• Job Description

  Req#: 30846

  Date Posted: 09/05/2023
  Req ID: 30846
  Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine
  Department: Discovery Commons
  Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
  Position Number: 00054508

  Description:

  About us:
  
  Home to over 40 departments and institutes, the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine lies at the heart of the Toronto Academic Health Science Network and is a global leader in ground-breaking research and education, spanning clinical medicine, basic science and the rehabilitation sciences sectors.
  
  Your opportunity:
  
  Discovery Commons (DC) provides information technology support for the Temerty Facultyof Medicine. Our mission is to partner and collaborate with clients, University, and third parties to determine value based, sustainable technology solutions that enable the Faculty to achieve its academic mission.
  
  The Senior System and Cloud Administrator will be responsible for the design, implementation and management of Temerty Medicine’s systems and cloud infrastructure, working closely with our central University IT partners. The role requires deep technical knowledge of cloud-based technologies, strong analytical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and noon-technical stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have an extensive
  background in cloud-based systems and a strong foundation in various technical domains, including networking, virtualization, storage and security.
  
  Your responsibilities will include:

  • Develop and implement security policies and procedures to protect company data and infrastructure.
  • Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues, ensuring very high levels of uptime and reliability.
  • Developing business processes that mitigate risks associated with cloud computing services.
  • Manage and maintain virtualization infrastructure, including vSphere, Hyper-V and enterprise storage solutions such as NetAPP, Dell EMC or HPE.
  • Develop and maintain disaster recovery plans and procedures.
  • Collaborate with the DevOps Engineer and software developers toensure the infrastructure meets the needs of our applications.
  • Design, implement and manage DC’s cloud, virtual and on-prem infrastructure, including platforms such as Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform, both as Infrastructure-as-Service and Platform-as-a-Service
  • Liaising with stakeholders to ensure cloud architecture supports compliance, scalability and operational requirements

  Essential Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
  • Minimum of six to seven (6-7) years of experience in a systems administrator position with specific experience with cloud-based systems, ideally in a higher education environment.
  • Strong knowledge of Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform, including services such as EC2, S3, RDS and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform and CloudFormation.
  • Strong knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Bash and Powershell.
  • Strong knowledge of networking technologies, such as TCP/IP, routing, switching, firewalls and load-balancing.
  • Experience and ability to solve complex technical and logistical problems in a timely manner
  • Strong communication skills (both oral and written) to communicate effectively with both highly-technical and non-technical users.
  • Strong interpersonal to effectively work with a wide range of faculty, staff, and students.
  • Excellentand documented analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent time management, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills.
  • Ability to work well as a team member in multi-professional environment and as an individual contributor.
  • Strong attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision and to act on one’s own initiative.

  
  Assets (Nonessential):

  • Work experience in a university, government, or healthcare setting would be considered an asset.
  • Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certfieid Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator,Certified Information Security System Professional (CISSP) and/or VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) would be strong assets.

  
  To be successful in this role you will be:

  • Adaptable
  • Communicator
  • Multi-tasker
  • Organized
  • Problem solver
  • Resourceful
  • Team player

  Closing Date: 09/25/2023, 11:59PM ET
  Employee Group: USW
  Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
  Schedule: Full-Time
  Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
  USW Pay Band 18 -- $112,241 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $143,537. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
  Job Category: Information Technology (IT)
  Recruiter: Alison MacKenzie

  Lived Experience Statement
  Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

• About the company

  The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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