System Admin, Staff

D4S DY-4 Systems Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

RRSP with Employer Match

Health and Wellness Benefits

Learning and Development Opportunities

Competitive Pay

Referral Program

Recognition

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Inclusive & Supportive Culture

Job summary

Curtiss‑Wright in Ottawa, Canada is seeking an IT Systems Administrator to protect enterprise data, manage user access, and maintain network and device performance. You will install hardware and software, perform backups, enforce security controls, and support a compliant, high-availability environment.

Join a global leader delivering advanced engineering solutions with a collaborative culture and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Technical knowledge of network, PCs, operating systems and hardware.
• Hands‑on software and hardware troubleshooting experience.
• Customer service orientation.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks under pressure.
• Experience documenting and maintaining configuration and process information.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the integrity and security of enterprise data on host computers, multiple databases, and during data transfer in accordance with privacy, security, and regulatory compliance.
• Sets end user accounts, permissions, access rights, and storage allocations in accordance with privacy, security, and regulatory compliance best practices.
• Installs and configures software and hardware.
• Ensures security through access controls, backups, and firewalls.
• Performs and tests routine system backups and restores.
• Identifies, troubleshoots, and resolves hardware and software problems on desktops, servers, printers, and workstations; escalates incidents as necessary.
• Practices network asset management and maintains inventory and related documentation and technical specifications.
• Analyses system, server, application, network, and input/output device performance.
• Recommends, schedules, and performs software and hardware upgrades, patches, reconfigurations, and/or purchases.
• Implements and helps enforce cybersecurity frameworks (e.g. NIST SP 800 171, CMMC, ISO 27001).

Skills

Network & PC knowledge

Troubleshooting

Customer service

Prioritization

Documentation

Communication skills

Job description

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• RRSP with Employer Match
• Health and Wellness Benefits
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Competitive Pay
• Referral Program
• Recognition
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Inclusive & Supportive Culture

Your Challenge

Ensures the integrity and security of enterprise data on host computers, multiple databases, and during data transfer in accordance with business needs and industry best-practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance. Sets end user accounts, permissions, access rights, and storage allocations in accordance with best practices regarding privacy, security, and regulatory compliance. Installs and configures software and hardware. Ensures security through access controls, backups, and firewalls. Performs and tests routine system backups and restores. Identifies, troubleshoots, and resolves hardware and software problems on desktops, servers, printers, and workstations and escalates incidents as necessary. Practices network asset management, including maintenance of network component inventory and related documentation and technical specifications information. Analyzes system, server, application, network, and input/output device performance. Recommends, schedules, and performs software and hardware improvements, upgrades, patches, reconfigurations, and/or purchases. Implements and help enforce compliance to cybersecurity frameworks applicable to defense suppliers (e.g. NIST SP 800 171, CMMC, ISO 27001).

Your Expertise

Technical knowledge of network and PC, operating systems and hardware, local area network administration
Hands‑on software and hardware troubleshooting experience
Customer service orientation
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high‑pressure environment
Experience documenting and maintaining configuration and process information preferred
Strong interpersonal and oral communication skills preferred

Who We Are

Our Values Environmental, Social and Governance In 1929, Curtiss‑Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) was formed by the merger of companies founded by Glenn Curtiss, the father of naval aviation, and the Wright brothers, renowned for history’s first flight. We have continued on the path of innovation and advanced engineering, and have applied that expertise to a number of critical applications in high‑performance markets. Our success has resulted in a world‑renowned reputation for performance, long‑standing customer relationships and significant growth and profitability in the markets in which we compete. Today, we are a global, integrated provider of highly engineered, technologically advanced products and services. Our revenues are generated by providing our critical solutions through three segments: Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics and Naval & Power, which support several of the largest, most vital industries in the world. To learn more visit: https://www.curtisswrightds.com/about/company/locations/ottawa

Our Values

• Leadership – We lead based on vision and strategic direction, empowering employees to reach goals through thoughtful and decisive action
• Customer Focus – We are committed to achieving total quality by meeting our customers’ expectations and delivering products and services in a timely fashion
• Teamwork & Trust – Working in a spirit of trust and collaboration, we actively encourage employees to contribute their ideas and innovations to keep our company moving forward
• Respect for People – We believe that people are our most valuable asset and will always do the right thing in our dealings and interactions with all employees
• Integrity – We will act with the highest integrity in our business relationships and strategic partnerships

What We Offer Our Employees

• Opportunity: As part of the Curtiss‑Wright team, you have the opportunity each day to transform the way customers do business, as well as transform your career. Our entrepreneurial environment provides you with excellent experiences that enable you to develop your skills through stretch assignments and the opportunity to work with the best talent in the industry. You will have the opportunity to contribute from day one!
• Challenging Work: The work we do here is not only challenging, but it is meaningful to our customers, our employees and the communities in which they live and work. You are given the chance to work on some of the most advanced technology projects in the world. Now that something to be proud of!
• Collaborative Environment: The teamwork among our exceptionally talented people enables us to deliver some of the most advanced solutions to our customers.

No unsolicited agency submittals please. Agency partners must be invited to participate in a search by our Talent Acquisition Team and have signed terms in place prior to any submittal. Resumes submitted directly to any Curtiss‑Wright employee or affiliate will not qualify for fee payment, and therefore become the property of Curtiss‑Wright.

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export‑controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export‑controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn.

Curtiss‑Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin, or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition. For US Applicants: EEO is The Law – click here for more information. If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.

Join the WRIGHT Team! Over 95 years of growth, Curtiss‑Wright is an integrated, market‑facing global diversified industrial company and remains a technology leader through this legacy of innovation. Through three well‑balanced segments – Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics and Naval & Power, we remain focused on advanced technologies for high performance platforms and critical applications. Diversity, commitment to excellence and dedication to the spirit of pioneering innovation continue to drive the employees of Curtiss‑Wright.