IT System Administrator

📋 Job Overview

Waabi is seeking an IT Systems Administrator to join our growing IT Operations team and provide hands-on technology support for our Toronto site while helping scale IT operations across all Waabi locations. This is a high-ownership, onsite role with a strong emphasis on Linux systems administration and networking.

🏢 About Waabi

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. Waabi is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.

With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit: www.waabi.ai

🎯 The Role

This is a high-ownership, onsite role with a strong emphasis on Linux systems administration and networking. You will support day-to-day IT operations, manage Linux-based infrastructure and endpoints, maintain and troubleshoot office and lab networking, and partner with teams across the organization to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver who is comfortable operating in Linux environments at the command line, is confident troubleshooting complex networking issues (switches, routing, VPNs, firewalls), and enjoys working across multiple layers of IT, from supporting engineers and managing servers, to maintaining office infrastructure and improving IT processes. You will collaborate closely with the broader IT team to provide remote support to other Waabi locations and participate in the IT Support on-call rotation.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Administer, patch, and maintain Linux servers and workstations supporting engineering, R&D, and office environments
• Manage user accounts, permissions, and configuration via standard Linux tooling and scripting (Bash/Python)
• Support Linux-based endpoint provisioning, imaging, and configuration management for engineering and lab users
• Monitor system health, logs, and performance, and troubleshoot Linux-specific issues across compute and networked storage
• Maintain security hardening, patch management, and compliance for Linux systems
• Support day-to-day network operations for the Toronto office, including switches, routers, firewalls, patch panels, and structured cabling
• Troubleshoot wired and wireless network connectivity issues, including VLAN configuration, DNS/DHCP, and VPN access
• Support network segmentation and security for corporate, guest, and lab/engineering network environments

🎁 Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Work authorization in Canada required