ensure proper documentation and functional analysis
Ensure stability, security and performance of the technological environment to keep inline with our availability and service level agreements.
Maintain and improve the system's backup technology, security and reliability.
Validate, recommend and participate in the periodical software and hardware patches.
Ensure all the required information for implementing, administrate and operating our datacenters and cloud and promote knowledge transfer, training and sharing.
Supervise backups integrity and testing for data recovery
Participate in security tightening with the help of the internal security team
May be required participating in scheduled outside hours rotations as a primary or secondary to ensure our clients do not get any payment penalty.

This role can be performed from Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

1 to 3 years of relevant experience in similar position
Strong analytical thinking and problemsolving skills with sense of urgency
Command of different OS': RedHat, Centos, Linux and Windows
Knowledge in hardware, software, networking, maintenance and patching
Understanding of vCenter
Understanding of backup solutions such as TSM Spectrum Project.
Understanding of Alerting systems such as Nagios and PagerDuty.

A clear credit check is a requirement for this role

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

Understanding of Ansible
Understanding of Active Directory and/or FreeIPA or related services
Basic knowledge or Networking and Security systems (Access Management, Authentication Policies, group management, route management etc.)
Basic knowledge or interest in Cloud/Hybrid Architecture (AWS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Terraform)

About Business Unit
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation.

With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world.

Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

Are you craving to learn more? Prepared to solve some of the world's most unique challenges? And ready to shape the future for millions of people? If so, then it's time to join us, express your individuality, unleash your curiosity and discover new possibilities.

Every IBMer, and potential ones like yourself, has a voice, carves their own path, and uses their expertise to help co-create and add to our story.

Together, we have the power to make meaningful change - to alter the fabric of our clients, of society and IBM itself, to create a truly positive impact and make the world work better for everyone.

It's time to define your career.

About IBM

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain.

Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

Location Statement
Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the followin