Sr. Systems Administrator

OpenText; Richmond Hill; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join OpenText as a Senior Systems Administrator within the Lab Services Team, where you'll manage the migrations of workloads across our OpenText Cloud. We're seeking a collaborative individual experienced in VMware and skilled in optimizing complex operational environments. You'll work with global teams, ensuring high standards of communication and relationship management while navigating critical workloads.

Qualifications

• Experience managing VMware on Cisco UCS Computing.
• Experience with workload migrations across various platforms.
• Excellent understanding of UNIX and Windows technologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage migrations of workloads across various computing infrastructure.
• Prioritize workloads effectively in a time-critical environment.
• Communicate technical concepts effectively to team members.

Skills

VMware

Cloud Technologies

Linux Distributions

Windows Technologies

Networking

Scripting

AI Automation

Job description

Hiring Manager: Sanjay Tailor

Talent Acquisition Advisor: Draun Raval

Job Code Level: ISP3

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YOUR IMPACT
As a Senior Systems Administrator with the Lab Services Team, at OpenText, you will be part of a global team of administrators responsible for the migrations of workloads across various computing infrastructure that powers the OpenText Cloud.
The ideal candidate will be a team player, have previous experience of managing a large physical and virtual computing environment, and have a sound understanding of the technologies we support.

WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS
• Prioritizing workloads effectively in a time-critical environment.
• Working independently within a geographically dispersed team.
• Building and maintaining a good relationship with team members across global regions.
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate ideas and concepts both technical and non-technical.
• Ability to handle and prioritize workloads and work effectively in a time-critical environment
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Basic Network troubleshooting skills

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED
• Experience managing VMware on Cisco UCS Computing.
• Experience with the migration of workloads across VMWare, Hyper-V, CIFS, NFS, OpenStack
• Experience with P2V (Physical to Virtual) and V2V (virtual to virtual) migrations
• Experience with VMware vCloud technologies
• Excellent understanding of various Linux distributions (RHEL, Ubuntu, SLES, etc.)
• Excellent understanding of Windows technologies
• Practical experience with various hyper-visors (ESXi, KVM, XEN, Hyper-V, ProxMox)
• Understanding of NAS filesystem concepts
• Understanding of UNIX virtualization technologies, such as HPUX, LPARs, and LDOMs
• Progressive hands-on experience as an individual contributor in technologies related to OpenStack of various flavors – Canonical, RedHat, Ansible, etc.
• Understanding of various scripting technologies (PowerShell, Terraform, Anisble, Python)
• Experience using AI to automate processes and reduce manual workload.
• Basic Network troubleshooting skills

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