We are looking for a bright and innovative individual to join their senior technical team in the Information Services department.
This individual will work in a team that manages the operation of the UNIX environment and ensures that proper infrastructure and operating processes are in place to meet the requirements of running the business and works closely with the IS support and other operations teams.
This position entails the right candidate to perform the following duties:
- Conduct feasibility studies for new or existing infrastructure enhancements by performing tasks such as determining user department requirements, examining and identifying problems with existing systems and recommending modifications.
- Perform a variety of duties related to server monitoring and capacity management and ensures best practices for system security are being maintained.
- Provide Tier 3 technical troubleshooting and support for a variety of environments including Sun Solaris and Linux server infrastructure and performs tasks such as scheduled changes, tuning and maintenance, analyzing and diagnosing problems and formulating solutions.
- Ensure creation and tracking of documentation for technical procedures and standard processes such as server build documents, detailed procedures for disaster recovery scenarios and other operations guides.
- Mentor and provides knowledge transfer to co-workers as appropriate
- Superior technical leadership for projects; including participating in research, requirements definition and execution
- Design server and application system solutions
- Lead the implementation of systems
- Define service level and operational monitoring requirements and implements solutions
- Provide Tier 3 technical support
You must possess the following qualifications for this senior role:
- Post-secondary degree/diploma in computer engineering or computer science or equivalent experience in Unix/Linux system administration
- Sun Solaris and/or Linux certification (e.g. SCSA)
- Experience in retail environment is an asset
- 3-5 years of experience in operating and managing similar technologies
- Membership in appropriate professional organization
- Project Management certification or experience
Additionally, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Occasional travel to locations and offsite data center in Calgary as projects necessitate
- On-call support as required
- BC driver's license and vehicle required
- Extra hours based on Project and/or operational needs
In addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, employees share in a company-wide profit sharing plan that recognizes individual and team contributions.
If you are this amazing Linux/UNIX Administrator, and would like to move to the sunny Okanagan, then please send your detailed resume to Ed Chyzowski at the Vancouver office of INTEQNA using echyzowski@inteqna.com.