Systems Administrator

Build, Improve, and Own the Technology Behind a Growing Business

Looking for a Systems Administrator role where you can work with a variety of technologies, solve real problems, and keep building your skills?

Our client is a well-established North American organization with more than 35 years of growth and multiple locations across the region. They're looking for a hands-on Systems Administrator to join their IT team and help keep their systems reliable, secure, and running smoothly.

You'll work across Windows Server, Active Directory, Power Shell, virtualization, networking, backups, and monitoring, while also getting involved in infrastructure projects, automation, upgrades, and day-to-day technical support.

💻 Who You Are:

• You're the person people rely on when something goes beyond a basic IT issue
• You enjoy getting to the root of a problem rather than simply applying a temporary fix
• You're comfortable working across servers, systems, networks, applications, and users, and you know how to balance technical priorities with the needs of the business
• You take ownership of the systems you manage
• You're hands-on, curious, and naturally inclined to ask: “How can we make this work better?”

📍 Work Type

• Location: Brampton, ON (Fully On-site – 5 days a week in office)
• Vacancy Type: This role is an existing vacancy

Requirements

🎯 What You'll Do:

• Administer and maintain Windows Server environments, ensuring availability, performance, patching, and operational stability
• Manage Active Directory, including users, groups, permissions, organizational units, and Group Policy
• Maintain core network services including DNS and DHCP, and troubleshoot authentication and connectivity issues
• Develop and maintain Power Shell scripts to automate provisioning, administration, monitoring, reporting, and other repetitive tasks
• Support and troubleshoot VMware and/or Hyper-V environments, including virtual machine deployment, configuration, maintenance, and performance
• Monitor infrastructure, identify potential issues proactively, and respond to system alerts and performance concerns
• Manage and troubleshoot backup and recovery processes, investigate backup failures, and participate in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and connectivity issues involving TCP/IP, VPNs, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, and related technologies
• Provide escalation-level support for complex systems and infrastructure issues
• Support endpoint, hardware, and software deployments across the organization
• Participate in infrastructure upgrades, migrations, technology deployments, and other IT projects
• Apply security best practices across systems, access, patching, configuration, and infrastructure management
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, system configurations, procedures, and operational runbooks
• Work with technology vendors and internal stakeholders to investigate and resolve infrastructure issues
• Identify opportunities to improve the reliability, security, performance, and efficiency of the IT environment

⭐ What We're Looking For (Our Wishlist):

• 3+ years of experience in Systems Administration or a closely related infrastructure role, with hands-on responsibility for supporting production IT environments
• Proven experience administering Windows Server environments, including configuration, patching, performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and ongoing maintenance
• Strong experience with Active Directory and Group Policy, including user and group administration, permissions, organizational units, and policy-based configuration
• Practical experience administering Microsoft 365, including user and license management, Exchange Online, identity and access, and troubleshooting core M365 services
• Solid understanding of DNS and DHCP, with practical experience troubleshooting name resolution, addressing, authentication, and connectivity issues
• Strong Power Shell skills, with experience developing and maintaining scripts to automate administration, provisioning, monitoring, reporting, and repetitive operational tasks
• Hands-on experience with VMware and/or Hyper-V, including virtual machine provisioning, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
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