Systems Administrator - Virtual Infrastructure

Adecco is currently recruiting for a Senior System Administrator for a 7-month hybrid contract opportunity with possibility of extension for up to 2 years. This role is with our Crown corporation client in downtown Ottawa, ON. This opportunity requires on-site of 3 days per week. The successful candidate must hold a valid Reliability level Security Clearance or be eligible for one. 

The Senior System Administrator will have the following responsibilities:

• Provide expert Operations Management support for virtual infrastructure and IaC automation tools: VMware vSphere 8.x (VSAN and NSX-T), VMware SRM, EMC RP4VM, VMWare vRealize Orchestration and Automation, Ansible Tower, and Azure DevOps

• Configure real-time/continuous health monitoring on supported technologies

• Resolve incidents and problems related to supported technologies and integrations within SLA specifications

• Execute configuration management changes on supported technologies, as necessary

• Execute standardized request fulfilment within SLA specifications while identifying opportunities to promote task automation by recommending design and implementing features, while ensuring proper testing, and maintaining documentation or release notes

• Apply and maintain adequate cybersecurity controls supported technologies

• Apply and maintain adequate resiliency controls, including the creation and validation of IT Disaster Recovery plans

• Perform technology upgrades/updates/patching ensuring compliance with vendor provided compatibility matrices, and to maintain required cybersecurity controls

• Perform capacity management on IT infrastructure

• Respond to audit requests (i.e.: ad-hoc reporting)

• Perform supported technology functional testing and health checks during change, incident and other activities performed by other teams, as required

• Participate in on-call rotation, as required

• Other related activities and deliverables, as required

The Senior System Administrator must meet the following mandatory requirements:

• University degree or college diploma in computer science or a related field;

• A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience working with VMware vSphere 8.x (VSAN and NSX-T), VMware SRM, EMC RP4VM, VMWare vRealize/Aria Orchestration and Automation, Ansible Tower, and Azure DevOps

• Demonstrated work experience in each of the following:

  • A scripting language, such as PowerShell or Python and in creating automation scripts, deploying orchestration and automation processes and products

  • Developing and supporting IAC (Infrastructure as Code) with tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Azure, etc.

  • System administration (priority given for VxRail, VSAN, Dell PowerEdge support)

• Demonstrated ability to work individually or as part of a team

• Demonstrated experience with technical decision-making needed to support a 24/7/365, multi-tiered large-scale production environment

• Certificates in ITIL, TOGAF and Agile are all preferred; 

If you are interested in applying to our Senior System Administrator, please submit your resume as soon as possible by clicking on the 'Apply with Adecco' button.

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