Systems Administrator - Ottawa, Canada - Canadian Research Knowledge Network

Description

Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Infrastructure & Development or designate and under the supervision of the Senior Systems Analyst, the Systems Administrator configures, monitors and maintains the TDR network infrastructure, Linux servers, monitoring systems, Swift clusters, systems configurations and Docker container deployments, and other networking and infrastructure elements.

The Systems Administrator coordinates with staff at partner data centres to manage the installation and maintenance of hardware and network infrastructure, and with vendors to purchase and configure new and replacement hardware.

The Systems Administrator also participates as a member of the Infrastructure & Development team to design and implement new services and capabilities using agile processes.

Duties and Responsibilities

System and Network Administration (70%)

• Configure, deploy, upgrade, manage and monitor servers and network hardware
• Manage server configurations and deployment of Docker containers using Puppet
• Develop recommendations for new hardware, operating system and server configurations and deployment practices
• Develop and implement monitoring strategies for system resource usage and performance
• Other system administration activities as required

System Development (15%)

• As a member of the Infrastructure & Development team, contribute to the design and implementation of new services and enhanced capabilities through an ongoing process of agile development

Security Policy Development and Implementation (10%)

• Provide support and guidance to the Director of Finance and Administration relating to the development and implementation of information security controls, policies and best practices
• Implement and monitor security processes, practices and tools to ensure the security of CRKN systems and information

Other (5%)

• Coordinate the purchase, delivery and installation of hardware with vendors and data centre staff
• Provide input and reports to the Preservation and Access Committee and Platform Technical Task Group
• Other duties as required

In a small team environment, every individual is expected to work towards overall CRKN goals and at times a team effort is required that may involve taking on tasks outside the normal or expected scope of their role.

Other duties may be assigned as required.


Qualifications:

• Extensive Unix/Linux administration and networking experience
• Puppet deployment configuration and management experience
• Supermicro or equivalent server hardware and IPMI knowledge
• Knowledge of Strongswan, OpenVPN, Bastion, backupninja, easyrsa
• Knowledge of monitoring systems (such as icinga, nagios) and practices
• Experience in advising on and implementing network security practices
• Ability to master complex and evolving technologies, frameworks and service architectures
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Familiarity working in an agile team environment
• Ability to lift up to 30 kg with the assistance of another person
• Ability to obtain Government of Canada reliability status.
• Experience with OpenStack components would be an asset
• Experience with Linux containers and orchestration, especially using Docker, would be an asset
• Scripting and programming experience using a variety of languages and frameworks would be an asset
• Proficiency in both English and French, written and spoken is highly desirable.

Responsibility:


An individual in this position:

• Reports to the Manager, Infrastructure & Development
• Operates with significant discretion and mínimal supervision
• Has access to sensitive and confidential information
• Has control over businesscritical services and infrastructure

Salary scale
This position falls within CRKN's Professional 2 a salary range of $80,000-$95,000.


Term
Full-time, Permanent


Location

To Apply
Canadian Research Knowledge Network

Attn:
James MacGregor, Manager, Research Infrastructure & Development


Closing date:
December
CRKN is committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants. Please adviseshould you require any accommodation to participate in this posting, recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes.


Salary:
$80,000.00-$95,000.00 per year


Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON