Server Administrator

**CLOSING DATE**:November 15, 2024

**Land**_ _**Acknowledgement**
- George Brown College is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work, and live in the community with each other._

**Equity Statement**_ _**

**GBC Vision**
- To be _a college renowned for its inclusion, excellence, relevance, impact, and leadership._ _

**Position Summary**:
The position is accountable for all aspects of operations of servers within the college’s Data centers. This includes all aspects from physical hardware, Windows and UNIX operating systems, Storage Area Networking.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead in the management and problem-solving of storage systems and servers running on various Unix/Linux distributions, focusing on performance optimization and security enhancements.
- Manage the selection and administration of server hardware, including disk partitioning and RAID setups, to maximize data integrity and system availability.
- Researches and evaluates technical solutions for projects that require data centre resident servers and storage.
- Defines and develops alternative technical solutions to meet client’s requirements or to improve the operation of the data centre.
- Validates the alternatives against the client’s or the centre’s requirements.
- Evaluates the impact of each alternative on the existing environment.
- Ensures alternative technical solutions are compliant with departmental standards, overarching legal and/or other sensitive agreements, and technically feasible.
- Resolves areas of non-compliance including identification of dependencies.
- Defines, documents, and presents the preferred solution to the client and ITS Management.
- Plans the implementation project by developing the technical requirements and budgets for solution delivery.
- Develops implementation plan and schedule being conscious of dependencies within the project activities, inter-relationships between activities and other departmental projects, supplier, and external dependencies and or time/latency factors, and the college’s business cycles, business continuity, disaster recovery and ongoing administration.
- Performs initial solution implementation and tests against client’s functional requirements, modifying and adjusting as needed as per client's requirements.
- Provides reactive support and on-going maintenance by responding to and resolving problems reported by the helpdesk.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Educational and Experience Requirements**:

- Three-year diploma or degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Information Technology, Computer Sciences and/or Business Administration and/or Commerce or equivalent.
- Redhat and/or Microsoft certification are required.

**Skills and Attributes:
- Excellent project management, time management, and coordination skills.
- Ability to lift between 20 kg or 44 lbs (i.e., mounting of computer equipment in racks).
- Excellent communication, collaboration, teamwork, and interpersonal skills at a professional level.
- Demonstrated commitment to uphold the College’s priorities on diversity and equity.

**Interview process may consist of a practical skills component.**

**Notes**:

- The College requires proof of degrees, credentials or equivalencies from accredited regional or federal post-secondary institutions and/or their international equivalents. Credentials may require validation at the time of interviews or offer.

**About Us**:
George Brown College prides itself on educating students through real-world learning, in the heart of Toronto. Our faculty and employees make this vision a reality, and we support them by making George Brown a great place to work. See why we are consistently ranked as one of GTA’s top employers.

**Why work here?**

George Brown College offers hybrid work opportunities, a competitive pension plan, generous holiday and vacation time, a tuition assistance program, discounted rates for employees taking Continuing Education courses, and an equitable work environment where everyone matters.