We are offering a contract employment opportunity for a Senior Network and Systems Engineer in Barrie, Ontario. Working in the tech industry, you will be involved in the day-to-day functioning of our networks and systems. You will be primarily based in our office, managing the overall infrastructure and working with technologies such as VMware and Cisco network devices.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

- Install, configure, and maintain server hardware, software, and infrastructure services in accordance with best practices

- Perform application upgrades and testing

- Investigate and troubleshoot issues

- Monitor servers and applications for stability and take proactive measures to prevent issues

- Diagnose and troubleshoot network, hardware and software issues

- Execute network security measures to protect data, software and hardware, and educate employees on risks and precautions

- Assist ERP team - copy databases, create users

- Provide internal and external customers with timely technical support and guidance

- Repair and recover from system or software failures

- Provide support for data management, backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity

- Create and maintain documentation for all infrastructure technology

- Coordinate and participate in managing the enterprise directory services and integration of new acquisitions

- Ensure licensing compliance

- Maintain network and system security (On-call when needed)

- Assist in design and security features of server room

- Exemplify the company’s PSI’s, work ethic and commitment to service excellence in all activities and in interactions withother departments

- Interface with external vendors/contractors

- Participate in corporate IT projects and teamwork with both regional and HQ IT colleagues

- Train and develop more junior staff member or students

- Other duties as required.

Experience and Technical Skills:

- Post-Secondary Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

- Minimum five years related system and network administration experience

- VMware VCenter 7

- Dell and Cisco Switches, VLAN configuration and troubleshooting

- SonicWALL NSA series

- Meraki Access Points and MX

- Microsoft SCCM

- VMware Horizon and HP Thin Clients

- Bitdefender Gravity Zone antivirus

- Windows systems operations and administration, active directory, DNS, DHCP

- Network protocols and technologies, data communication fundamentals and operation

- Knowledge of Virtualization Environments, Microsoft Environments, Active Directory and Windows Server

- Design and implementation of IT Infrastructure systems for new and existing sites

- Knowledge of TCP/IP Network Protocols

- Knowledge of Firewall Management

- Experience on Azure, O365

- Veeam backup solutions

- Mobile device management tools

Nice to Have:

- UNIX Based Systems;

- Oracle

- Monitoring systems – Auvik

- Storage Systems – DELL Unity and Compellent

- Programming Skills

- Relational Databases (Microsoft SQL, MYSQL)

- AWS – EC2, S3, IAM, Cloudwatch, etc.

- Cisco certified