Cisco UCS Systems Administrator — Bare-Metal Automation

BeachHead Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 54,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

BeachHead Inc. is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator with a focus on Cisco UCS/M7/M8, Dell and HP servers in a regulated financial services setting.

You will drive bare‑metal automation using Ansible and serve as the L3 escalation point for UCS issues that affect Windows and Linux environments. Responsibilities include managing hardware lifecycles, designing UCS service profiles, and coordinating patching.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Cisco UCS M7/M8 and server hardware platforms (Dell, HP)
• Proven ability to develop and extend Ansible automation for infrastructure provisioning
• Strong knowledge of UCS service profiles, server pools and fabric interconnect configurations
• L3 escalation experience for UCS and hardware issues
• Experience with patching and firmware management for UCS and server hardware
• Troubleshooting skills across automated and manual provisioning workflows
• Collaboration with SAN, Windows, Linux and automation engineers

Responsibilities

• Manage architecture, configuration and lifecycle of Cisco UCS M7/M8, Dell, and HP server hardware
• Develop and extend Ansible playbooks for bare metal automation across UCS, Dell, and HP platforms
• Design and configure UCS service profiles, server pools, and fabric interconnects
• Serve as L3 escalation point for UCS platform issues impacting Windows and RHEL systems
• Define and coordinate patching requirements for fabric interconnects and UCS servers
• Troubleshoot provisioning workflows, both automated and manual
• Collaborate with SAN team to ensure storage connectivity within UCS service profiles
• Work with Windows, Linux, and automation teams to align playbooks with automation standards

Skills

Cisco UCS M7/M8 (Intersight)

Ansible automation

UCS service profiles

L3 escalation experience

Firmware management

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Ansible

Job description

BeachHead Inc. is seeking an experienced Systems Administrator with a focus on Cisco UCS/M7/M8, Dell and HP servers in a regulated financial services setting.

You will drive bare‑metal automation using Ansible and serve as the L3 escalation point for UCS issues that affect Windows and Linux environments. Responsibilities include managing hardware lifecycles, designing UCS service profiles, and coordinating patching.