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* 1 YEAR TERM ** Hybrid mode **
POSITION CONTEXT
Supports the IT infrastructure with specific emphasis on the daily operational administration, maintenance and security. Assure the reliability, stability and availability of all IT infrastructure components. Builds and delivers systems to the business and diagnoses issues impacting systems and applications. The Systems Administrator should have the ability to research, design and implement hardware and software solutions.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain Network Automation using Ansible for the network provisioning.
- Coordinate with Application teams to define and implement interfaces between the Business Applications and Provisioning subsystems.
- Implement automation to pro-actively detect and prevent problems and drive down time to resolution.
·Implement and maintain system management software, as well as research, analyze, and implement software patches and hardware modifications to resolve deficiencies.
·Perform capacity and resource planning by assessing risks and developing contingency plans.
·Maintain production change control schedule and, when needed, assist in the change control.
·Support and schedule operating systems installations and upgrades, as well as layered software packages, in accordance with established IT policies and procedures.
·Configure and maintain physical and logical components.
·Monitor, analyze, and tune the technical system to achieve optimal performance levels.
·Ensure compliance with established standards, policies, and configuration guidelines.
·Develop and maintain a comprehensive technical system configuration and database library of all supporting documentation.
- Schedules, installs, upgrades and maintains operating systems and software through automation tools.
·Recommend strategies on modeling, physical design and application tuning.
·Assists in the recommendation of strategies for data center and infrastructure management from business continuity, disaster recovery, monitoring, storage, security.
·Routinely audits hardware and software, via automation where possible, to ensure compliance with established standards, policies, procedures, and configuration guidelines.
·Implements and use backup and restore techniques.
·Provide Level 2 and 3 technical support, assist in the evaluation of new products and services, and may manage vendor service level agreements.
·Performs other duties as assigned
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Education: Undergraduate Degree
Experience: Three (3) years’ related experience
Desired: Certifications: CCNA, CCNP
OTHER QUALIFYING SKILLS AND/OR ABILITIES
Infrastructure
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
- Schedule may include work outside of usual business hours
Network infrastructure
- Network (Core, internet edge, datacenter, distribution, access layers) and Wireless Architecture with high availability and BC/DR focus
- Cisco switches, routers, nexus, VPN, NextGen Firewalls, Cisco UCS
- Aruba wireless APs and controllers
- Aruba Clearpass AAA servers
- F5 load balancers, WAF, bot defense
- Efficient IP DNS/DHCP
- APC/Eaton (or others) UPS
- PoE devices
- Network monitoring and provisioning tools: MRTG/CACTI, ICINGA, NetQOS, Libre NMS, Ansible, Ansible Tower
- Proficiency in Unix/Linux, Windows, VMware
- Working knowledge with GIT, or other version control source code repositories
- Security devices: IDS/IPS, ASA & NGFW firewalls
- Scripting languages: Bash/Korn Shell, Perl, PHP, SQL, Python
- Experience with APIs, orchestration, automation, DevOps, REST
- Protocols and Standards: DNS, DNSv6, TCP/IP, IPv6, DHCP, LAN, WAN, VRF, QOS, VoIP, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, RIP, IPSec, GRE, PKI, SSL, WPA/WPS2, TKIP/AES, 802.11abgn, 802.11ac, RADIUS, FCoE, 802.1X,
- Self-motivated team player
As one of Montreal's Top Employers, here is what we offer:
- Competitive benefits package (Health, Dental, Life Insurance) (if eligible)
- Defined contribution pension plan (with employer contribution up to 10%) (if eligible)
- Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)
- Competitive vacation policy
- Two (2) personal days
- Two (2) floating holidays
- Nine (9) "Summer Fridays" - paid days off between the St-Jean Baptiste holiday and Labour Day
- Paid time off over the December holiday period
- Tuition waiver for regular employees and their dependents
- Up to two (2) days of remote work per week where the position permits
Before applying, please note that to work at McGill University, you must be both authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the province of Quebec at the campus where the position is based / located.
Knowledge of English: McGill University is an English-language university where day to day duties may require English communication both verbally and in writing. The level of English required for this position has been assessed at a level # (qualifier) on a scale of 0-4.
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Minimum Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree 3 Years Related Experience /
(MPEX Grade 05) $71,890.00 - $89,860.00 - $107,830.00
Job Profile:
MPEX-IST2F - IT Infrastructure & Operations - Professional 2
33.75 (Full time)
Portfolio Manager Network Infrastructure
Position End Date (If applicable):
2026-08-31
McGill University hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We welcome applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated groups to self-identify. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr@mcgill.ca.
