Systems Administrator

📋 Job Overview

Build, Improve, and Own the Technology Behind a Growing Business. Our client is a well-established North American organization with more than 35 years of growth and multiple locations across the region. They're looking for a hands-on Systems Administrator to join their IT team and help keep their systems reliable, secure, and running smoothly.

🏢 About [Company]

Our client is a well-established North American organization with more than 35 years of growth and multiple locations across the region.

🎯 The Role

You'll work across Windows Server, Active Directory, PowerShell, virtualization, networking, backups, and monitoring, while also getting involved in infrastructure projects, automation, upgrades, and day-to-day technical support.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Windows Server environments, ensuring availability, performance, patching, and operational stability
• Manage Active Directory, including users, groups, permissions, organizational units, and Group Policy
• Maintain core network services including DNS and DHCP, and troubleshoot authentication and connectivity issues
• Develop and maintain PowerShell scripts to automate provisioning, administration, monitoring, reporting, and other repetitive tasks
• Support and troubleshoot VMware and/or Hyper-V environments, including virtual machine deployment, configuration, maintenance, and performance
• Monitor infrastructure, identify potential issues proactively, and respond to system alerts and performance concerns
• Manage and troubleshoot backup and recovery processes, investigate backup failures, and participate in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and connectivity issues involving TCP/IP, VPNs, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, and related technologies
• Provide escalation-level support for complex systems and infrastructure issues
• Support endpoint, hardware, and software deployments across the organization
• Participate in infrastructure upgrades, migrations, technology deployments, and other IT projects
• Apply security best practices across systems, access, patching, configuration, and infrastructure management
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, system configurations, procedures, and operational runbooks
• Work with technology vendors and internal stakeholders to investigate and resolve infrastructure issues
• Identify opportunities to improve the reliability, security, performance, and efficiency of the IT environment

📌 Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Systems Administration or a closely related infrastructure role, with hands-on responsibility for supporting production IT environments
• Proven experience administering Windows Server environments, including configuration, patching, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance
• Strong experience with Active Directory and Group Policy, including user and group administration, permissions, organizational units, and policy-based configuration
• Practical experience administering Microsoft 365, including user and license management, Exchange Online, identity and access, and troubleshooting core M365 services
• Solid understanding of DNS and DHCP, with practical experience troubleshooting name resolution, addressing, authentication, and connectivity issues
• Strong PowerShell skills, with experience developing and maintaining scripts to automate administration, provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and repetitive operational tasks
• Hands-on experience with VMware and/or Hyper-V, including virtual machine provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Experience supporting backup and recovery environments, including monitoring backup jobs, investigating failures, performing restores, and contributing to disaster recovery processes
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, with experience troubleshooting TCP/IP, VPN, firewall, and infrastructure connectivity issues
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and system maintenance, with the ability to identify and address performance, availability, and capacity issues proactively
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills, with the ability to investigate complex issues across multiple systems and drive them through to resolution
• Working knowledge of IT infrastructure security practices, including access control, patch management, secure configuration, and system hardening
• Strong documentation and communication skills, with the ability to maintain technical documentation and work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Experience with Azure/AWS, Linux, SCCM, Ansible, or multi-site infrastructure is considered an asset

🎁 Benefits

Competitive

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Not specified