PRIORITY MAY BE GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING DESIGNATED EMPLOYMENT EQUITY GROUPS: WOMEN, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES* (FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND MÉTIS), PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND RACIALIZED PERSONS*.

• The Employment Equity Act, which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.
  Candidates are asked to self-declare when applying to this hiring process.
  City: Ottawa
  Organizational Unit: Knowledge, Information and Technology Services
  Classification: CS-2
  Tenure: Continuing
  Language Requirements: English
  Work Arrangements: Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement (combination of working onsite and telework). Employees in this position who telework will be required to travel to the identified work site at least three times per week or a minimum of 60% of their regular work schedule at their own expense.
  At NRC, we recognize that Indigenous candidates may have important connections to their communities and you may be eligible for an exception to this work arrangement. Alternative work arrangements may also be considered to accommodate candidates as required. To learn more about these options, please contact the hiring team using the contact information below.

EDUCATION

Degree from a recognized college or university specializing in Computer Science or Engineering with computational emphasis.
Significant IT experience in the industry may be also considered.
For information on certificates and diplomas issued abroad, please see Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE

Significant and recent experience in IT. This includes:

• Installation, replacement, configuration of IT enterprise hardware
• Windows Server system administration
• Storage administration (e.g. filesystems, storage arrays, Network Attached Storage, Storage Area Network)
• Virtualization environment configuration and maintenance (e.g. HyperV, Proxmox)
• Network administration

LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS

English
Information on language requirements and self-assessment tests

We are looking for a vibrant and dynamic system administrator to join the Knowledge, Information, and Technology Services Branch (KITS) to support on-premise systems. The support specialist would be someone who shares our core values of impact, accountability, leadership, integrity and collaboration.
Working closely with KITS IT personnel, the chosen candidate will be responsible for the deployment and ongoing operations of servers and peripheral equipment. These deployments will be done following strict departmental rules and regulations. The day-to-day duties will include, but not limited to:
Deployment and management of:

Hardware

• Firmware updates
• Health monitoring and maintenance
• Out-of-band management

Operating system

• Updates
• Health
• Log

Storage allocations

Network

• Collaborating with a partner agency to ensure that the proper configuration is in place and resolve incidents.
• Configuration and management of specialized network environments

Deploy and manage enterprise applications to support research centers