System Administrator - Toronto, Canada - IBM

IBM

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Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Introduction
The Systems Administrator is a proven technologist with expertise across multiple towers, tools and technologies.

This person has a track record for solving complex problems by engaging with all levels of support to drive to a resolution.

They are capable of taking on projects from start to finish.

The Systems Administrator looks to drive our business forward, whether it's through automation, relationships or problem solving they are consistently aware of the big picture.

The Systems Administrator embraces change and is quick to adjust to the needs of the business.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Providing responsive and highquality technical support in the 24x7 Network Operations Center
Responding to alerts/alarms and escalations according to standard operating procedures
Tracking all issues utilizing a ticketing system
Helping to define and document Operations Methods & Procedures (M&Ps) for the Network Operations Center department
Working with Solution Engineering support and thirdparty vendors during routine deployment and outages
Ensuring escalations are handled in a professional, consistent, and relentless manner
Managing incidents from beginning through final resolution, including customer notification
Other duties as assigned

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Ability to work nonstandard hours and shifts
Minimum 1 year of system administration experience
A passion for and strong desire to learn about Cloud and other Cutting Edge technologies
Previous experience in a largescale, heterogeneous data center environment (preferably Windows 2012R2 and newer or RHEL7.x / UBUNTU 16.04 LTS+)
Prior experience with TCP/IP, Routers, Switches, Hubs, Firewalls, Domains, DNS, DHCP, and Subnets using CIDR
Be comfortable using Network Hardware CLI & GUI's to troubleshoot issues (Cisco IOS / PAN)
Knowledge of and ability to work across all platforms of Windows and Linux Server, networking, data base administration, virtualization, and storage.

Including but not limited to:

File/Folder Permissions
Local Storage/SAN/NAS/NFS/ISCSI Mounted Storage
Managing Shared Resources
GPO's
Familiarity with Cloud technologies on AWS, GCP and/or Azure Platforms
Familiarity with Patch Management Software, understand core concepts of patch strategy and software
Excellent verbal and written communication, stellar customer service skills
Familiarity with the principles and practice of system configuration management using modern declarative tools. (Chef, Puppet, Ansible, etc.)
A Cloud Certification in GCP, AWS or Azure is a plus
Familiarity with GCP, AWS and/or Azure

Examples:

EC2, S3, EBS, ELB/ALB, Lambda, CloudFunctions, Compute, VPC, Azure Storage, Azure VM, Azure Networking, VPN's
Understanding of PaaS Database Offerings and how they work
Firm grasp of what PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, etc are
Demonstrate basic scripting knowledge (Bash, Python or Powershell)

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
AWS Certification

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.

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company.

They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers.

The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

About IBM
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