Full-Time Senior Systems Administrator
Cority is hiring a remote Full-Time Senior Systems Administrator. The career level for this job opening is Senior Manager and is accepting Canada based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Position Summary: As part of the Production Engineering team, the Senior Systems Administrator administers and maintains customer-facing SaaS infrastructure including services running in both public cloud and datacentre environments. You will provide support, troubleshooting, and management expertise for our growing application platforms while working closely with developers, DBAs, and other internal teams to ensure the system is stable, secure, and scaling to meet demand. You will work on platform migrations, recommend and implement upgrades, improve current processes, and introduce new technology.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure critical systems are available 24x7x365
- Deploy, administer, and troubleshoot SaaS applications, primarily running on Windows servers
- Deploy new services and infrastructure to AWS, Azure, and datacentres
- Automate manual processes
- Work with the DBA team to ensure that database servers are stable and secure
- Proactively monitor application and infrastructure performance; recommend and implement additional resources as needed
- Contribute to and extend our Infrastructure as Code to perform resource creation and management across our environments
- Ensure that regular operational hygiene tasks are performed on schedule, including patching, automated backups, certificate renewals, and security reviews
- Develop secure deployment and configuration guides as new technology is implemented
- Monitor and enforce compliance with Cority internal information security controls
- Assist with internal audits and other information security related tasks
- Enable more efficient and smarter business processes and implement analytics for meaningful insights
COMPETENCIES AND TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in design, implementation, configuration, and support of production Windows workloads, including SaaS applications
- In-depth knowledge of the Windows server operating system, including Internet-facing IIS workloads
- Proven experience with automating manual processes
- Experience with observability and APM tools like ELK, New Relic, or Datadog
- In-depth understanding of application scalability, performance, and reliability
- Familiarity with VMware or other virtualization technologies
- Good understanding of TCP/IP networking and common Internet-facing services
- Some experience administering MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or other database platforms
- Experience with Microsoft Azure or AWS
- Practical experience with Linux
- Excellent problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve server-related issues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently as well as within a team
- Strong time management skills and attention to detail in documentation
- Experience with containerized applications (desired)
EDUCATION and PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience required
- Azure, AWS, or VMware certifications are desirable but not required