Data Center Systems Administrator [#4956]

Alteo Inc.; Boucherville; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Alteo is seeking a Data Center Systems Administrator for a permanent position based in Boucherville. The role focuses on maintaining service availability, managing virtual and physical servers, storage, and networking, and ensuring data center backups and security.

You will provide Level 2/3 IT support to hosting clients, document procedures, and contribute to new infrastructure designs. French fluency and English communication are valued; hybrid work includes 3 days in-office.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant experience in data center / hosting environments.
• Proficiency in VMware virtualization tools is required.
• Excellent command of Windows (11) and Windows Server; knowledge of Linux environments.
• Strong networking knowledge: TCP, LAN/WAN routing, BGP.
• Ability to manage physical servers, SAN equipment, and server room procedures.
• Knowledge of Azure and O365 InTune is a plus; cloud/virtualization certs are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain highest level of service availability and monitor infrastructure.
• Diagnose and resolve data center incidents; prevent recurrence.
• Administer physical and virtual machines, networking, and storage.
• Manage change records for outages and interventions.
• Ensure backups, data integrity, and security.
• Provide Level 2/3 IT support to hosting clients.

Skills

VMware virtualization

Windows Server

Hyper-V or Proxmox

Linux environments

Networking concepts

Documentation

Azure/O365 InTune

IT certifications (CompTIA, AZ-104, MD

Education

Educ./cert: AEC/DEC/BAC in IT or networking

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Data Center Systems Administrator [#4956]

Job Title Data Center Systems Administrator [#4956]

Field IT

Job Description

Alteo is seeking a Data Center Systems Administrator for a permanent position based in Boucherville.

*** Hybrid work: 3 days in-office; 2 days remote ***

Responsibilities:

• Maintain the highest level of service availability
• Ensure that infrastructure is properly monitored and maintain consistency with other hosted systems
• Diagnose and resolve any data center infrastructure incidents and ensure they do not recur
• Participate in the assessment and analysis of the company’s needs regarding hosted infrastructure
• Administer physical and virtual machines, networking, and storage in the data center
• Manage change requests in production and ensure that records of outages, interventions, and incidents are kept up to date
• Ensure the continuity of data center backups and implement corrective actions as needed
• Ensure data integrity, confidentiality, and security
• Provide Level 2 and 3 IT support to clients regarding our hosting services
• Participate in the analysis and design of innovative technological solutions presented to our clients
• Apply IT procedures and standards and document associated solutions
• Maintain and administer our clients’ systems and application solutions
• Diagnose and resolve operational incidents and ensure they do not recur
• Support the manager in fulfilling the department’s mandates to achieve established business objectives
• Identify relevant IT innovations and bring them to the attention of the Innovation Committee
• Draft technical documentation and ensure that it is communicated, understood, and mastered by the stakeholders involved
• Develop and disseminate operational procedures while documenting existing secure hosting facilities
• Participate in the rotation of the data center incident support team outside of regular business hours

Profile:

• AEC, DEC, or BAC in IT or networking
• 4+ years of relevant experience in the role
• Proficiency in VMware virtualization tools (required)
• Excellent command of Windows environments (11 and Server)
• Good knowledge of Hyper-V or Proxmox
• Good command of Linux environments
• Excellent command of basic and advanced networking concepts (TCP, Wi-Fi, LAN/WAN routing, BGP)
• Ability to work on physical servers, SAN equipment, and more broadly in a server room
• Ability to produce clear, accurate, and comprehensive documentation
• Knowledge of Azure and O365 InTune environments (a plus)
• Relevant recognized certification related to virtualization, security, or the cloud (e.g., CompTIA, AZ-104, MD-102) (a plus)
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation (Ansible, Terraform) (a plus)
• Excellent command of French, both spoken and written
• Good command of English, both spoken and written, to be able to communicate with certain non-French-speaking clients (a plus)