Data Center Systems Administrator [#4976]

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

Job summary

Alteo is seeking a Data Center Systems Administrator for a permanent position based in Boucherville, Quebec. The role combines on-site responsibilities with a hybrid work schedule (3 days in-office; 2 days remote).

You will administer physical and virtual servers, storage, and networking while maintaining service availability, backups, security, and compliance. The position requires 4+ years of experience, VMware proficiency, and strong French and English communication skills.

Qualifications

• Must have AEC, DEC, or BAC in IT or networking.
• 4+ years of relevant experience in data center administration.
• VMware virtualization expertise required.
• Strong Windows (11/Server) and Linux skills; Networking concepts.
• French fluency; English helpful for some clients.

Responsibilities

• Maintain highest level of service availability in the data center.
• Administer physical and virtual machines, networking, and storage.
• Provide Level 2 and 3 IT support to hosting clients.
• Ensure data backups, security, and documentation.
• Participate in incident analysis and continuous improvement.

Skills

Networking concepts

Documentation

IT support (L2/L3)

French communication

English communication

Education

AEC, DEC, or BAC in IT or networking

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Proxmox

Linux

Windows Server

Azure

O365 InTune

Job description

Data Center Systems Administrator [#4976]

Job Title Data Center Systems Administrator [#4976]

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)