Systems Administrator
PAL Airlines
- St John's, NL
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Support operations of various application, compute, and storage infrastructures.
- Perform installations, upgrades, and maintenance of hardware and software applications.
- Performance tuning of server and software applications.
- Troubleshooting of complex technical issues.
- Collaborate with various support teams to inform them of issues and/or resolution of server problems.
- Serve as focal point on server outages and server activities to management.
- Build and restore severs as required.
- Design, implement, maintain and test disaster recovery procedures for server rooms as required.
- Provide training and support to team members.
- Participate in the creation and maintenance of system administration best practices, technical standards, policies and documentation.
- On call rotation for after hours support.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent technical training or education. Professional vendor specific certification and extensive experience in Microsoft and VMware may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Microsoft certifications required.
- At least 7 years of IT related experience in managing and monitoring physical and virtual servers.
- Extensive working knowledge with the following: Microsoft Architecture, APC Data Centre Infrastructure, Dell Compute and Storage, VMware vSphere, Veeam, Manage Engine, SolarWinds, ConnectWise, Windows Server, and Citrix XenApp.
- Office 365 and Azure administration experience.
- Strong organizational skills, ability to set priorities and meet deadlines.
- Problem solving – the individual identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner and gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
- Ability to evaluate information and exercise good judgment in making decisions.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.
- Knowledge and experience with basic security measures and requirements.
- Accomplishment and proficiency in performing all general and detailed responsibilities and duties.
- Ability to work independently with limited direct supervision as needed.
- Ability to monitor desktops / Servers and associated network performance.
- Skill growth and knowledge attainment in emerging technologies.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Tuition Assistance Program
- Employee and Family Assistance Program
- Personal travel privileges with PAL and interline agreements with multiple airlines