Systems Admin [Jr-Mid]
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Type: Contract
Activities:
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Place:
Montreal
Description
ROLE
The Junior Systems Administrator assists in supporting all technical operations of our studio locations. Day-to-day tasks include basic help desk support via a ticketing system supporting 350+ users, quickly and effectively responding to alerts and emergencies as well as the general preparation and maintenance of critical and periphery infrastructure.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides organization-wide help desk and server support
- Assists in addressing business and technical needs
- Works independently and in teams on administrative and technical projects
- Provisions and maintains employee equipment
- Monitors and maintains of a variety of physical and logical systems
- Collects and analyzes data to report on the health of systems
- Responds to and assists in resolving incidents and emergencies
- Timely completion of tasks assigned primarily through a ticketing system
- Learn open and proprietary hardware and software systems
- Stays current with industry standards and emerging technologies
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a computer science, engineering, physics or mathematics
- Minimum two (2) years experience in a systems administration role
- VFX/Gaming industry experience is a plus
- Team player with ability to work individuality
- Ability to deliver milestones/tasks under tight deadlines
- Able to work independently and in a team
- Able to work flexible hours
- Works effectively under pressure
- Learns quickly and independently
- Strong organizational skills
- Quickly and methodically troubleshoots and solves problems
- Effectively manages time and resources
- Effectively communicate technical ideas to non-technical people
- Able to lift and move items up to 25 lbs
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Windows, Mac OS X and Linux desktop and server systems
- Local and networked storage systems
- Networking theory and practice (e.g. TCP/IP, VLANs, link aggregation, routing)
- Common network services/protocols (e.g. DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SMB, NFS)
- Computing and Internet standards (e.g. RFC, ISO, IEEE)
- Common office applications (e.g. Microsoft Office/Excel, E-mail Clients)
- Modern computer hardware
- Office equipment (e.g. printers, scanners)
- Server rooms/data centers
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
- Experience with and basic understanding of:
- Storage clusters (e.g. NetApp, Isilon, Avere)
- Intel, Cisco, Extreme and Juniper 1GbE and 10GbE networking equipment
- Render farms or high performance, distributed computing and storage clusters
- VoIP systems
- PCoIP systems
- DevOps systems and practices
BENEFITS
We offer extended medical, disability and dental insurance.
APPLICATION
Apply here: https://jobs.lever.co/scanlinevfx/95f4938c-d5dd-41b1-a585-3e1e4879c689?lever-origin=applied&lever-source%5B%5D=VFX%20Montreal