The Senior Systems Administrator designs, installs, configures, and maintains technology infrastructure, ensuring efficiency and security while providing L2-L3 support.
Fednav, headquartered in Montreal, is the largest international dry bulk shipping group in Canada engaged in worldwide ocean transportation. Fednav has five international offices established on four continents. Founded in 1944, we are a driven, innovative, and respected organization committed to our employees and customers.
The Senior System Administrator is responsible for the solution architecture, design as well as maintaining, upgrading, and managing software, hardware, and networks. The role requires broad knowledge of infrastructure and security best practices, resourcefulness and the ability to diagnose and resolve problems quickly. The goal is to ensure that the technology infrastructure runs smoothly, efficiently and with security by design.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING | THE ROLE
Key responsibilities include:
- Research, Architecture and Design: With the help of key IT stakeholders, find solutions and provide designs to implement them efficiently. Keep informed about new technology trends and advancements.
- Install, Configure and Maintain: Set up software, hardware as well as cloud services and deploy recommended updates as needed.
- Monitor Performance: Ensure systems are running efficiently and troubleshoot issues.
- Security Management: Implement security measures such as access controls, backups, and firewalls policies.
- IT L2-L3 Support: Provide technical assistance to the IT department and critical users.
- Documentation: Maintain technical documentation, manuals, and IT policies.
WHAT YOU BRING | THE PERSON
The ideal candidate has:
- Experience: Proven experience as a System or Network Administrator with, or similar role for at least 5 years
- Technical Skills: Knowledge of networks (LAN, WAN), and patch management. Microsoft operating system, VMWare. Cloud infrastructure such as Azure and AWS.
- Scripting: Ability to use PowerShell scripts when required for efficient management of on-premises and cloud infrastructure
- Education: BSc/Ba in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline or equivalent experience. Professional certifications are a plus.
- Soft Skills: Excellent communication skills, resourcefulness, teamwork and problem-solving aptitude. Comfortable presenting to upper management.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Cybersecurity best practices application in infrastructure and operations contexts
- Experience with Partner/Vendor management
- Experience with Virtualization, Windows Servers, Active Directory, DNS, Cloud solutions (Azure/AWS)
- Experience with Microsoft 365 environments, including Exchange, Entra ID, Defender, Intune
- Experience with Unified Communications a plus (Teams Room Systems, Teams PSTN telephony)
*For positions available in Montreal (Quebec), please note that bilingualism is required due to our frequent communication with our global partners.
Honesty, integrity, commitment to professional excellence, regard for employees and
corporate responsibility define our values.
www.fednav.com
Top Skills
Active Directory
AWS
Azure
Dns
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Operating System
Powershell
VMware
Fednav Montréal, Québec, CAN Office
1000 Rue de la Gauchetière O, Suite 3400, , Montréal, Quebec , Canada, H3B
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