System Administrator

PrecisionERP is seeking qualified candidates for a System Administrator contract role with one of our clients located in London, Ontario.

This is a 6 month contract, which may be renewed up to 1 year, with a target start date of mid- December 2026.

Location: London, Ontario

In addition to providing day-to-day support of IT systems, the System Administrator will work closely with Technical Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, LAN Administrators, the Cyber Security team and other IT team members and/or external contractors as required.

Duties will include:

• Set up, install, configure, manage and support internal and/or external computer systems, networks, operating systems, and select business applications. Act as the technical escalation point to the Technical Analyst and various groups in the organization. Provide operational and technical support in hardware and software migration and upgrade efforts.
• Architect, build, and maintain complex solutions using various technologies utilizing cloud and on-premise solutions.
• Monitor and maintain licenses for operating systems and applications.
• Develop and maintain all systems, applications, security, network configurations, and processes in relation to the job function. Design and recommend baseline security configurations in consultation with the Cyber Security team, ensure security compliance in all installations and uphold Cyber Security policies, standards and procedures to ensure compliance with industry practices.
• Plan, schedule, and communicate system maintenance activities.
• Create and maintain system documentation and solution architecture records.
• Monitor and troubleshoot systems performance issues, and recommend and implement solutions.
• Lead, develop, monitor, maintain and test the information technology backup and disaster recovery plan and procedures.
• Research and evaluate the feasibility of new technologies; evaluate and test new hardware, business applications, operating systems and cloud services.
• Perform the duties of the Technical Analyst.
• Adhere to all Occupational Health & Safety Act rules and regulations, client work practices and client’s Health & Safety Management System.
• Document, communicate and follow-up on all health and safety incidents, near misses and identified hazards Perform other duties related to the above job purpose.

Requirements:

• Successful completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent from a recognized university
• At least five years of experience with Windows and Linux operating systems, enterprise storage systems, networking, VMware, cloud computing (AWS and GCP), Microservices, Kubernetes, Kafka, DevSecOps, as well but not limited to VOIP and contact center, corporate email, AD, GPO, DNS, DHCP, Firewall, encryption technologies and experience administering SSL and other security features on webservers and cloud computing services.
• Experience cabling, installing, configuring and maintaining servers and proficiency in data centre best practices.
• Experience with modern development languages, tools, shell scripting, platforms and development processes and guidelines, and developing, building, and maintaining CICD pipelines.
• Experience with HP and Cisco servers, storage and networking systems.
• Working knowledge of Oracle, MongoDB, and SAP Servers.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with system configuration management tools (Ansible & Terraform), logical file systems (LVM), and client/server environments.
• In-depth system configuration knowledge
• Technology certifications would be an asset (VMWare, Windows, Linux, AWS and GCP)
• Position necessitates a high degree of confidentiality.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong written and oral communication, leadership and interpersonal skills.