Systems Administrator (Backup / Infrastructure)

Job description

Position Description:

Location: Any location across Canada within proximity to a CGI office to support a hybrid work model

Clearance: Requires Federal Level Secret Clearance eligibility

We are looking for a Systems Administrator (Backup / Infrastructure) to join our IT Operations team. In this role, you will hold end to end ownership of our enterprise wide data protection, backup fabric, and underlying server infrastructure.

This is not a passive ticket closing role. You will actively manage, optimize, and scale our enterprise data protection and backup management solutions, administer both Linux and Windows Server operating systems, and automate infrastructure recovery processes. The ideal candidate has managed complex multi platform environments, has successfully restored critical data under pressure, and is passionate about building highly resilient system architectures.

 

 

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Responsibilites:
1. Enterprise Backup & Disaster Recovery
Deployment & Scale: Own, configure, and upgrade the enterprise backup infrastructure, including specialized storage appliances and data reduction/optimization protocols.
Backup Policy Architecture: Design and deploy automated protection policies targeting virtualization pools (including agentless and streaming virtual machine backups), enterprise file systems, and relational databases (such as SQL and NoSQL environments).
Restore Management: Serve as the primary responder for file level, volume level, virtual machine instant access, and database level restores.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Execution: Design and routinely test DR blueprints, replication policies, and secure cloud storage tiering solutions.
2. Infrastructure & Systems Administration
Hybrid Server Administration: Install, configure, and troubleshoot enterprise Linux distributions and Windows Server operating systems hosting critical applications and backup agents.
Automation & Scripting: Leverage scripting languages (such as PowerShell and Bash) to automate system health checks, patch deployments, and agent upgrades across the fleet.
Identity & Access Control: Manage system roles, file permissions, and directory services integration, applying strict security controls and privilege management to the backup environment.
Performance Optimization: Monitor system logs, analyze storage/memory capacity, and tune system variables to prevent infrastructure bottlenecks.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Years of Experience: 3+ years of dedicated experience in Systems Administration managing enterprise class servers.
Data Protection Expertise: Strong, direct administration experience with Dell PPDM and associated appliances (Data Domain/DD Boost) or similar backup solutions
OS Administration: Advanced, practical knowledge of command line administration for RHEL/Linux and Windows Server (2016 2022).
Scripting capabilities: Demonstrated ability to read and modify Bash and PowerShell scripts.
Cloud Infrastructure: Exposure to cloud backup patterns within Azure
Preferred (Nice to Have) Skills:
Credentials: Industry recognized credentials (e.g., Dell Certified Specialist in PPDM, CompTIA Server+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator RHCSA).
Database Awareness: Exposure to database level backup agent configurations (SQL, Oracle, or SAP HANA).

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $70,000-$120,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

Skills:

·  Backup & Recovery
·  Infrastructure
·  Linux
·  Monitoring
·  MS Windows

What you can expect from us:

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