Senior System Administrator

Newrich Network; Toronto; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology company based in Toronto is seeking a Senior System Administrator to manage and scale their IT infrastructure. This role involves AWS resource management, security operations, and ensuring disaster recovery protocols. The ideal candidate should have strong experience with AWS, excellent communication skills, and a background in computer science. This company offers unique benefits including paid remote trips and unlimited learning opportunities.

Benefits

Paid Adventure Time

Fast Growth, Big Upside

Unlimited Learning

Home Office Stipend

Annual Retreat

Qualifications

• Proven experience with AWS services.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices.
• Solid understanding of VPC and routing.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning in AWS.
• Knowledge of compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provision, monitor, and scale AWS resources.
• Manage IAM roles and policies.
• Configure VPC, routing, and DNS settings.
• Ensure and test disaster recovery plans.
• Maintain audit logs and support compliance.

Skills

AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM)

Cloud security best practices

VPC, routing, subnets, DNS

Backup and disaster recovery planning

Excellent communication skills

Self-motivated

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Company Overview

At NewRich Network, we empower digital entrepreneurs to turn their dreams into reality. Our mission is simple yet bold: to help people create a balanced, fulfilling lifestyle – while building wealth and independence along the way.

We’re a fast-growing team driven by one vision: a world where anyone can work remotely, chase their passion, and live life on their own terms.

Our platform combines SaaS tools, e-learning programs, and a supportive social network – a one-stop ecosystem designed for creators, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who want more than just a career.

We believe fulfilling work and a healthy work-life balance is key to living a NewRich Lifestyle.

If you’re motivated, ambitious, and ready to grow with us, we want to hear from you!

Senior System Administrator

We’re seeking a Senior System Administrator to support and scale our infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. You’ll be responsible for server and network administration, security hardening, backups, and disaster recovery, while collaborating with the engineering team to keep systems reliable and secure.

Responsibilities

Cloud Resource Management

• Provision, monitor, and scale EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, CloudFront, etc.
• Maintain uptime using CloudWatch alarms, Auto Scaling Groups, and Health Checks
• Support deployment and configuration of core infrastructure components

Security Operations

• Manage IAM roles, policies, and SCPs (via AWS Organizations)
• Implement security best practices: MFA for admin users, principle of least privilege, secrets management
• Set up and monitor AWS WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, and Macie
• Coordinate vulnerability patching and regular security reviews

Networking & DNS

• Configure VPC subnets, routing, NAT gateways, and internet gateways
• Monitor latency and optimize routing using Route 53 strategies
• Troubleshoot and maintain ALB/NLB load balancers

User Identity & Permissions Management

• Maintain AWS IAM Identity Center
• Set up cross-account role assumptions for developers and admins

Backup & Disaster Recovery

• Configure and automate backups for RDS, DynamoDB, and S3 (including versioning and replication)
• Ensure and test disaster recovery plans, including regional failover
• Document and maintain RPO/RTO metrics

Compliance & Logging

• Maintain audit logs via CloudTrail, AWS Config, and centralized logging systems
• Support compliance initiatives, including encryption and data retention policies

Documentation

• Maintain architecture diagrams and infrastructure documentation
• Create and update runbooks for incident response, failovers, and security events

Qualifications

• Proven experience with AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices and AWS security tools
• Solid understanding of VPC, routing, subnets, DNS, and load balancing
• Experience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning in AWS
• Knowledge of compliance requirements and logging best practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational, time-management, and prioritization abilities
• Self-motivated, able to work independently and support mission-critical systems
• BS degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• AWS Solutions Architect or SysOps Administrator Certification

Benefits

• Paid Adventure Time – Take an all-expenses-paid remote working trip for 3 weeks to a destination of your choice with one of our remote work-trip partners. On top of that, you’ll have “Me-Days” – flexible personal days you can take whenever you need a reset.
• Fast Growth, Big Upside – We’re a small, ambitious team. That means more ownership, faster learning, and a real chance to shape the future of our company (and your career).
• Unlimited Learning – You’ll get full access to every course and program on our NewRich platform. We invest in your growth because your growth fuels ours.
• Home Office Stipend– Your setup matters. We’ll support you with a budget to create your ideal workspace and provide you with a new MacBook to power your productivity.
• Annual Retreat – Work remote, but meet the team IRL. Every year we gather in amazing locations – next stop: Colombia.

Explore more at https://newrich.com/

We’d love to hear from you!