Infrastructure Administrator

Jobtailor; Surrey; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

FortisBC is seeking an experienced IS Infrastructure professional to support the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of its core data centre and cloud infrastructure. You will provide senior technical input to infrastructure planning and contribute to the IS Infrastructure Roadmap.

Responsibilities include capacity planning, delivering infrastructure upgrades, leading large-scale projects with external partners, and coordinating communication plans for site impacts.

Qualifications

• 2-year Diploma in Computer or Electronics Technology
• 8 years’ experience related work experience
• Advanced expertise with infrastructure monitoring and automation tools
• Advanced knowledge of data center, server and virtualization, data storage and backup, cloud technology and architect, cyber security and peripherals
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills
• Excellent written and oral communications and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, including the ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment
• Ability to execute large projects
• Ability to analyze problems
• Leadership and management skills
• Valid Class 5 British Columbia Driver’s license

Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of FortisBC’s core data centre and cloud infrastructure.
• Provide senior technical input to infrastructure planning for data centre and cloud platforms.
• Contribute to the IS Infrastructure Roadmap and recommend future infrastructure technology architecture.
• Perform infrastructure capacity planning and technology evaluations.
• Define and deliver infrastructure initiatives and upgrades, including requirements, scope, sequencing, dependencies, estimates, and documentation.
• Lead a portfolio of IS Infrastructure projects with external service providers and suppliers.
• Develop and execute communication plans for infrastructure upgrades, transitions, and site impacts.
• Participate in change management, quality control, testing, and production turnover activities.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve physical compute, virtualization, storage, cloud, and compute platforms.
• Analyze complex infrastructure requests, assess technical impacts, recommend alternatives, and specify implementation work.
• Provide advanced support for infrastructure systems, outages, hardware, virtualization, storage, and backup issues.
• Perform and lead upgrades, installations, preventive maintenance, and infrastructure repairs.
• Set up, deliver, install, relocate, and decommission data centre equipment.
• Document work in the problem management system, prepare progress reports, and administer and maintain the corporate data centre.
• Coordinate multiple resources and manage activities for intermediate to large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with Technical Systems Analysts, Administrators, Network and Systems Administrators, external vendors, and service delivery partners.

Skills

Infrastructure monitoring

Automation tools

Cloud architecture

Data centre management

Project management

Cyber security

Communication skills

Education

2-year Diploma in Computer or Electronics Technology

Job description

• Support the design, implementation, and ongoing operation of FortisBC’s core data centre and cloud infrastructure.
• Provide senior technical input to infrastructure planning for data centre and cloud platforms.
• Contribute to the IS Infrastructure Roadmap and recommend future infrastructure technology architecture.
• Perform infrastructure capacity planning and technology evaluations.
• Define and deliver infrastructure initiatives and upgrades, including requirements, scope, sequencing, dependencies, estimates, and documentation.
• Lead a portfolio of IS Infrastructure projects with external service providers and suppliers.
• Develop and execute communication plans for infrastructure upgrades, transitions, and site impacts.
• Participate in change management, quality control, testing, and production turnover activities.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve physical compute, virtualization, storage, cloud, and compute platforms.
• Analyze complex infrastructure requests, assess technical impacts, recommend alternatives, and specify implementation work.
• Provide advanced support for infrastructure systems, outages, hardware, virtualization, storage, and backup issues.
• Perform and lead upgrades, installations, preventive maintenance, and infrastructure repairs.
• Set up, deliver, install, relocate, and decommission data centre equipment.
• Document work in the problem management system, prepare progress reports, and administer and maintain the corporate data centre.
• Coordinate multiple resources and manage activities for intermediate to large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Collaborate with Technical Systems Analysts, Administrators, Network and Systems Administrators, external vendors, and service delivery partners.

Requirements

• 2-year Diploma in Computer or Electronics Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years’ experience related work experience.
• Advanced expertise with infrastructure monitoring and automation tools
• Advanced knowledge of data center, server and virtualization, data storage and backup, cloud technology and architect, cyber security and peripherals.
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Excellent written and oral communications and presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills, including the ability to work in a fast paced, changing environment.
• Ability to execute large projects.
• Ability to analyze problems.
• Leadership and management skills.
• Valid Class 5 British Columbia Driver’s license.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced expertise in infrastructure monitoring, automation tools, and cloud technology architecture, while effectively managing large-scale infrastructure projects and collaborating with diverse teams. Possesses strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills to support infrastructure planning and execution.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Infrastructure Monitoring Tools
• Cloud Technology Architecture
• Data Center Management
• Project Management
• Cyber Security

Hard Skills

• Infrastructure Planning
• Virtualization
• Data Storage
• Backup Solutions
• Capacity Planning
• Technology Evaluation
• Infrastructure Upgrades
• Problem Analysis
• Preventive Maintenance
• Documentation

Soft Skills

• Interpersonal Skills
• Customer Service
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Organizational Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

• 2-Year Diploma in Computer or Electronics Technology
• Valid Class 5 British Columbia Driver’s License

Industry Keywords

• Data Centre
• Cloud Infrastructure
• IS Infrastructure Roadmap
• Change Management
• Quality Control