Position summary
The Systems Administrator is the primary IT presence at their assigned site(s). They are responsible for day-to-day infrastructure operations, resolving L3 escalations from the MSP, and executing changes under the direction of the Infrastructure Manager or a Senior Systems Administrator. Systems Administrators are expected to grow - the role is designed to develop toward Senior Systems Administrator capability over time.
An ideal candidate is centrally located near one of our manufacturing locations and is available for a hybrid schedule at the plant (3 days in-person).
Core responsibilities
Site operations
- Maintain the infrastructure health of assigned sites: servers, virtualization, storage, endpoints, local networking.
- Respond to and resolve L3 escalations from the outsourced MSP within defined SLAs.
- Execute infrastructure changes as directed, following RLG change management practices.
- Maintain site infrastructure documentation; update records after every significant change.
Reliability and monitoring
- Monitor assigned site infrastructure using RLG tooling; escalate anomalies to the Sr. Systems Administrator or Infrastructure Manager before they become incidents.
- Perform routine maintenance tasks: patching, backup validation, capacity checks, hardware lifecycle tracking.
Development
- Actively develop proficiency across the core technical platforms in use at RLG.
- Engage with Sr. Systems Administrators for guidance on novel problems or complex changes.
- Contribute to runbook documentation based on resolved issues.
Qualifications
- 2--5 years of IT infrastructure or systems administration experience.
- Working knowledge of Windows Server, Active Directory, virtualization (VMware or equivalent), networking basics, and endpoint management.
- Comfortable working independently at a site with remote management oversight.
- Organized and reliable; follows process and documents work without being prompted.
Posted Pay Range: 80,000 - 90,000 CAD