Remote Hosting Systems Principal

Thales Group; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Health

Dental

RRSP/TFSA

Vacation days

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Thales Group in Ottawa, ON (Remote) is seeking a Hosting Systems Engineer to deliver infrastructure services for Thales North America. The role centers on deploying, maintaining, and supporting Linux-based production and engineering servers, VMware vSphere, vCenter, Azure Stack, and related apps like Jira, Artifactory, and Bitbucket.

You will participate in security compliance, incident management, and on-call rotations, ensuring high availability and proactive maintenance across Windows and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or higher with 4+ years of relevant work experience.
• At least 5 years of Linux enterprise infrastructure experience.
• Experience administering VMware vSphere and vCenter, plus Azure Stack.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills; strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, maintain and ensure uptime of production and engineering virtual servers.
• Provide infrastructure support and deployment assistance for engineering applications.
• Maintain security standards and escalate violations.
• Handle incidents via ServiceNow and follow escalation procedures.
• Monitor service availability and maintain SLAs; prepare weekly availability reports.
• Provide 7/24 on-call support for infrastructure incidents.

Skills

Linux administration

VMware

Windows administration

Active Directory

Communication skills

Leadership

Troubleshooting

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Master’s degree in computer science

Tools

VMware vSphere

vCenter

Azure Stack

Hyper-V

Jira

Artifactory

Bitbucket

Job description

Thales Group in Ottawa, ON (Remote) is seeking a Hosting Systems Engineer to deliver infrastructure services for Thales North America. The role centers on deploying, maintaining, and supporting Linux-based production and engineering servers, VMware vSphere, vCenter, Azure Stack, and related apps like Jira, Artifactory, and Bitbucket.

You will participate in security compliance, incident management, and on-call rotations, ensuring high availability and proactive maintenance across Windows and