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System Administrator

3 weeks ago


Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Eastlink Full time

System Administrator

Designated office:

Eastlink

6080 Young Street

Halifax, NS

This position is:

On-site - working all 5 days per week in the Office 

Eastlink is a family owned, entrepreneurial and innovative company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  We take great pride in being a leader in delivering creative competitive, customer focused telecommunications solutions, and connecting our customers to the things and people that matter most.  Serving a customer base across seven provinces, our advanced solutions include Internet, Mobile, TV, Telephone, Security and Automation, Data Communications, and exclusive locally produced programming on Eastlink Community TV.

We embrace diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility throughout all levels of the organization and encourage members of equity groups to self-identify during the application process.

The System Administrator will be responsible for a wide variety of activities relating to the management of IT systems and products/applications which help deliver Eastlink's solutions.

As the ideal candidate, you are an analytical, creative thinker who enjoys taking initiative, exercises an entrepreneurial approach to their work, and are able to effectively respond to changing organizational priorities within a rapidly evolving environment. Highly customer focused, you are a strong communicator, comfortable with cross-departmental interaction in addition to being an autonomous, ambitions contributor, eager to learn and adapt to new, changing technologies

Key responsibilities:

  • Analyze, evaluate, co-ordinate, implement, manage and support the day-to-day maintenance of a diverse and highly available Linux environments providing Eastlink internal and external services
  • Deploying new Linux infrastructure to support business initiatives
  • Work with network and hardware teams to troubleshoot, provide recommendations, and proactively monitor systems
  • Strong security focus applying best practices, patching, and monitoring security vulnerabilities
  • Ensure system reliability with a strong focus on security by applying best practices in regard to patching, backups, security, anti-virus, and monitoring security vulnerabilities
  • System hardening and vulnerability testing
  • Collaborate with team members in benchmarking, research, planning, design, and implementation of new technologies and improvement of existing infrastructure
  • Responsible for documenting procedures, problems and their resolutions
  • Conduct research into systems related issues and products

Qualifications:

  • Post-secondary education focused on Computer Science, Data Communications/Networking, Information Technology or a related field
  • 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
  • Demonstrated experience and understanding of Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu)
  • Experience working with the following technologies is preferred:
    • System Monitoring (Patching and Vulnerabilities)
    • System Programming, Scripting, and Automation
    • Common Open-Source tools and applications
    • VMware vSphere and SAN technology
    • Managing system backups and restores
  • Cloud experience is considered an asset
  • Experience working in a secure environment considered and asset
  • Experience with automation tools such as Ansible and AWX, Landscape or RHEL Satellite are considered an asset
  • Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware, Docker and Kubernetes are considered an asset
  • Experience with vulnerability and troubleshooting tools such as Rapid7, nmap, tcpdump, and wireshark are considered and asset
  • Strong knowledge of networking, TCP/IP, IP addressing, core network services DNS/DHCP and network troubleshooting
  • Familiar with scripting in shell, Perl, or Python
  • Windows experience considered an asset
  • Understanding of Agile methodology would be an asset
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Why Choose Eastlink?

Eastlink operates in a culture of continuous improvement through listening, learning, and adapting, which enables us to respond quickly to the evolving needs of both employees and customers. We recognize that our truly greatest competitive edge is our people and that delivering a great customer experience begins with a great employee experience. Our philosophy of developing and training our team "on the ground" not only helps to create a strong onboarding experience but also readies employees for future growth opportunities within the organization.  

Get your career started with us and stay with us, your journey begins here