Systems Administrator

Systems Administrator

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — 2 days onsite currently, could increase to 4 days as per the bank

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 1 year (with potential for extension; conversion to permanent also possible)
• Pay Rate: C$50.00–C$60.00 / Hour (CAD)
• Shift / Schedule: Monday to Friday, core business hours
• Travel Requirements: Not required

Job Summary

We're hiring a senior infrastructure engineer to own bare metal hardware and automation in a large regulated financial services environment. The role covers Cisco UCS (M7/M8, Intersight-managed), Dell, and client server platforms: provisioning, performance tuning, and patching requirements, across both standalone and clustered Windows and Red Hat systems. Bare metal automation for provisioning and day-2 operations is currently being developed and will roll out initially on the UCS platform, with Dell and client coverage to follow. This role will take ownership of that automation going forward, so strong Ansible skills are required.

Key Responsibilities

• Own architecture, configuration, and lifecycle management for Cisco UCS M7/M8 (Intersight), Dell, and client server hardware
• Take ownership of bare metal automation for UCS as it's developed and rolled out; build out Ansible playbooks and extend coverage to Dell and client over time
• Own design and build of UCS service profiles, server pools, and fabric interconnect configuration (VLANs/VSANs), including standalone and clustered host provisioning
• Serve as L3 escalation point for UCS platform issues affecting Windows and RHEL systems, standalone and clustered
• Define patching requirements for fabric interconnects and UCS servers; coordinate with the team that executes patching
• Troubleshoot issues across automated and manual provisioning workflows
• Coordinate with the SAN team on host-side storage connectivity configuration within UCS service profiles for bare metal builds
• Work with Windows, Linux, and automation engineering teams to keep hardware-specific playbooks aligned with broader automation standards

Required Skills

• Cisco UCS M7/M8 (Intersight-managed) experience
• Dell server platform experience
• Strong Ansible skills — including writing and maintaining playbooks for bare metal provisioning and day-2 operations
• Windows (standalone and clustered) administration skills
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system administration skills
• UCS service profiles, server pools, and fabric interconnect configuration (VLANs/VSANs)
• L3 troubleshooting and escalation for UCS platform issues
• Experience defining and coordinating patching requirements for server and fabric interconnect infrastructure
• Troubleshooting automated and manual provisioning workflows
• Experience coordinating SAN/storage connectivity configuration in bare metal environments

Preferred Skills

• Financial institution (FI) environment experience
• Experience with other hardware platforms beyond Cisco UCS and Dell
• Ansible experience (additional depth beyond required baseline)

Required Experience

• 5 years of experience in a similar systems administration or senior infrastructure engineering role

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Team of 4 individuals on immediate team; will interact with other teams across the organization
• Hybrid work model — currently 2 days onsite per week, could increase to 4 days as directed by the bank
• Overtime is not typically required

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a top 10 North American bank offering comprehensive retail, commercial, and wealth management solutions across Canada and the United States. With a significant presence in major financial centres including Toronto, the organization employs tens of thousands of professionals across banking operations, technology, risk, and infrastructure — including systems administrators, infrastructure engineers, network specialists, and IT operations teams who support one of the continent's largest regulated financial services environments.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-13259

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