Network Specialist

Are you looking to grow your career? Look no further than HEABC, the Health Employers Association of British Columbia. We contribute to the growth and sustainability of the BC health care system.

• In office or hybrid work environment – flexibility that suits your needs.
• Competitive salary
• Training and development opportunities – HEABC supports your continuing education & growth.
• A work environment which values work-life balance, respect, recognition, teamwork, and inclusivity.
• The opportunity to make a positive contribution to the BC health care system through your work.

HEABC leads and supports the strategic planning related to human resources and labour relations on behalf of British Columbia’s publicly funded health employers. HEABC is responsible for negotiating provincial agreements for 179,000 unionized health care employees including nurses, physician residents, ambulance paramedics, health science professionals, and more. Join our highly talented team in a culture of learning, innovation, and visionary thinking.

The successful candidate may be permitted to work in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and flexible work location) and will live within commuting distance of our Vancouver office.

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HEABC has an opportunity for an 11-month contract for a Network Specialist (the Specialist). Reporting to the Senior Manager, Technology & Support, the Specialist is responsible for supporting, maintaining and improving HEABC’s on-premises and hybrid technology infrastructure. The role works across server infrastructure, virtualization, storage, backups, disaster recovery, identity services, network services and infrastructure monitoring.

The Specialist performs complex technical troubleshooting, supports infrastructure projects and provides operational support for production systems. The position participates in the design and implementation of infrastructure solutions, lifecycle planning, and system upgrades.

• Administer, maintain and support HEABC’s on-premises and hybrid infrastructure, including physical and virtual servers, operating systems, storage, backup platforms, identity services and related configurations.
• Maintain and support VMware infrastructure, including virtual machines, hosts, clusters, resource allocation, capacity monitoring, patching and lifecycle planning.
• Support Microsoft infrastructure services, including Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, file services and certificate-related services.
• Administer and support enterprise storage, backup and recovery platforms, including backup monitoring, recovery testing, retention configuration and operational troubleshooting.
• Monitor the health, availability, capacity and performance of infrastructure systems and take corrective action where required.
• Plan and perform routine infrastructure maintenance, including operating system updates, firmware upgrades, system patches, vulnerability remediation and hardware replacement.

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a BSc in Computer Science or Information Systems and a minimum of five (5) years’ experience supporting enterprise infrastructure.

• Strong experience administering Microsoft Windows Server environments, Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP and related infrastructure services.
• Strong experience supporting VMware virtualization environments, including virtual machines, hosts, clusters, storage connectivity, monitoring and troubleshooting.
• Experience with enterprise backup, recovery and disaster recovery technologies.
• Experience with Azure Site Recovery or similar technologies is considered an asset.
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