Software International (SI) supplies technical talent to Fortune 100/500/1000 companies in Canada. We Currently have a long term, renewable contract as a Systems Team Lead with our IT consulting client that primarily supports North American clients on various website and backend infrastructure services.
Role(s) Required: Senior System Administrator
Location: Remote (anywhere in Canada/USA/South America , but must be able to work on EST with the Canadian team)
Required Start Date: ASAP
Required End Date: 12 months + renewable every year
Type: Contract
Total Hours Approved Per Role: 40h/week
Rate: $39 - 41/hr C2C CDN ( approximately $60,000 - $62,000 USD)
Client Location: US/Canada
Summary
Reporting directly to the System Team Lead. This Senior System Admin is responsible for the overall technical management, operations, ongoing maintenance and support of our large-scale production websites and networks.
Role
- Management and support of LAMP environment
- Maintain vendor relationships, as required, for technical infrastructure of office and website systems.
- Work directly with the Development Team Leads and Project Management in managing projects for the website and provide final sign-off/approval for release to production.
- Working directly with Senior Management, participate in planning and project discussions for various websites.
- Analyze and assess areas of risk to systems and recommend/implement changes as appropriate to the business.
- Continuously assess network and systems security, ensuring a high level of systems data security is maintained overall. Report concerns directly to the Senior System Team Lead
- Perform systems and network architectural design for the sites network, including capacity planning, hardware, infrastructure, software integration, OS and software performance tuning.
- Act as single point of escalation of production issues, interfacing with required resources to see issues are resolved in a timely manner.
- Effectively manage risk, including monitoring, system redundancy and backups based on business requirements and acceptable risk.
- Provide technical assistance and consultation as required to all areas of the company, including Project Management, Sales, Quality Assurance, Accounting, Customer Service, Development and Systems departments.
- Perform special tasks and projects company-wide, as assigned by the Team Lead.
Responsibilities
- Managing a large, dsitributed LAMP environment
- Facilitate problem solving and collaboration, ensure discussions and make decisions that lead toward closure, intervene when necessary to aid the team in resolving issues.
- Be part of on-call rotation (12pm 8pm EST, 1-week duration every 4 weeks).
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- Minimum of 2+ years of management/leadership experience in a technology oriented organization required.
- Must be well versed supporting web servers
- Strong background with storage SAN (NFS and iSCSI)
- Well versed with ELK stack ( Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash)
- Adding/removing nodes, expand clusters, rebuilt clusters, , use InfluxDB
- TCP/IP knowledge BGP and OSPF
- Hands-on experience working with Linux in a Systems Administrative role
- Hands-on experience working with Advanced Network Administrative role including routing, switching and security
- Exceptional problem determination and creative problem solving skills
- Strong written and verbal skills
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle
- Strong documentation and organizational practices
- Extensive experience with many of these:
- MySQL, maintenance and troubleshooting
- LAN/WAN/VPN setup and troubleshooting
- Linux-based and other firewall technology
- Cloud technologies (OpenStack, oVirt, RHEV or similar)
- Baremetal hardware, SAN, Switching and Load-balancing
- Backup technologies
- Systems security
- Automation systems (Ansible, Puppet or equivalent)
- Expertise with multiple Web technologies including but not limited to: HTTP, SSL, DNS and SMTP protocols.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Senior System Administrator - LAMP in Ottawa employer: Tech Talent International
Software International (SI) is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, making it an ideal place for professionals looking to grow their careers in the tech industry. With a focus on employee development and a supportive environment, SI offers unique opportunities for skill enhancement while working on impactful projects in the heart of downtown Toronto. The hybrid work model allows for flexibility, ensuring a healthy work-life balance while engaging with diverse teams to deliver meaningful solutions.
