System Administrator

IFG International Financial Group Ltd; South Frontenac; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking a DevOps Specialist for a hybrid role in Toronto. This contract position involves supporting critical applications for Global Finance and Risk Technologies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in DevOps and system administration, with excellent problem-solving skills and a commitment to customer service. This opportunity offers the chance to be part of a dynamic team focused on operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of experience in DevOps or strong UNIX system administration skills.
• Experience using Tidal for operations and big data & Hadoop.
• Database query execution skills in MS SQL, Oracle and MS Active Directory.

Responsibilities

• Support operations of critical Risk Applications like Bancware and others.
• Provide automation improvement recommendations to development teams.
• Handle monthly/quarterly operations and escalate issues as required.

Skills

System Administration

DevOps

Automation

Database Query Execution

Tools

Tidal

MS SQL

Oracle

Atlassian Confluence

ServiceNow

Hadoop

Job description

Our client, a Top 5 Bank in Canada is looking to hire a DevOps Specialist to their team for an initial 12 months of contract with a possibility of extension/conversion.This role is currently hybrid, twice a week in office in Toronto.The DevOps Specialist contributes to the ongoing support and operations for applications within Global Finance and Risk Technologies.

Responsibilities Include:

• Support the Operations of critical Risk Applications such as Bancware (Asset Liability Management -ALM), RCRR, IFRS9, and others.
• Assessments into Application Operations Maturity and provide automation improvement recommendations to development teams
• Executing/monitoring Monthly/Quarterly Operations (shift hours will be required)
• Ensuring ongoing communication of Operation status, completing regular status reports and escalating issues, as required.
• As a part of a support team provide excellent services and become a trusted advisor to customers via proactive and enthusiastic social engagement, technical depth and highest level of customer satisfaction in every interaction.
• Recommend and implement improvements, document knowledge in the form of incident notes and technical articles through team's knowledge base and Bank-wide social media. Prepare, coordinate and lead technical trainings for end users and team members.

Must Have Qualifications

• 3-4 years of experience in DevOps (or) Strong system administration skills for UNIX (AIX), MS Windows
• Experience in using Tidal as a sequencer for operations and big data & Hadoop
• Database query execution - MS SQL, Oracle and MS Active directory.

Nice to have Qualifications

• Strong system programming skills, Autosys, Talent and scripting.
• Ability to use modern project and issue management tools (Atlassian Confluence and ServiceNow) for tracking own tasks and creating documentation/wiki
• Knowledge of Datastage, MS .NET or .NET Core framework and experience with MS TFS collaboration platform as an end user and/or administrator.

If you are qualified and interested in discussing this role in more detail, please submit your resume to [e-mail]
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