UNIX Midrange Support (Junior)

Focus Systems Inc.; Regina; On-site; CAD 52,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Focus Systems Inc. seeks a UNIX Midrange Support (Junior) to maintain a secure, highly available data centre and midrange servers, with emphasis on Linux/AIX administration and infrastructure operations in Regina.

The role covers capacity planning, backups, and incident resolution, requiring hands-on experience and a willingness to work onsite. The successful candidate will contribute to day-to-day server operations, documentation, and collaboration with vendors, with potential overtime and

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience configuring and administering Linux/AIX midrange servers.
• Junior-level profile aligned with 0-3 years of experience.
• Ability to work fully onsite in Regina, Saskatchewan for the duration of engagement.
• Ability to support stated business hours with potential overtime when required.

Responsibilities

• Support and administer UNIX/AIX and Linux midrange servers, OS, consoles, software, patches, upgrades, and firmware.
• Maintain secure, highly available data centre operations by monitoring server, facility, hardware, storage, and infrastructure availability.
• Manage storage capacity, allocation, performance, backup and recovery, catalogues, pools, and remote vaulting.
• Monitor and tune CPU, memory, LPAR, disk, and throughput; forecast capacity needs and prepare reports.
• Support backup and disaster recovery, incident resolution, escalation, and ITIL-based service practices.
• Administer operational security controls including access, logs, encryption, and incident reporting.
• Plan preventive maintenance, hardware monitoring, and controlled changes with minimal disruption.
• Monitor Oracle, SAP, GIS, and backup environments via scripts and vendor tools for reporting.
• Coordinate with internal teams and vendors on service levels and infrastructure transitions.
• Maintain server build records, diagrams, and contingency plans.
• Prepare standard performance reports and monitor thresholds.

Skills

UNIX administration

AIX

Linux

Storage management

Backup & recovery

ITIL awareness

Education

Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree

Tools

IBM SVC

NetApp

Veritas NetBackup

Nagios

Oracle DBA

Job description

Focus Systems is seeking a UNIX Midrange Support (Junior) resource to support secure and highly available data centre and midrange server operations.

If you have hands-on experience configuring and administering Linux/AIX midrange servers and are ready to build your skills across storage, monitoring, backup and recovery, performance management, incident resolution, and operational documentation, this is an opportunity to contribute to critical infrastructure services in Regina.

• Contract: Planned November 30, 2026 to December 31, 2027
• Work Arrangement: Fully onsite
• Utilization: Full-time with 100% guaranteed utilization
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Schedule Flexibility: Potential overtime or adjusted working hours; overtime is not guaranteed and hours are not usually expected to exceed 40 per week

Role Overview

The UNIX Midrange Support (Junior) will help maintain a secure, highly available data centre and midrange server environment. The work covers Linux/AIX server configuration and administration, UNIX systems support, storage, capacity and performance management, backup and recovery, monitoring, incident resolution, technical documentation, and operational service quality.

The successful candidate will contribute to day-to-day infrastructure operations, controlled maintenance and upgrades, service reporting, tier-two technical support, and coordination with internal teams and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and administer UNIX/AIX and Linux midrange servers, operating systems, server consoles, systems software, management agents, patches, upgrades, and firmware.
• Maintain secure and highly available data centre operations by monitoring server, facility, hardware, storage, and infrastructure availability.
• Manage direct access storage capacity, allocation, performance, utilization, backup and recovery, catalogues, storage pools, thresholds, mirroring, and remote vaulting.
• Monitor and tune CPU, memory, LPAR, disk, and server throughput; forecast capacity needs and prepare trend, threshold, and exception reports.
• Support backup and disaster recovery, system image management, incident and problem resolution, escalation, and tier-two technical support using ITIL practices.
• Administer operational security controls involving account access, Kerberos, logs, audit trails, encryption, incident reporting, and anti-virus support.
• Plan preventive maintenance, hardware monitoring, server rebuilds, system upgrades, and controlled changes with minimal service disruption.
• Monitor AIX-connected Oracle, SAP, GIS, and backup environments using automated scripts and vendor or system tools for reporting.
• Coordinate with internal teams, business units, and vendors on service levels, operational improvements, and infrastructure transition to operations.
• Maintain server build records, configurations, IP and domain details, diagrams, contingency plans, repair logs, and VLAN assignments.
• Prepare standard daily, weekly, and monthly performance reports and monitor agreed thresholds and triggers.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with midrange server configuration and administration using Linux/AIX.
• A junior-level profile aligned with 0-3 relevant years of experience.
• Ability to work fully onsite in Regina, Saskatchewan, for the duration of the engagement.
• Ability to support the stated business hours and potential adjusted hours or overtime when required.

Required Skills and Experience

• Working knowledge of UNIX/AIX and Linux systems administration, including configurations, patches, upgrades, firmware, and server consoles.
• Understanding of storage capacity, allocation, utilization, performance, backup, and recovery practices.
• Ability to monitor CPU, memory, LPAR, disk, and throughput indicators and assist with trend or exception reporting.
• Practical troubleshooting skills for incidents, problems, alerts, and service degradation, with appropriate escalation.
• Awareness of operational security practices such as access controls, logs, audit trails, encryption, and incident reporting.
• Clear technical documentation, reporting, collaboration, and service communication skills.

Preferred Experience and Assets

• Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated record of continuous improvement.
• SAN/NAS storage experience, particularly IBM SVC or NetApp.
• Azure Linux host and storage experience.
• ITIL Foundation or Service Manager certification
• Exposure to technologies referenced in the service environment, including UNIX/AIX LPARs, Red Hat Linux, Oracle operational DBA, Veritas NetBackup, Nagios, and VAX DCL. These are service-context examples and are not individually stated as mandatory qualifications.

Application Deadline

Please complete your initial application by November 02 at 11 PM CST. Only candidates selected to proceed to the next stage will be contacted and invited to complete their application package.