Senior Systems Administrator

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Job Number:  J0324-0090

Job Title:  Senior Systems Administrator

Job Type:  Continuing Full Time

Department:  School of Information Technology

Job Category:  Technologists

Number of Positions:  1

Date Posted (dd/mm/yyyy):  15/03/2024

Closing Date (dd/mm/yyyy):  14/04/2024

Salary (with Salary Rate):  84,362.00 - 92,907.00/Year

Employee Group:  CUPE 2424

Salary Level:  11R

Hours Per Week:  35

Date Position Available:  03/06/2024

Carleton University is situated on unceded Algonquin territory and bordered by the Rideau River and the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Ottawa, Ontario. The university is just minutes from the heart of our nation's government and G-7 organizations and this capital advantage provides opportunities for staff and faculty and students to make a positive impact in our community and around the world.

As one of the 2023 Top 100 Employers in Canada and one of the National Capital Region’s Top Employers for nine consecutive years, Carleton University is one of Canada’s most resourceful and productive hubs of learning and research, fuelling a rich talent pipeline that is supporting social and economic renewal. The university’s smart, caring and connected community inspires and empowers individuals to become change leaders who drive impact in the world while challenging conventional modes of thinking and doing. At Carleton, we are committed to fostering an innovative, equitable and welcoming work environment. Carleton is also a nationally certified Healthy Workplace and is a recipient of the Canada Awards for Excellence, Healthy Workplace Order of Excellence and Platinum Level Certification for Mental Health at Work.

The university’s Strategic Integrated Plan 2020-2025 is an ambitious vision for the future, anchored in Carleton’s strengths and student-centric, community-engaged values.

Reporting to the Director of the School of Information Technology, the incumbent is responsible for the overall management, planning, installing, maintaining, supporting, and optimizing of the computing infrastructure within the School. This includes responsibility for strategic planning as well as equipment, data, and network security.

Responsibilities in this position extend beyond a normal workday, as resources are utilized twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty-five days a year. This entails that the incumbent be “on call” as required and to work outside of regular business hours, if necessary, to complete specific work or to resolve problems.

The incumbent must possess the following qualifications:
● Strong organizational, planning, leadership, team building, and time management skills
● Knowledgeable of and extensive experience with standard system and network administration tools, shell scripting (bash, sh, tcsh, and/or csh), scripting languages ( python, and/or ruby) and mailing list management
● Knowledgeable of and extensive experience in software deployment and deployment automation tools, especially MDT and SCCM
● Experience working in an academic and/or research environment
● Extensive knowledge of Windows and UNIX-based operating systems, specifically Linux
● Knowledge and understanding of Web servers including LAMP and WAMP installations
● Experience in working with hypervisors and virtualized servers and services
● Experience in planning, administering, and operating a large independent computing and data facility with a heterogeneous software and hardware environment, remote user access, and data backup and recovery offering high availability and high throughput computing
● Experience in planning, problem solving, integrating, and administrating large heterogeneous online and off-line storage including RAID, iSCSI, NAS, SAN, etc.
● Extensive experience with a routed TCP/IP local area network including multi-vendor Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking hardware
● Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively in a team environment
● Knowledge and experience in designing and implementing stand-alone network workgroups and servers
● Knowledge and understanding of client and server-side programming languages
● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are required to provide support and advice to individuals of varying levels of experience and to be able to communicate effectively and often diplomatically on behalf of the School with personnel external to the School and the University
● Highly motivated self-starter with proven ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
● The incumbent may be required to work outside of normal working hours to correct problems and restore systems to good working order.

The above is normally acquired through the completion of:
● 4-year degree in Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering or the equivalent
● UNIX training or certification, specifically in LINUX
● Windows training or certification
● Seven to Eight years of work experience in computer networks, system administration or a related field including experience working in an academic and/or research environment.
● Supervisory experience is required

Equivalencies will be considered. Applicants are encouraged to provide information which may demonstrate equivalent qualifications. Please note that applicants may be required to complete an employment test as part of the selection process for this position. Those applicants that are selected for an interview will be requested to contact the Human Resource Advisor assigned to this competition as soon as possible to discuss any accommodation requirements. Arrangements will be made to accommodate your request in a timely manner. Carleton University is strongly committed to fostering diversity within its community as a source of excellence, cultural enrichment, and social strength. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our University including, but not limited to: women; visible minorities; First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples; persons with disabilities; and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expressions.

This position is regularly required to work on campus in person. In the event of a public health emergency or a health and safety issue, it is possible that you may be required to work temporarily remotely due to public health orders, directives and/or health and safety requirements. If this happens, you will work with your direct manager to set up a remote work environment including discussing appropriate technology and requirements. You are required to follow all University policies and directives, including to set up a safe and confidential workspace in a remote location and ensure all Carleton property (intellectual and other) is safeguarded. If required to work remotely, you will be notified by your manager when working full time physically onsite will resume.

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