Data Center Systems Administrator [#4975]

Alteo Inc.; Victoriaville; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Alteo Inc. is seeking a Data Center Systems Administrator in Victoriaville for a permanent hybrid role. The candidate will manage physical and virtual servers, networking, storage, and backups while ensuring high service availability and security.

Responsibilities include monitoring infrastructure, resolving incidents, documenting changes, and providing Tier 2/3 support to clients. A strong virtualization and networking background with Windows/Linux expertise is required.

Qualifications

• AEC/DEC/BAC in IT or networking or equivalent in experience.
• Strong exposure to virtualization and data center infrastructure.
• Experience with Windows, Linux, and networking concepts.
• Familiarity with cloud and managed hosting environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high service availability for data center infrastructure.
• Monitor and ensure consistency with hosted systems.
• Diagnose and resolve data center incidents to prevent recurrence.
• Administer physical and virtual servers, networking, and storage.
• Provide Level 2/3 IT support to hosting clients.
• Document procedures, outages, and operational changes.
• Support backups, security, and compliance requirements.
• Assist in designing innovative hosting solutions for clients.

Skills

VMware virtualization

Hyper-V

Proxmox

Linux environments

Windows Server/Windows 11

Networking (TCP, Wi‑Fi, LAN/WAN, BGP)

Documentation

Azure/O365 InTune knowledge

Education

AEC/DEC/BAC in IT or networking

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Proxmox

Job description

Data Center Systems Administrator [#4975]

Job Title Data Center Systems Administrator [#4975]

Field IT

Job Description

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

*** 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)