Senior Systems Administrator

Cubic Corporation • Burnaby, BC

34d

About The Position

Cubic Transportation Systems is looking for an IT Professional to join a growing systems operations and administration team focused on server infrastructure and related technologies, Windows operating system and Active Directory deployment, administration/management, and optimization, site and system reliability, automation, configuration management, and security. We are looking for an energetic team member to contribute to a distributed team. In this role you will be part of a team providing server, storage, Windows, Active Directory, and related technology services for managed services and for customers. Utilizing your technical experience you will provide technical services for a variety of computer environments. You will have opportunities to participate in development of new platforms and services such as cloud services, converged systems, automation/orchestration, implementation of SaaS services, or DevOps transformations. You will be able to grow with the team, lending your experiences and benefiting from others’, with regular opportunities for advancement.

Requirements

• Communicate and contribute fluidly within the team and with other groups.
• Need to have experience in handling data center
• Be enthusiastic about technology, people, and growth.
• Prioritize and help others prioritize.
• Customer Service.
• Understand the importance of professionalism and timely responses.
• Want to learn. You always want to learn more. More about the company, the people, the products, the customers, technologies, teams, etc.
• Want to teach. You want to share your experiences and inspire others to do the same.
• Understand the value of efficient and accurate system monitoring and alerting, event management, and configuration management.
• Scripting and Automation: Be proficient with automation utilizing various tools such as PowerShell, Ansible, and ServiceNOW orchestration.
• You are confident writing, updating, and reviewing various scripts.
• Automating Windows OS deployment and package management, security, and updates.
• You have a varied experience managing storage, servers, infrastructure applications, data centers, security appliances and tools, and systems management tools.
• You don't feel right until even the lowest levels of hardware are monitored, remotely manageable, and the team gets alerted promptly and can respond effectively to any failure.
• Four-year college degree in IT, computer science, or related technical field.
• Minimum of four years systems administration or systems engineering experience.
• In depth understanding of Systems Administration methodology and principles.
• Knowledge and experience administering a broad range of systems.
• Knowledge and experience with networking for context.
• Must be a self-motivator and professional communicator.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge in administering Active Directory (AD) and related AD Services.
• Develops, documents, and enforces the standards, security procedures, and controls for access to ensure integrity of the Windows Systems, Active Directory, and related systems.
• Knowledge of server virtualization technologies, preferably VMware and/or KVM technologies
• A working knowledge of modern scripting languages and methods or programming experience.
• Experience automating deployment and configuration of scale out systems on virtual platforms, cloud, or equivalent.
• Experience working for a managed service provider.
• Knowledge of High Availability technologies, approaches, and operations.
• Experience with a variety of application delivery controllers, monitoring tools, security tools, and infrastructure.

Benefits

• Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program.
• All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment.
• Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match.
• Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program.
• Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation.
• Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement.
• Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly.
• Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees