Senior Enterprise Systems Administrator - Hybrid IT Ops

MOHAWK COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY; Hamilton; Hybrid; CAD 51,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Defined Benefit pension plan (CAAT)

Top-up maternity leave pay (93%)

Progressive vacation plan

Employee Family Assistance Program

Courses at reduced rate for employees

Job summary

Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology is seeking an experienced Enterprise Systems Administrator to manage and optimize the College’s enterprise infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, with emphasis on Linux server administration and enterprise systems operations.

The role includes senior-level administration, mentoring, and coordination with IT teams and vendors to ensure high availability, security, and performance of critical services, with after-hours on-call

Qualifications

• 3 year diploma/degree in Computer Science Technology.
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers.
• Windows Server Hybrid Administrator.
• Teams Administrator.
• Messaging Administrator.
• Azure Administrator.
• 5 years in the Information Technology field with direct working experience in Microsoft Windows operating systems, Microsoft 365 Administration (Exchange, OneDrive, Teams, Sharepoint), Microsoft Azure cloud Administration and technologies, PowerShell scripting, VMware/Hyper-V, Veeam Backup and Recovery, and Dell servers and enterprise storage systems.

Responsibilities

• IT Server Infrastructure Administration, Support & Troubleshooting: Perform advanced Linux systems administration activities including user and group administration, storagemanagement, service configuration, kernel updates, log analysis, shell scripting, and troubleshooting of enterprise applications and services.
• Diagnose and Resolve Complex Issues across Linux and Windows operating systems, performance, networking, and service-related issues through root cause analysis, system diagnostics, log review, and coordination with application owners, DBA’s and infrastructure teams.
• Provide Senior Level Operational Administration for enterprise infrastructure spanning on‑premises datacenters and cloud-hosted environments, ensuring high availability, reliability, security, and performance of servers, VMs, applications and services.
• Administer and support Microsoft 365 and Cloud environments (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Entra ID) including licensing governance, authentication services, conditional access, and enterprise collaboration technologies.
• Lead and coordinate server provisioning, system upgrades, patch management, and security remediation activities in collaboration with stakeholders and vendors.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance automation scripts and playbooks using PowerShell, Bash, Ansible to improve efficiency and service delivery.

Education

3 year diploma/degree in Computer Science Technology

Tools

RHCE

RHCS in Containers

Windows Server Hybrid Administrator

Teams Administrator

Messaging Administrator

Azure Administrator

PowerShell scripting

Bash

VMware/Hyper-V

Veeam Backup and Recovery

Dell servers

Enterprise storage

Job description

Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology is seeking an experienced Enterprise Systems Administrator to manage and optimize the College’s enterprise infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, with emphasis on Linux server administration and enterprise systems operations.

The role includes senior-level administration, mentoring, and coordination with IT teams and vendors to ensure high availability, security, and performance of critical services, with after-hours on-call