Systems Administrator - Dev Ops - Jobs in Toronto, ON

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Date Posted: 08/02/2022Req ID: 26295Faculty/Division: LibraryDepartment: Scholars PortalCampus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)Position Number: 50143Description:About us:The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic library in Canada and is consistently ranked among the top-10 research libraries in North America. The system consists of over 40 libraries located on three university campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough. This array of college libraries, special collections, and specialized libraries and information centres supports the teaching and research requirements of more than 700 undergraduate degree programs and over 280 graduate programs, including over 60 professional programs, and. In addition to more than 15 million print and electronic volumes, the library system currently provides access to a vast array of electronic resources in various forms and over 31,000 linear metres of archival material. More than 150,000 new items are acquired each year. The Libraries’ data centre houses more than 500 physical and virtual servers and more than a petabyte of data.Your opportunity:Scholars Portal, a department of the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL), is the digital service arm of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), managing infrastructure and services that support Ontario’s 21 university libraries. The Scholars Portal team of librarians, developers, and systems staff support services in four broad areas: research and member services; data and geospatial services; digital collections; and digital preservation services.Working under the direction of the Scholars Portal Assistant Director, Systems and Technical Operations, and working with a team of developers and systems support specialists, the incumbent will be responsible for the engineering, implementation and support of technical products and systems for a variety of Scholars Portal services. The successful applicant will collaborate on diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving hardware/software issues. The incumbent will also work to improve continuous integration and delivery systems, as well as CI/CD pipelines and automate routine deployment, administration, and monitoring responsibilities.Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and programming network applications
• Customizing open source web applications
• Analyzing and installing networking equipment
• Configuring system applications according to needs
• Troubleshooting complex computer system problems
• Creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years.
• Solid experience in infrastructure automation coding using scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell or equivalent).
• Strong experience in maintaining and operating Linux based servers and web application software (Apache, Tomcat, Node.js, HAProxy).
• In-depth knowledge of practices and tools related to DevOps, IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Gitlab, Chef).
• Proficient with one or more scripting languages such as Python. Knowledge of web traffic log collection and analytics platforms (Elastic Proficient with one or more scripting languages such as Python. Knowledge of web traffic log collection and analytics platforms (Elastic Stack).
• Working knowledge of virtualization, KVM, or equivalent. Strong knowledge of systems andnetworking software, hardware, and networking protocols.
• Experience in supporting Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database environments.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Advanced skills in creatingand maintaining technical documentation
• Flexibility, initiative, and the ability to work and learn independently.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to communicate technical details courteously and clearly to non-technical users.
• Experience with Container technology such as Kubernetes, or Docker is an asset.
• Experience in at least one end-user ticket management system
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Munin, Zabbix, or Prometheus is an asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Cooperative
• Efficient
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Responsible
• Team player

NOTE:This is a 1 (One) Year Term position.Closing Date: 08/19/2022, 11:59PM ETEmployee Group: USWAppointment Type: Budget - TermSchedule:Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:USW Pay Band 14 - $81,000 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $103,588. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.Job Category: Information Technology (IT)Lived Experience StatementCandidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.Quick Apply

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