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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