Head of It

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Skillsearch Limited Full time

Job reference
- 14443
- Company Name
- Skillsearch Limited
- Salary
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Country
- Canada
- Industry sector
- Operations
- Job start date
- ASAP
- Posted date
- 21/04/2023
- Experience Level
- Not specified
- Job type
- Permanent | Full Time
- Remote / Hybrid
- No

Our client is looking for a Head of IT to join our thriving indie studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This full-time IT systems administrator role comes with a generous salary, many attractive benefits and the chance to join a progressive company.

As an IT Systems Administrator, you will be responsible for a wide range of tasks and should expect a variety of issues and challenges to tackle across various areas of the company's daily operating needs and long-term initiatives. The role requires excellent communication and self-management skills as you will collaborate closely with team members from other departments as well as external stakeholders.

In your first few weeks in this Head of IT role, you can expect to:

- Set up new hires, including equipment setup, configuration, preparation, shipping
- Be responsible for the budget to cover PC refreshes, hardware replacements, software licensing (when applicable) and interacting with external vendors
- Deployment, maintenance and update assessment of the studio’s networking hardware and configuration, network servers and virtualization needs
- Implement and maintain appropriate strategies for backup and data protection and disaster recovery as well as failover procedures
- 3-5 years of experience in network support, system administration or user support, preferably in a gaming studio
- Experience with - Deploying, updating, optimizing, and troubleshooting Windows workstations and laptops in a corporate environment
- Working knowledge of virtualization, VMWare or equivalent
- Knowledge of systems and networking software, hardware, and networking protocols
- Expertise in implementing and effectively developing helpdesk and IT operations best practices

As a vital member of our team and in return for your expertise, inclusive approach and commitment, we will provide a favourable salary and the chance to join a passionate and welcoming team.

Here at Skillsearch, we're a recruitment company. In the simplest form, this means we place people at new companies - but it's so much more than that. For the past 30 years, we've been busy helping people (like you) with sought after skills find jobs in the Games, Interactive and Enterprise Systems industries all around the globe. Our company comprises a team of dedicated consultants that work across various niche technologies, including Games, Virtual Reality, AR and XR, Workday, Oracle, Peoplesoft, and eCommerce. We are always exploring other cutting-edge markets. Follow us to see a few of the jobs we're working on, find out which events you can see us at, and keep up with news in the technology, gaming and interactive world. Welcome to Skillsearch

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