Senior Systems Administrator

KuriosIT, a subsidiary of GCM Group takes to heart the well-being of its employees and their professional fulfillment.

To this end, the company has set up an integration plan for new employees, as well as an ongoing training program. The work environment is young and dynamic. The company encourages good communication and teamwork.

KuriosIT offers a range of attractive benefits, including group insurance and a group RRSP.

Our flexible working policy allows us to offer our employees a wide range of possibilities!
KuriosIT wishes to offer its interested employees the possibility of working in an environment that suits their needs, i.e. in the office and/or  offer employees an excellent work-life balance by providing a flexible work organization solution.

Advantages of joining our team :

• Dynamic team that likes to help each other succeed in our challenging projects
• High-performance equipment and working environment
• Salary to be discussed according to experience and skills

Job summary :

As a System Administrator, you will be responsible for managing, operating and securing IT infrastructures in a regulated environment (GxP/pharmaceutical). You will ensure the availability and performance of systems in production, contribute to IT projects and monitor the quality and compliance of the systems under your responsibility. Documentary rigor, accountability and adherence to established procedures are essential in this role.

Requires 1 to 2 days a week at our customer's site in Montreal.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage the hyperconverged virtual environment
• Administer Active Directory, Group Policy Options (GPOs), domain services and authentication systems
• Administer the Veeam backup system to ensure data protection, recovery and compliance with retention requirements
• Perform patch, upgrade and system lifecycle management in accordance with change management procedures
• Monitor health, performance, backups, and antivirus systems to ensure operational reliability and business continuity
• Ensure hardware management and support, including maintenance and troubleshooting of servers and infrastructure equipment
• Minimize downtime through rapid response and efficient resolution of incidents affecting production
• Troubleshoot and resolve IT incidents, prioritizing quality and production continuity
• Coordinate with external suppliers for support, upgrades, maintenance and problem resolution

IT projects

• Participate in options analysis, design, documentation and commissioning activities
• Install and configure new or upgraded systems
• Coordinate with external suppliers and service providers for support, upgrades and maintenance
• Provide Level 2 support for troubleshooting and resolving escalated IT incidents

Documentation

• Create and maintain accurate system documentation

Technical requirements :

• Experience in Windows server administration
• Experience in Windows file server administration
• Experience in Windows cluster administration
• Active Directory administration experience
• Experience in administering virtualized environments
• Experience in system maintenance activities (patches, upgrades, lifecycle management)
• Experience in systems monitoring (health, performance, backups, etc.)
• Experience in Veeam or similar system administration
• Ideally experience in Nutanix administration
• Ideally experience in Checkpoint administration
• Ideally experience in Manage Engine administration

Please note that the masculine gender is used without discrimination and solely for the sake of brevity.

Home office available
Montreal and Varennes.