Senior Linux Administrator

4 weeks ago


Calgary, Alberta, Canada CPKC Full time
Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) are now CPKC.

As the only truly North American railway, we are making big moves Drawing on our strong foundations and heritage, CPKC moves essential goods across our 20,000-mile network to support economic growth throughout Canada, the U.S.

and Mexico.

Be a part of history as we connect a continent and create exciting career opportunities across our new transnational network.

Visit to learn about the CPKC advantage, our purpose and culture.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:


As a Senior Linux Administrator (internally called Specialist, IS Infra Platforms Linux) responsible for Linux operational support, troubleshooting, maintenance, upgrades and expansion, on-call rotation.

In addition, they will provide support to provisioning/operational staff, as well as work closely with the architecture group in design support and validation of new designs and installations.


POSITION ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Provide direction and advice pertaining to capacity planning
Provide direction and advice pertaining to future installations and design
Provide direction to automate and orchestrate future use of Linux environments (Tanium, Orchestrator, automation suites)
Configuration management utilizing Ansible, SaltStack, Puppet, Chef, Desired State Configuration (DSC)
Scripting languages (PowerShell, bash, python)

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
10 to 15 years Infrastructure experience
1 to 3 years virtual infrastructure experience

Knowledge in the following preferred:
Virtualization Technologies using VMware/Nutanix/Hyper V (MS suite)
Provide direction and advice pertaining to design and configuration of converged infrastructure
Cluster experience (SLES, RH would be good)
Vcenter or Nutanix tools
Storage Technologies using Dell/EMC and Netapp
Dell/EMC and Netapp replication technologies
Protocols including CIFS, NFS, iSCSI, FC
Cisco Networking Products
Networking technologies including, but not limited to TCP/IP, DNS, Routing Protocols, Switching
Cisco UCS Servers
VMWare Hypervisor as well as some UCS bare-metal)
Knowledge and use of containerization platforms
Strong Communications Skills, both verbal and written
Demonstrated experience documenting environments, runbooks, etc.
Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and automation technologies

Infrastructure as Code platforms:
Terraform, Packer, Azure Resource Manager/CloudFormation templates
Enterprise service bus platforms

WHAT CPKC HAS TO OFFER:
Flexible and competitive benefits package
Competitive company pension plan
Employee Share Purchase Plan
Performance Incentive Program
Annual Fitness Subsidy
Part-time Studies Program

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:


As an employer with North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.


Background Investigation:
The successful candidate will need to successfully complete the following clearances:

Criminal history check
Reference check

Management Conductor Program:


Becoming a qualified conductor or locomotive engineer is the single best way for a management employee to learn the business at CPKC.

You may be required to obtain a certification or to maintain your current certification/qualification as a conductor or locomotive engineer.

CPKC is an employment equity employer committed to the principles of employment equity and inclusion.

We encourage all qualified candidates to apply including women, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with disabilities.

Accommodations for the job application process can be provided, as appropriate, upon request. All applicant information will be managed in accordance with the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

Req ID: 102290

Department:
Information Services

Job Type:
Full-Time

Position Type:
Non-Union

Location:
Calgary, Alberta

Country:
Canada

% of Travel: 0-10%

# of Positions: 2

Job Grade:

Job Available to:
Internal & External

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